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Frost Fest brings the Seeley’s Bay Community together each February ~ to celebrate the season and enjoy the many events surrounding this weekend Winter Festival.
From Crafts, Rides, Dances, Hockey to Kids events and Dances -
Seeley’s Bay
For over 175 years, Seeley’s Bay has been a popular stop for boaters
cruising the Rideau waterway between Kingston and Ottawa. The boats may have changed
but the welcoming shores and docks of Seeley’s Bay still becon the same. Seeley’s
Bay is also an accessible and welcome stop along Highway #15 north of Kingston.
The rolling hills and pastoral landscapes that surround Seeley’s Bay contrast with the Canadian Shield outcroppings of granite and the tall pine trees of the Rideau waterway. Pockets of rich farmland dot the countryside and offer a glimpse into our past when smaller farms dominated the land. Family farms are still strong in the Seeley’s Bay area and growing numbers of Kingston commuters are opting for the quality of life offered here. Two provincial parks and a National Park are located within an hour’s drive from the bustle of downtown Kingston and an hour and half from the urban centre of Ottawa.
Seeley’s Bay was created in the 1830’s during the building of the Rideau Canal when low lying marshlands were flooded. The canal system was, and still is, a technical marvel being built with shovels and pick axes of hundreds of men through the rugged Canadian wilderness to connect Kingston to Ottawa.
Today ~ the Rideau Canal is celebrated as a
UN World Heritage Site.
