Kingsville’s Great Estate

The Estate of Health property, featured on the cover of this issue, dates back to the 1800s.

It all started with Colonel James King, founder of Kingsville, who journeyed his way to the area with his wife, Sarah Nightingale, and her two sons. Originally from Devonshire, England, the family first travelled to Canada in 1826, landing in Montreal. Over the following nine years, epidemics of cholera and fever forced them to relocate, ultimately finding themselves in a place that was then known as Gosfield Township, Upper Canada.

Col. King built a small shanty north of town for his family to stay in over the winter, but when the spring came, they couldn’t say goodbye to the beauty of the area. Over the next couple of years, King and his wife expanded their shanty and had three children, James, Ellen and Alfred.

In the coming years, King would earn the title Lieutenant Colonel during the Upper Canada Rebellion of 183738. King became a very important figure in the growing community and welcomed his youngest son, Sidney.

King would lead settlers in building a schoolhouse and also assisted in the building of St. John’s Anglican Church. He would lay out the plan for the village, become a Notary Public, a clerk of the Division Court, a Collector of Customs, an insurance agent, and the Superintendent of Schools for Gosfield. In 1852, the community of 100 people named the village Kingsville in his honour.

In 1856, King began building a unique octagonal house on six acres of land on what we now know as Mill Street West. This beautiful two-story home, with windows in all directions and covered veranda all around, would become his family’s final home.

The building became more than just the King family home, though. Tales tell stories of King’s generous hospitality to those needing shelter. Whether they were American Civil War survivors or weary travellers, they were always welcome at the great Kingsholme Estate.

Since it was built, ownership of the home has exchanged hands through generations of the King family, including Col. King’s youngest son, Dr. Sidney Arthur King, and his daughter, Laura, who lived there until 1963.

After over 100 years in the family, and almost 60 years of being loved by local residents, the estate was purchased in 2019 by Jim and Heather Scott, and their daughter Jordan Scott-Trepanier, who developed the property into the bustling Estate of Health Wellness Centre and Yoga Studio.

July August

1 Almost Famous Band

Opener: Walkerville Collegiate Rock Band

Sunset Amphitheatre, Seacliff Park

1 The Mojo Wailers Wheatley Arena

2 The Devitos

Two Creeks Conservation Area, Wheatley

7 Kristopher and Jim

Lakeside Marina Patio, Leamington

9 Courtney Wells Band

Two Creeks Conservation Area, Wheatley

14 Dawn and Elvis

Lakeside Marina Patio, Leamington

16 British Beat 66

Two Creeks Conservation Area, Wheatley

21 Back 2 Back

Lakeside Marina Patio, Leamington

22 Classic Albums Live Opener: Fresh Breath

Sunset Amphitheatre, Seacliff Park

23 Vox Vinyl

Two Creeks Conservation Area, Wheatley

28 Fresh Breath

Lakeside Marina Patio, Leamington

29 Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy

Opener: Mary Frances Leahy

Sunset Amphitheatre, Seacliff Park

30 Fresh Breath

Two Creeks Conservation Area, Wheatley

4 Scott Stapp

Opener: Honeymoon Suite Hogs For Hospice

Sunset Amphitheatre, Seacliff Park

5 Jake Owen

Opener: A Thousand Horses Hogs For Hospice

Sunset Amphitheatre, Seacliff Park

6 Jen Knight Band

Two Creeks Conservation Area, Wheatley

11 Justin Latam

Lakeside Marina Patio, Leamington

11- 13 Greenway Jam Music Festival

Numerous performers and entertainers including Paul Langlois from the Tragically Hip, Joel Plaskett, The Sadies and OKAN. Mettawas Park, Kingsville

13 South River Slim

Two Creeks Conservation Area, Wheatley

20 The Ashley Lynn Experience

Two Creeks Conservation Area, Wheatley

25 Jen Knight Band

Lakeside Marina Patio, Leamington

27 Paying Cash

Two Creeks Conservation Area, Wheatley

September

1 Lysette and Tyler

Lakeside Marina Patio, Leamington

2 The S’Aints

Sunset Amphitheatre, Seacliff Park

3 Buck Twenty

Two Creeks Conservation Area, Wheatley