MORRISBURG, ONT. -- One year shy of their 60th anniversary, leaving the gates closed this summer was something Upper Canada Village wasn't going to do. "I can't imaging not opening the gates this year, so to be able to do it has just been amazing," manager Tracey Ogilby said on a beautiful sunny day.
The park reopened partially to the public on July 1 and Ogilby says strict guidelines are in effect including physical distancing and mask wearing. "(There were) lots of challenges with how to figure out how to do physical distancing, keeping our staff and our visitors safe in this time of COVID," said Ogilby. "We worked with the local health unit on the physical distancing.