BOTLHouse: Amherst Island Guide Book

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BOTLHouse: Amherst Island Guide Book

Food scene

Address: 5660 Front Road Stella, ON K0H 2S0 613-881-0728 backkitchenai@gmail.com https://thebackkitchen.square.site/ The Back Kitchen is a community effort that provides a worthwhile service to patrons on Amherst Island as a seasonal gathering place and community space as well as somewhere residents and visitors can go to get good food. The Back Kitchen is a seasonal, volunteer-led restaurant serving residents and visitors on Amherst Island. We are now open for take-out for the 2021 season. Hours will expand in July & August Please double check website or facebook page for the menu and the hours of operation
The Back Kitchen
5660 Front Road
Address: 5660 Front Road Stella, ON K0H 2S0 613-881-0728 backkitchenai@gmail.com https://thebackkitchen.square.site/ The Back Kitchen is a community effort that provides a worthwhile service to patrons on Amherst Island as a seasonal gathering place and community space as well as somewhere residents and visitors can go to get good food. The Back Kitchen is a seasonal, volunteer-led restaurant serving residents and visitors on Amherst Island. We are now open for take-out for the 2021 season. Hours will expand in July & August Please double check website or facebook page for the menu and the hours of operation

General Store

Address: 5695 Front Road Stella, ON K0H 2S0 (613) 519-2331 https://mcginns-amherst-island-general-store.business.site/#details Along with groceries, candies, drinks and hot coffee and sandwiches we stock many Island Products. Artisan soaps In all kinds of configurations! Pure honey, made completely on Amherst Island. Maple syrup is being boiled down in sugar shacks right now! Knitted products, post cards, art samples and posters and flyers about all the island events and attractions! They also have liquor, wine and beer!
McGinn's Amherst Island General Store
5695 Front Rd
Address: 5695 Front Road Stella, ON K0H 2S0 (613) 519-2331 https://mcginns-amherst-island-general-store.business.site/#details Along with groceries, candies, drinks and hot coffee and sandwiches we stock many Island Products. Artisan soaps In all kinds of configurations! Pure honey, made completely on Amherst Island. Maple syrup is being boiled down in sugar shacks right now! Knitted products, post cards, art samples and posters and flyers about all the island events and attractions! They also have liquor, wine and beer!

Sightseeing

Address: 14775 Front Rd, Stella, ON K0H 2S0 Phone: (613) 389-3444 https://www.topsyfarms.com/ Sights, hiking trails and wool goods including delicious lamb meat to bring home and cook! We welcome visitors to our online store, to our farm gate shop, The Wool Shed (open daily from 9-4) and to the activities we offer seasonally. Our 2km hiking trail to the Sugar Shack is open all year, weather and conditions permitting. Please check in at the Wool Shed before your walk. In 1972 a boatload of free-thinking, peace-loving hippies showed up at the west end of Amherst Island. Since then, Topsy Farms has prioritized stewardship of the land and harmony with nature above profit. Topsy raises happy sheep; winter makes better wool. Topsy offers 100% Canadian wool blankets and natural products to the eco-ethical kindred spirits out there. Our Connect to the Land programs give back to the community by offering green spaces of calm and quiet to visitors. Come see for yourself. Get dirty, leave happy, stay cozy.
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Topsy Farms
14775 Front Rd
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Address: 14775 Front Rd, Stella, ON K0H 2S0 Phone: (613) 389-3444 https://www.topsyfarms.com/ Sights, hiking trails and wool goods including delicious lamb meat to bring home and cook! We welcome visitors to our online store, to our farm gate shop, The Wool Shed (open daily from 9-4) and to the activities we offer seasonally. Our 2km hiking trail to the Sugar Shack is open all year, weather and conditions permitting. Please check in at the Wool Shed before your walk. In 1972 a boatload of free-thinking, peace-loving hippies showed up at the west end of Amherst Island. Since then, Topsy Farms has prioritized stewardship of the land and harmony with nature above profit. Topsy raises happy sheep; winter makes better wool. Topsy offers 100% Canadian wool blankets and natural products to the eco-ethical kindred spirits out there. Our Connect to the Land programs give back to the community by offering green spaces of calm and quiet to visitors. Come see for yourself. Get dirty, leave happy, stay cozy.
Address: 1 Marshall 40 Foot Rd #3, Stella, ON K0H 2S0 One hotspot in particular for birding enthusiasts is Amherst Island. It’s a wonderful place to view and learn about a variety of owls. The most common species found here during the winter are the Northern Saw-whet Owl, Long-eared Owls, with smaller numbers of Barred Owls, Great Horned Owls, and a few Boreal Owls and Great Grey Owls. Snowy Owls, as well as the Northern Hawk Owls, are usually found in trees and on fence posts or hydro poles near open fields throughout the Island. While bird watching, please respect the wildlife and vegetation on your visit. Remember not to get too close and move and speak quietly. Avoid the use of a flash if you are taking photographs. In the winter, Amherst Island is one of the best known spots in Ontario for winter birding because the island regularly supports large populations of hawks, harriers, owls, shrikes and waterfowl. In spring and autumn Amherst Island can be a great place to see migrating waterfowl, shorebirds and passerines. During the summer months the island is home to a few notable breeding species like Wilson’s Phalarope. Virtually all of the land on Amherst Island is privately owned, so most bird watching is done from the roadside. There are a few properties however, to which land owners kindly allow public access. Please remember to respect the wildlife and vegetation, keep quiet and avoid using flash photography.
Owl Woods
1 Marshall 40 Foot Rd
Address: 1 Marshall 40 Foot Rd #3, Stella, ON K0H 2S0 One hotspot in particular for birding enthusiasts is Amherst Island. It’s a wonderful place to view and learn about a variety of owls. The most common species found here during the winter are the Northern Saw-whet Owl, Long-eared Owls, with smaller numbers of Barred Owls, Great Horned Owls, and a few Boreal Owls and Great Grey Owls. Snowy Owls, as well as the Northern Hawk Owls, are usually found in trees and on fence posts or hydro poles near open fields throughout the Island. While bird watching, please respect the wildlife and vegetation on your visit. Remember not to get too close and move and speak quietly. Avoid the use of a flash if you are taking photographs. In the winter, Amherst Island is one of the best known spots in Ontario for winter birding because the island regularly supports large populations of hawks, harriers, owls, shrikes and waterfowl. In spring and autumn Amherst Island can be a great place to see migrating waterfowl, shorebirds and passerines. During the summer months the island is home to a few notable breeding species like Wilson’s Phalarope. Virtually all of the land on Amherst Island is privately owned, so most bird watching is done from the roadside. There are a few properties however, to which land owners kindly allow public access. Please remember to respect the wildlife and vegetation, keep quiet and avoid using flash photography.
Address: 5220 Front Rd, Stella, ON K0H 2S0 Phone: (613) 634-9512 http://neilsonstoremuseum.ca/ The Museum remains closed due to the pandemic. Opened in 2004, Amherst Island’s Neilson Store Museum highlights artifacts from Island families and Island history since its first settlement in 1789, when it was originally named Isle Tonti. Items in the collection include the MV Amherst Islander’s ship’s wheel, bell, and logs. Designated under the Ontario Heritage Act, the Museum itself is also an exhibit having once been owned by James S. Neilson, an island grain merchant who opened his first general store in 1873, with the store remaining in the Neilson family for more than one hundred years.
Neilson Store Museum & Cultural Centre
5220 Front Road
Address: 5220 Front Rd, Stella, ON K0H 2S0 Phone: (613) 634-9512 http://neilsonstoremuseum.ca/ The Museum remains closed due to the pandemic. Opened in 2004, Amherst Island’s Neilson Store Museum highlights artifacts from Island families and Island history since its first settlement in 1789, when it was originally named Isle Tonti. Items in the collection include the MV Amherst Islander’s ship’s wheel, bell, and logs. Designated under the Ontario Heritage Act, the Museum itself is also an exhibit having once been owned by James S. Neilson, an island grain merchant who opened his first general store in 1873, with the store remaining in the Neilson family for more than one hundred years.
Address: 363 Main Street Bath, Bath, ON K0H 1G0 Phone: (613) 402-9810 https://lakesidestudiogallery.com/ https://www.facebook.com/lakesidestudiogallerybath Located on the shore of Lake Ontario in the heart of the charming village of Bath, the Lakeside Studio Gallery showcases new works by emerging artists living and working in the surrounding area. We take great pride in working with artists of all ages who are in the first five years of displaying or selling their art publicly. We are happy to accept applications to show in our space. Please contact us for details. It is our mission to connect art lovers and collectors with up-and-coming local artists and to bring art back outside of city centres. Our gallery space includes a working studio, which sometimes means there are wet paintings in the walls. Please pay attention to all “WET PAINT” signs and always ask before you touch a painting.
Lakeside Studio Gallery
363 Main Street Bath
Address: 363 Main Street Bath, Bath, ON K0H 1G0 Phone: (613) 402-9810 https://lakesidestudiogallery.com/ https://www.facebook.com/lakesidestudiogallerybath Located on the shore of Lake Ontario in the heart of the charming village of Bath, the Lakeside Studio Gallery showcases new works by emerging artists living and working in the surrounding area. We take great pride in working with artists of all ages who are in the first five years of displaying or selling their art publicly. We are happy to accept applications to show in our space. Please contact us for details. It is our mission to connect art lovers and collectors with up-and-coming local artists and to bring art back outside of city centres. Our gallery space includes a working studio, which sometimes means there are wet paintings in the walls. Please pay attention to all “WET PAINT” signs and always ask before you touch a painting.

Beaches/Parks

Located at the end of Back Beach Road Intersection Back Beach Road and Art McGinn's Rd Back Beach is actually located on private property. Nut Island Farms gives access to the public from January 1 to Labour Day. The beach is a mix of sand and rock.
Back Beach Park
Located at the end of Back Beach Road Intersection Back Beach Road and Art McGinn's Rd Back Beach is actually located on private property. Nut Island Farms gives access to the public from January 1 to Labour Day. The beach is a mix of sand and rock.
Address: Concession Rd 3, Stella, ON K0H 2S0 Clear water and sandy shores welcome visitors to this wonderful conservation area.​ Sand Beach Wetlands Conservation Area is 54 acres, of wetlands with great ecological significance (acquired and stewarded by Loyalist Township to protect its valued natural heritage) located at the southwest end of Amherst Island. The area’s woodland and dune habitats are a provincially significant wetland as they are unique breeding grounds for species at risk. It’s also part of the larger Amherst Island habitat recognized as a Globally Significant Important Bird Area. Access to the beach is sign-posted in two areas – from the parking area and across from the viewing platform. Sand Beach is an unsupervised public beach so please do not swim alone. Also, it is important to refrain from crossing the dunes or vegetation anywhere other than the two access paths – this is to preserve the dunes and aid their regeneration. A great place for: Hiking Swimming Birding
Sand Beach Wetlands Conservation Area
Concession Road 3
Address: Concession Rd 3, Stella, ON K0H 2S0 Clear water and sandy shores welcome visitors to this wonderful conservation area.​ Sand Beach Wetlands Conservation Area is 54 acres, of wetlands with great ecological significance (acquired and stewarded by Loyalist Township to protect its valued natural heritage) located at the southwest end of Amherst Island. The area’s woodland and dune habitats are a provincially significant wetland as they are unique breeding grounds for species at risk. It’s also part of the larger Amherst Island habitat recognized as a Globally Significant Important Bird Area. Access to the beach is sign-posted in two areas – from the parking area and across from the viewing platform. Sand Beach is an unsupervised public beach so please do not swim alone. Also, it is important to refrain from crossing the dunes or vegetation anywhere other than the two access paths – this is to preserve the dunes and aid their regeneration. A great place for: Hiking Swimming Birding

Grocery Store

Address: 408 Main Street Bath, Bath, ON K0H 1G0 Phone: (613) 881-0404 http://www.schellsmarket.com/ Great place to stop by before heading to the island. Get some groceries you may have forgotten, fire wood, fresh flowers and propane. Owned and operated by Warren Schell, it is a family business that breathes new life into an old concept in a bright and friendly venue. Warren's agricultural background as an Ontario farmer and years of experience as a retail grocer provide the cornerstone of this small business which is committed to delivering fresh, local and wild food goods. Providing local employment, sourcing from local growers and supporting the local community are outward signs of inward intention. Schell's Market offers a taste of old world values for your destination shopping experience. Happily serving the island and shoreline communities from Kingston to Prince Edward County and points west Visit us at the market when you're 'en route' via the Loyalist Parkway (Ontario Highway 33). Look for our farm wagon next to the Village Post Office.
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Schell's Market Inc
408 Main Street Bath
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Address: 408 Main Street Bath, Bath, ON K0H 1G0 Phone: (613) 881-0404 http://www.schellsmarket.com/ Great place to stop by before heading to the island. Get some groceries you may have forgotten, fire wood, fresh flowers and propane. Owned and operated by Warren Schell, it is a family business that breathes new life into an old concept in a bright and friendly venue. Warren's agricultural background as an Ontario farmer and years of experience as a retail grocer provide the cornerstone of this small business which is committed to delivering fresh, local and wild food goods. Providing local employment, sourcing from local growers and supporting the local community are outward signs of inward intention. Schell's Market offers a taste of old world values for your destination shopping experience. Happily serving the island and shoreline communities from Kingston to Prince Edward County and points west Visit us at the market when you're 'en route' via the Loyalist Parkway (Ontario Highway 33). Look for our farm wagon next to the Village Post Office.

Gas Station

Address: 234 Main Street Bath, Bath, ON K0H 1G0 Hours: Open 24 hours Phone: (613) 352-3650 Less than 5mins past the Millhaven Ferry Terminal.
Esso
234 Main Street Bath
Address: 234 Main Street Bath, Bath, ON K0H 1G0 Hours: Open 24 hours Phone: (613) 352-3650 Less than 5mins past the Millhaven Ferry Terminal.

Ferry Terminal

Address: (Mainland Side), 5604 Highway 33, Millhaven, ON Phone: (613) 389-3393 Comes Every hour on the HALF HOUR Hours of Operation: 6:30am to 1:30am Fares: ROUND TRIP (Credit Cards accepted) Car, truck under 1 ton and vans: $10.00 RV, car with trailer, large vehicle needing up to 2 spaces or Large school bus: $20.00 Large vehicles, trailers or equipment needing more than 2 spaces: $10.00 per space Motorcycle: $2.00 Bicycle: $1.50 Pedestrian: No charge Ferry Line Etiquette It is important to be respectful and orderly while waiting for the ferry. At periods of peak usage, or diminished capacity (such as when the ferry is attending an emergency, or while being replaced by a smaller ferry), there can be a great deal of pressure on the ferry mustering areas on both docks. In these instances, it is vital to observe good ferry line etiquette and to listen to ferry staff on the docks when they are present. Additionally: Fill all lanes as you arrive Pull all the way to the front of the line to ensure lines can be filled Be mindful of your position in the line and wait your turn
Millhaven Ferry
5604 Bath Road
Address: (Mainland Side), 5604 Highway 33, Millhaven, ON Phone: (613) 389-3393 Comes Every hour on the HALF HOUR Hours of Operation: 6:30am to 1:30am Fares: ROUND TRIP (Credit Cards accepted) Car, truck under 1 ton and vans: $10.00 RV, car with trailer, large vehicle needing up to 2 spaces or Large school bus: $20.00 Large vehicles, trailers or equipment needing more than 2 spaces: $10.00 per space Motorcycle: $2.00 Bicycle: $1.50 Pedestrian: No charge Ferry Line Etiquette It is important to be respectful and orderly while waiting for the ferry. At periods of peak usage, or diminished capacity (such as when the ferry is attending an emergency, or while being replaced by a smaller ferry), there can be a great deal of pressure on the ferry mustering areas on both docks. In these instances, it is vital to observe good ferry line etiquette and to listen to ferry staff on the docks when they are present. Additionally: Fill all lanes as you arrive Pull all the way to the front of the line to ensure lines can be filled Be mindful of your position in the line and wait your turn
Address: (Island Side), 1 Stella 40 Foot Road, Stella, ON Phone: (613) 389-3393 Comes Every hour on the HOUR Hours of Operation: 6am to 1am Ferry Line Etiquette It is important to be respectful and orderly while waiting for the ferry. At periods of peak usage, or diminished capacity (such as when the ferry is attending an emergency, or while being replaced by a smaller ferry), there can be a great deal of pressure on the ferry mustering areas on both docks. In these instances, it is vital to observe good ferry line etiquette and to listen to ferry staff on the docks when they are present. Additionally: Fill all lanes as you arrive Pull all the way to the front of the line to ensure lines can be filled Be mindful of your position in the line and wait your turn
Ferry Dock Amherst Island - Mainland Side
5604 Ontario 33
Address: (Island Side), 1 Stella 40 Foot Road, Stella, ON Phone: (613) 389-3393 Comes Every hour on the HOUR Hours of Operation: 6am to 1am Ferry Line Etiquette It is important to be respectful and orderly while waiting for the ferry. At periods of peak usage, or diminished capacity (such as when the ferry is attending an emergency, or while being replaced by a smaller ferry), there can be a great deal of pressure on the ferry mustering areas on both docks. In these instances, it is vital to observe good ferry line etiquette and to listen to ferry staff on the docks when they are present. Additionally: Fill all lanes as you arrive Pull all the way to the front of the line to ensure lines can be filled Be mindful of your position in the line and wait your turn