Our History
The Unity & District Heritage Museum Board was established in 1978, with the grounds being donated by the Town of Unity under the Len Boxell Mayoral Administration. The founding members of the UDHM were:
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Len & Audrey Boxell
Ken & Maude Brown
Jack & Doris McAlpine
Freda McCallum
Wray & Vicki McCoy
Bill & Ruth Rutledge
Jim & Lillian Wallace
Jim & Kay Young
The first buildings to be moved to the grounds were the East Bank and Adanac Schools, purchased for $1 each. These schools were used on the Unity Public School grounds while the new school was being built. They were moved in 1978 by Jim & Graham Martin Movers.
The Unity & District Heritage Museum covers many ghost communities including: Adanac, Swarthmore, Vera, Winter, Tako, East Bank, Rutland, Revenue, Denzil, Tramping Lake, Cloan as well as R.M's. of Buffalo, Grass Lake, Tramping Lake, Round Valley, and Senlac