Celebrating 50 years this season, Fanshawe Pioneer Village is a living historical village that explores a century of local history in the London area. A self-guided tour starts you off in the 1820s, with interpreters puttering around a typical settler’s cabin, cooking, sewing and explaining how things were back then. Keep going and you’ll hit the Four Corners, which has finally been completed this season after years of searching for the quintessential fourth corner: a tavern! Just don’t forget to duck when going through the doorway—people were shorter back then! 

Complete with a working farm and an heirloom garden that supplies the café on site, other highlights include the actual house where artist Paul Peel spent his childhood. All of the buildings are original, and all ages are catered to with plenty of hands on activities ranging from meeting the sheep to carding their wool. And for baseball fans, every summer features an 1860s-style ball game using a bat made in the pioneer village. 

Admission is $5 per person; kids under five are free.

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