Elgin County Barn Quilt Trails tell the stories of the areas rich heritage through beautiful quilt designs, like the “Log Cabin”, Southwest Ontario Barn Quilt Trails.Elgin County Barn Quilt Trails tell the stories of the areas rich heritage through beautiful quilt designs, like the “Log Cabin”, Southwest Ontario Barn Quilt Trails.
Southwest Ontraio Barn Quilt Trails
Explore Elgin County’s heritage with the Southwest Ontario Barn Quilt Trails. These trails run through the Counties of Middlesex, Elgin, Oxford, Norfolk and Brant as well as the City of Brantford and tell the stories of the communities, families and events that comprise the region’s rich heritage. Seasonal hours, please call ahead.
Barn quilt trails use colourful, decorative murals based on quilt block designs as markers to signal historical and other points of interest. The quilt blocks are painted on an eight foot square wooden frame hung on the side of a barn or farm building or set on free standing posts.
They highlight not only the area's history in a refreshing way, but also the beauty of the quilt designs themselves. All of the trails are accessible by car or bicycle but please remember that the barn quilts are located on private property. Enjoy Elgin’s history, the scenic lakeshore, bustling towns and picturesque countryside!
To download a map of the Southwest Ontario Barn Quilt Trails click here.
Settlement Stories Quilt Trail
www.settlementstoriesquilttrail.org
A cultural tourism adventure awaits you on the Settlement Stories Quilt Trail. The Quilt Trail showcases unique cultural businesses with a large quilt block sign, which is symbolic of the place. A story of the business, the importance of its history to our settlement area and the reason for that quilt block is assigned to each site.
From Port Burwell Provincial Park to the Amish community, discover the heritage behind the businesses of Elgin County.
Dutton Dunwich Barn Quilt Trail
http://barnquilttrails.ca/trails/duttondunwich-barn-quilt-trail
A trail of 16 new barn quilts has been installed on barns in the Municipality of Dutton-Dunwich. Each was hand-painted by members of the community and employ traditional quilt patterns to tell the story of the farms, their founders and owners and the crops and products that once grew on them. As well, five others can be found on structures at the Wallacetown fair grounds.