The Haliburton Memorial Museum at Windsor honors the town's most significant citizen of all time. "Clifton Estate" was created by Haliburton and his young bride, following their marriage in 1815. Louisa named it for her home in England. The house contains the library where Thomas Chandler Haliburton wrote the first History of Nova Scotia in 1829, and later, the stories that captured for him the titles of Father of Canadian Literature and Father of American Humor. His interest in agriculture led him to plant a wide variety of plants and trees from all over the world. A walk over the grounds conjures up visions of life back then, with walking paths as well as horse and wagon trails amongst apple orchards and beautiful huge old trees. This palette-knife oil painting was done "on the spot" on the south slope adjacent to the present museum.
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