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Real Estate Agent - Century 21 Lanthorn Real Estate LTD., Trenton, Ontario
Malcolm Johnston is a real estate agent with Century 21 Lanthorn Real Estate in Trenton, Ontario. This blog is a log of his musings as a real estate agent and as a citizen of the Quinte region of Ontario.
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Prince Edward County has a number of rural villages and hamlets where the pace of life seems a little less rushed and things don't change very quickly. When you start driving into the more southern parts of the County it can almost feel like stepping back in time. The roads are a little narrower ...
09/07/2012
Mariners Park Museum is located near South Bay in Prince Edward County. It's one of those interesting places where you can walk around and feel like you're the only person in the world, a bit like Euro Disneyland, except without the rides. This is the appeal of Prince Edward County though, there'...
09/06/2012
Lake on the Mountain in Prince Edward County is about a five minute drive from Picton on the way to the Glenora ferry. It's a great half hour stop (unless you happen to be having your lunch or dinner at the Lake on the Mountain Resort - a fabulous restaurant that serves some of the great local Pr...
09/05/2012
The boardwalk at Picton Harbour is called The Glen Allan Public Boardwalk in honour of the S.S. Glen Allan, a freight steamer that worked out of the harbour. The S.S. Glen Allan used to load up with cheese and apples in Picton and other Prince Edward County harbours and transport them to the mark...
09/04/2012
The Crystal Palace in Picton, Prince Edward County was finished in 1887. It is a scaled down replica of the 19 acre Crystal Palace that was built in London by Joseph Paxton in 1851. For a while it was all the rage to build structures like these in North America for agricultural fairs and similar ...
09/01/2012
The latter half of the nineteenth century, specifically 1860 - 1890 was a very prosperous time for Prince Edward County, an era now called the barley days. Barley grown in the County had always been favoured by American brewers in New York who believed that it was of a superior quality to any oth...
08/30/2012
Little Bluff Conservation Area is one of those hidden gems in Prince Edward County. It's down at the southern end of the County where things are very quiet and people (other than the near-by residents) rarely go. I have been there over a dozen times and have yet to see another soul (other than my...
08/29/2012
Hanna Park is a 42 acre park right in the heart of Trenton that has many uses. The entrance is conveniently located at the corner of Film Street and Cresswell Drive. Smaller kids will enjoy the large play structure and swings, while the younger teenagers will enjoy the basketball court. The older...
08/27/2012
The weekend is off to a good start, I have finished my Saturday open houses. Both of them went very well and there was a fairly good turnout. They were the busiest open houses I've had in a while. I think people are starting to get back to business now that the summer's coming to an end. The weat...
08/25/2012
It's going to be another busy weekend for open houses in the Quinte area. We are quickly running out of summer, but there's still a few nice weekends left. I'm hoping that the weather will be nice and people will want to get out and about. I will be hosting four open houses myself this weekend (t...
08/24/2012
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