03/09: Johnstown Area
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Today Deb and Luc toured us around the area. We started the day with a nice breakfast at Bobby’s Restaurant in Prescott. Then we stopped by their building where Luc has set up his business.
Just down the road is the historic location Battle of the Windmill.
This is the site of a bloody four day battle that took place November 12 thru 16 1838 between a rebel group of American Invaders and the “Patriot Hunters”, the defending British regulars and the Canadian militia. Today this historic windmill serves as a memorial to those who fought and lost their lives in the Battle of the Windmill. In 1873 the grist windmill was converted to a lighthouse by the Canadian Department of Marine.
View from one of the windmill windows.
The King’s Lock Craft Distillery and the Windmill Brewery are new businesses in Johnstown. They share a building but operate separately. We stopped to sample some of their products and tour the facility.
Driving about 15 minutes north of Johnstown brought us to the Blue Gypsy Winery --- couldn’t leave wine out of the mix. This winery is different from your average winery, as they don’t use grapes to produce wine. Their wines included Blueberry, Cranberry, Ginger, Chocolate Mead, Caramel Mead, and Chai Spiced Mead. Mead is a honey wine. For $5 you can taste all of their wines and take home a souvenir glass. As I’m a fan of ginger I had expected to like the ginger wine but it was the only one that I could say I really didn’t like --- Ed finished my sample. The blueberry was very nice but the caramel mead is the one that Ed and I agreed to bring home with us. Can't wait to sample the caramel mead with an apple tart.
On the drive back to Johnstown we stopped at Spencerville. The shops were closed for the day but we checked out the outside of the old mill and the pond.
Deb and Luc and some turtles in the pond.
One of the many frogs we saw hopping around the lily pads.
After dinner we drove back to Prescott to watch the end of fireworks show presented by the town and Hand Fireworks.
Just down the road is the historic location Battle of the Windmill.
This is the site of a bloody four day battle that took place November 12 thru 16 1838 between a rebel group of American Invaders and the “Patriot Hunters”, the defending British regulars and the Canadian militia. Today this historic windmill serves as a memorial to those who fought and lost their lives in the Battle of the Windmill. In 1873 the grist windmill was converted to a lighthouse by the Canadian Department of Marine.
View from one of the windmill windows.
The King’s Lock Craft Distillery and the Windmill Brewery are new businesses in Johnstown. They share a building but operate separately. We stopped to sample some of their products and tour the facility.
Driving about 15 minutes north of Johnstown brought us to the Blue Gypsy Winery --- couldn’t leave wine out of the mix. This winery is different from your average winery, as they don’t use grapes to produce wine. Their wines included Blueberry, Cranberry, Ginger, Chocolate Mead, Caramel Mead, and Chai Spiced Mead. Mead is a honey wine. For $5 you can taste all of their wines and take home a souvenir glass. As I’m a fan of ginger I had expected to like the ginger wine but it was the only one that I could say I really didn’t like --- Ed finished my sample. The blueberry was very nice but the caramel mead is the one that Ed and I agreed to bring home with us. Can't wait to sample the caramel mead with an apple tart.
On the drive back to Johnstown we stopped at Spencerville. The shops were closed for the day but we checked out the outside of the old mill and the pond.
Deb and Luc and some turtles in the pond.
One of the many frogs we saw hopping around the lily pads.
After dinner we drove back to Prescott to watch the end of fireworks show presented by the town and Hand Fireworks.