Nestled along the banks of the historic Indian River, Lang Pioneer Village Museum features over twenty restored and furnished buildings constructed between 1820 and 1899. Many of the buildings were donated by townships within the County of Peterborough and moved to their present site when the museum was founded.

The Village is complete with lanes and pathways, farm animals, rail and stump fences, vegetable and herb gardens, as well as other authentic details of a 19th century hamlet. Villagers of all ages, dressed in authentic historical costume, go about their daily chores contributing to the authenticity of this living history experience. Sparks fly from the anvil in the blacksmith shop, handbills are printed on the old press in the Register Print Shop and the gentle smell of wood smoke fills the air.

The Vllage is the site of David Fife's 1820's log cabin. Fife, who at the age of 15 emigrated from Scotland to Canada, was one of the first farmers who realized that the European strains of wheat were not suited to the Canadian climate. He wrote to a friend back home for new seed samples and began a horticultural experiment which led to the discovery of Red Fife wheat in 1842. It soon became popular in southern Ontario and the northern United States because of its high yields and excellent bread making qualities. By 1870, Red Fife was well-established on the Canadian Prairies and during the next thirty years it was regarded as the best variety of spring wheat. Red Fife wheat was ground into flour at the three-storey Lang Grist Mill. The limestone for the walls of this impressive structure came from the Indian River. Originally built in 1846, visitors can still see wheat ground into whole wheat flour throughout the summer. David Fife was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1963 for his discovery of Red Fife wheat.