John Freeman Walls Historic Site

When I was in high school I was one of many students that help with the building and maintenance and learning from my teachers, Winston and Allen Walls about the history behind it all will always be forever my happiest memories with knowing I learned from John Freeman Walls descendants that they keep that history alive to teach generations to come ,,,a must place to visit, you won't be disappointed.

Better late than never. I've lived in the area for close to 30 years and have driven by the John Freeman Walls Historic Site many times, always saying that I would drop in for a tour one day. Well, I finally made along with my daughter-in-law and granddaughter. We had the please of meeting the founder of the museum Dr. Bryan Walls along with two young family members who were our tour guide. If we don't seek to know our history we are susceptible to repeat it. In encourage you not to wait as long I did to find out not only some local history but the very essence of what it was like to be a black slave in days past. The museum would be grateful for presence as well as any contribution you might offer to keep this valuable piece of history alive and well for generations to come. God bless you.

Great tour, inexpensive, and an important part of Canada's history. Really enjoyed our visit! The whole tour took about 1.5 hours.

Dr. Walls is a very interesting man. He is very intelligent and shared a wealth of knowledge. His ancestor is the original settler of the property. We wish Canada would contribute to the restoration of this amazing historical site.

It got us in touch with what those people went through. There are Graves there with markings. They might have made it to Canada but they obviously did not survive much longer than that! The real Underground Railroad Museum is in Amherstburg. We didn't realize that until we were back in the United States. For that reason I was very disappointed because I didn't get to see much of the tooling or anything else that they used it during those times. It is poorly signed... You can see the sign of a little bit coming from the other way but it has tree branches hanging down low covering it from the opposite side. I don't know the directions things were going... We didn't have a compass.