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Time-Travel to 1900 at Historic Stewart Farm
Surrey's only intact 19th-century farm, with costumed staff, a heritage herb garden, and Blackie Spit trails next door.
Elgin Heritage Park
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Surrey's only intact 19th-century farm, with costumed staff, a heritage herb garden, and Blackie Spit trails next door.
Elgin Heritage Park
More infoHistoric Stewart Farm makes a brilliant case for Surrey, resting on one fact: it's the only intact 19th-century farm left in the city. In Elgin Heritage Park along the Nicomekl River, its Queen Anne farmhouse is staffed by people in period costume who explain things you didn't know you wanted to know. Poke through the heritage herb garden, entry by donation, then wander the Blackie Spit trails steps away.
The farmhouse only opens Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 4:30, and admission is by donation, so plan for daytime and check the day before you drive out. Step inside the Queen Anne farmhouse, the last completely intact 19th-century farm unit in Surrey, and chat up the interpreters, who'll point out details you'd never catch on your own. Don't miss the heritage herb and kitchen garden out back and the orchard sloping down toward the Nicomekl River; it's the prettiest and least-visited corner of the site. Because it sits inside Elgin Heritage Park, you can extend the date with a flat riverside walk that connects toward Blackie Spit and Crescent Beach, turning a 45-minute house tour into a full, gentle afternoon. Parking is free and rarely full.
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