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{{short description|Former township now part of Greater Napanee, Ontario, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
[[File:Old Hay Bay Church.jpg|thumb|right|Old Hay Bay Church, {{circa|1908}}]]
'''Adolphustown''' is a geographic area located in [[Greater Napanee]], [[Ontario]], Canada, on the Adolphus Reach of the [[Bay of Quinte]] in [[Lake Ontario]]. Adolphustown is now part of the town of [[Greater Napanee]]. The rural character of the Adolphustown region remains largely undisturbed today and the area, with its picturesque lakefront location, remains popular for the cultivation of apples and strawberries.

==History==
Adolphustown was founded in 1784 by [[United Empire Loyalists]]. The original Loyalist Landing site is now the {{convert|74|acre|m2|adj=on}} U.E.L. Heritage Centre & Park, a museum, public park, and family campground.

The settlement was named for [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]], seventh son of [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]]. A number of [[Religious Society of Friends|Quaker]]s settled in this area in 1784 and held their first Monthly Meetings in Canada here.

The Old Hay Bay Church, built by [[United Empire Loyalist]] settlers in 1792 and the oldest [[Methodism|Methodist]] building in Canada, was designated a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]].<ref>[http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/lhn-nhs/det_E.asp?oqSID=1907&oqeName=Old+Hay+Bay+Church&oqfName=Ancienne+%E9glise+Hay+Bay Old Hay Bay Church]{{dead link|date=October 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada</ref><ref>{{CRHP|10617|Old Hay Bay Church}}</ref>  It is open during the summer.
[[File:Glenora Ferry Hwy33 near Picton Ontario Canada.jpg |thumb|left|Glenora Ferry arriving in Adolphustown]]
The settlement serves as the eastern terminus of the ferry crossing to [[Glenora, Ontario]]. The ferry is free for vehicles and pedestrians and links the western and eastern halves of one of the oldest colonial roads in the province, the [[Ontario Highway 33|Loyalist Parkway (Ontario Highway 33)]], at the point where the parkway is interrupted by the Bay of Quinte. This crossing appears to have been in use at least as early as 1802, when an extension of [[Asa Danforth Jr.]]'s pioneering [[Danforth Road|road]], from [[Scarborough, Toronto|eastern Toronto]] through what is now [[Trenton, Ontario|Trenton]], first reached the Bay of Quinte at Stone Mills (Glenora).

By 1869, Adolphustown was a station on the [[Grand Trunk Railway]] with a population of 100 in the Township of Adolphustown, County of Lennox and shore of Bay of Quinte. The principal trade was in grain stock and cordwood. Land averaged from $30 to $40 per acre.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=z6wOAAAAYAAJ&q=%22The+province+of+Ontario+gazetteer+and+directory+%22 The province of Ontario gazetteer and directory]. H. McEvoy Editor and Compiler, Toronto : Robertson & Cook, Publishers, 1869. page 19</ref>

Other development—such as the 1817 [[Ontario Highway 2|York Road]], the 1856 Grand Trunk Railway{{Contradict-inline|page=Talk:Adolphustown|section=Grand Trunk|date=January 2023}}, and 1964 segment of [[Ontario Highway 401|Highway 401]]—took a more northern route through [[Napanee, Ontario|Napanee]]-[[Belleville, Ontario|Belleville]].

==Notable people==
* [[David Wright Allison]], politician, farmer, manufacturer and speculator. 
* [[Bob Casey (third baseman)|Bob Casey]], professional baseball player.
* [[Samuel Casey (Upper Canada politician)|Samuel Casey]], farmer and political figure in [[Upper Canada]].
* [[Willet Casey]], farmer and political figure in Upper Canada.
* [[James Cotter (judge)|James Cotter]], farmer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.
* [[Philip Dorland]], farmer and political figure in Upper Canada.
* [[Thomas Dorland]], farmer, slave owner, soldier and political figure in Upper Canada.
* [[Daniel Hagerman]], lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada.
* [[David Roblin]], lumber merchant and political figure in [[Canada West]].
* [[John Roblin]], farmer and political figure in Upper Canada.
* [[Henry Ruttan]],  businessman, inventor and political figure in Upper Canada.
* [[Peter Van Alstine]], farmer, soldier and political figure in Upper Canada.

==See also==
* [[List of communities in Ontario]]
* [[Royal eponyms in Canada]]

==References==
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[[Category:Former township municipalities in Ontario]]
[[Category:Populated places on Lake Ontario in Canada]]
[[Category:Communities in Lennox and Addington County]]