Bay of Quinte Branch

1784 U.E.L. Landing Gallery

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Loyalist Tyendinaga Mohawks
under Chief John Deserontyon
land at Deseronto on the
Bay of Quinte, May 12, 1784.
(painted by Rev. Bowen Squire,
of Consecon)

Van Alstine Group of Loyalists
land at Adolphustown on the
Bay of Quinte, June 16, 1784.
(painted by Rev. Bowen Squire
-- courtesy Glanmore National
Historic Site in Belleville, Ontario)

Map of the Bay of Quinte area. Belleville and Deseronto are in Hastings County, Picton is in Prince Edward County, Napanee and Adolphustown are in Lennox and Addington County, and Kingston is in Frontenac County.

VanAlstine Group of Loyalists
choose their forested homesteads
by lot, upon landing.

Ontario provincial plaque at
Adolphustown UEL Park at
spot where the Loyalists landed.

UEL descendants gather in
1885 at monument erected at
the original UEL burying ground.

The UEL Monument today, inside
the cemetery Memorial gates erected
in 1956 when the cemetery was restored.



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Copyright © 1999 BoQ Branch
U.E.L. Association of Canada

Webmaster Bill Daverne, UE

most recent revision
Thursday, April 1, 1999

Thanks to Geoff Webster at Napanee Photo One
for his scanning and photography assistance.

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