Food Producer Friday's... starting June 20!

Starting June 20 the Keefer Mansion Inn is pleased to feature a "Niagara Food Producer Hero" onsite at the inn each Friday evening to interact with our guests and offer some of their fresh product for sale. Chef Pascal will also include some of the featured product within our evening menu. Plan to join us from 5pm -9pm each Friday to learn more about our Niagara food economy. Please check our website for more details.

New Packages & Pricing

We have adjusted our package and room pricing to make a Keefer Mansion visit an even greater value. Plan your summer visit today.  Let our staff organize your 1 or 2 day Niagara escape. Escapes start at $202 per couple including dinner.

We will even pack you a wonderful picnic lunch, to let you explore the Niagara Region in style.

With wine $65

To view our sensational Escape Packages please click here

Chef Pascal's Favourite

The Strawberry Fraisier

Take advantage of the first Niagara berries and create this wonderful June dessert.

Recipe Link

Winner of the Overnight Draw

 Congratulations Katharine Frazer.. winner of our monthly draw for a weeknight stay for 2!

Words of Wellness from the Spa

An essential oil I consider a must for everyday use is Tea Tree oil. Also known as Melaleuca Alternifolia, it's uses in skin care, personal wellness, and household cleaning make it an indispensable product for every home and office.

Tea tree oil has anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, and antiseptic properties that make it useful in treating minor cuts and blemishes. Just a tiny dab over affected skin will help prevent infection and speed healing. It penetrates well and is kind to healthy and healing tissues.  You can dab it over a cold sore at the onset to help prevent a full outbreak.

If your skin or scalp is dry, add a few drops to your favourite shampoo, bodywash, or lotion to alleviate itchiness and soothe irritated skin. Often found in head lice products, tea tree oil is effective in eradicating creepy crawlies of all sorts.  In a dilute form, it also makes a great diaper rash remedy.

Tea tree oil also has solvent properties which make it a natural additive for cleaning products. Add a drop to your dishwashing detergent and laundry soap for enhanced cleaning and disinfecting properties.

The Janssen skin care line used in our petite spa has a range of products containing tea tree oil especially designed for acneic, oily, combination, and congested skins. Tea tree oil, aloe vera, and herbal extracts are blended into products that help balance skin for a clear, refreshed complexion
 

For spa details email or call:
Sandra Edgar our Spa Manager
spa@keefermansion.com

905-680-9581 Ext 206

June is Strawberry Month at the Spa!

Special Offer

Beginning June 14th, treat yourself to a luscious strawberry facial that will rejuvenate your complexion and reveal glowing skin. This only happens once a year while local strawberries are in season!

Strawberry Spa Facial 60 minutes $75

Introducing Pinnacle Mineral Makeup to our line of professional makeup products. Flawless finish foundations are rich in minerals and natural sun protection to nourish your skin. New mineral wand and compact foundations, mineral eye shadows, and spectacular foundation primer ensure long lasting professional looking results.

From the past...

The early British postal system required mail to be prepaid by the sender, whereas the American system required recipients to pay postage upon receipt.

Canadian merchants complained bitterly about this inconsistency, and even made illegal use of private courier services that took correspondence for American recipients to the nearest American town for mailing. In evading prepayment of postage in this way, they deprived the British Post Office of revenues.

Daniel Sutherland, Deputy Post-Master General of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada turned a blind eye to this practice; he preferred the American system, which provided him with substantial income in the form of a 20 per cent commission on all postal revenues he collected for the American Post Office.

Jacob Keefer started Welland Mills (located just a few blocks form the inn) and lived at the site of the present day Keefer Mansion which was built by his nephew. Jacob claimed that his family's considerable fortune was based on this event that appointed him as Thorold 's first postmaster and gave him the right to 20% of all local postal revenues.

Here is a document signed by Daniel Sutherland appointing Jacob Keefer as Thorold 's first Postmaster in 1826

Thanks to Duncan McLaren of Lord Durham Rare Books Inc. for access to this interesting document.

Thanks to all, and we hope to see you soon!

Sincerely,