Vankleek Hill, Ontario

Vankleek Hill

Vankleek Hill is a town in Champlain Township in Eastern Ontario. It has a population of 1,996.

The town was named after Simeon Vankleek, a United Empire Loyalist who settled there near the end of the 18th century. The agricultural-based community became a thriving community in the 1890s and still retains many of the buildings and structures of the time. As such it is called the gingerbread (the wood carvings on the eaves of one's roof) capital of Ontario.