Mountain Grove

Mountain Grove brings together two distinct travel interests: time at Long Lake and ways to connect with local history. Long Lake Beach is a 130-metre-long sandy beach on the lake. Also of interest are the Olden War Memorial in Olden War Memorial Park and a historical marker about The Frontenac Road. For your vacation planning, this gives you a choice between the beach as a vacation destination in its own right and the history of a route and the people commemorated by a memorial. This variety can help families consider together what matters most to them in a vacation destination.

Long Lake Beach on Long Lake

Long Lake Beach is a 130-metre-long sandy beach on Long Lake. Its length and sandy shore give you specific details to consider when planning family time at a lakeside beach. The beach is reached via Public Beach Road, which branches off just beyond Long Lake Road. These two road names are the main reference points for finding your way. If the beach is the deciding factor in your travel plans, you can assess Mountain Grove based on this clearly defined vacation theme.

The Frontenac Road and its history

A historical marker about The Frontenac Road is located in Mountain Grove at the intersection of Frontenac Road and Ferguson Road. The route was surveyed in 1852–1853 by Thomas Fraser Gibbs, a provincial surveyor. These details connect the history to a specific place, person and period: it concerns a particular route and the surveying work of a named professional.

The Frontenac Road was opened as part of a network of “colonization roads” planned by the government to encourage settlement in the southern part of the Canadian Shield. The route therefore represents more than a road connection: the planned roads were intended to encourage settlement in this part of the Shield. Anyone interested in the history of routes can connect the survey of a specific road with this broader aim. The marker is located at a named intersection in Mountain Grove, linking the historical subject to a particular place.

Olden War Memorial

Another way to explore local history is the Olden War Memorial in Mountain Grove. It was erected by the Corporation of Olden and is located in Olden War Memorial Park. The memorial lists veterans of the First World War, the Canadian Forces, the Second World War and the Korean War. It also honours Jack D. Kellar and Adrian Good, two local men who died in action during the Second World War.

The names give this place of remembrance a personal connection to Mountain Grove. Alongside the references to different wars are two local men who died in the Second World War. For families, this shift from the broader historical context to individual people can prompt a conversation about how a memorial connects history with a community. The memorial thus offers a different historical focus from The Frontenac Road: here, remembrance and people are at the centre, while the road is about a surveyed route and planned settlement.

Which reason for travelling suits you?

For your vacation planning, this difference helps clarify your priorities: should the beach at Long Lake be the main reason for your vacation, or would you rather focus on the route and places of remembrance? If you are looking for a vacation rental, you can use this question to decide whether Mountain Grove suits your family’s interests. The area therefore offers different reasons to consider it for your trip, without any one focus needing to suit every traveller.

More local pages

More local pages: Wolfe Island, Sydenham, Kingston, Cloyne, Sharbot Lake, Battersea.

For the broader travel overview: Frontenac County.