Shop on this site for Boyds Bears, Art and Gifts. We are still constructing the pages, but everything that is on Our Online Store page, is available for shipment our next business day. The new store has slowed the input of new items, but we will keep adding items as we can. Please call (705) 932-2850 or 1-866-932-2850 if there is a specific item that you need!

We're expanding again! Bear Essentials Too is set to open at the end of September at 12 King Street East in Millbook. Our Grand Opening will be Friday October 3rd. We'll have specials and a draw and other give aways. Plan to attend!






















12 King Street East
Millbrook, Ontario








We moved Bethany Hills Interiors across the street to number 17. The new store  has lots of Home Decor items, Lampe Berger, Canadian Made Furniture, Bamboo Towels, Sheet Sets, Kouchini Linens, Hunter Douglas Blinds, Drapery, Fabrics, Carpets and Rugs and Original Art.


Come and check it out 

See more pictures of Bethany Hills Interiors on the Special Events Page 

Open 7 Days a Week
Monday to Thursday 10:00am to 5:30pm
Friday 10:00am to 6:00pm
Saturday 10:00am to 5:30pm
Sunday 11:00am to 4:00pm

Bear Essentials is primarily a Gift, Home Décor and Garden Accessory Store, but we carry a wide variety of items outside of those definitions. There are literally thousands of different items in stock at any given time. We try to carry items that are unusual and not available at every gift store. We carry work by local and other Canadian Artists and Artisans including Shelley Adam, Peter Hoffer, Murray MacKinnon,  Deb Reynolds and Mel V. As the store name implies, we are a Dealer for Boyds Bears and also carry Bearington Bears and plush by other Manufacturers. We have a very large selection of candles, including Country Home Candles and bee's wax and soya candles.




                                                 
Open 7 Days a Week
Monday to Thursday 10:00am to 5:30pm
Friday 10:00am to 6:00pm
Saturday 10:00am to 5:30pm
Sunday 11:00am to 4:00pm
 

Bethany Hills Interiors is located at 17 King Street East in Millbrook. Bonnie's aim is to help you create a beautiful room. Services include consulting with you to choose colours, fabrics, wallpaper, window treatments, accessories, art, flooring, furniture and cabinets. Bonnie will help you arrange furniture, pictures and accessories and offer suggestions for improving overall flow, comfort and the beauty of your home. Custom Drapery and Upholstery, Hunter Douglas Blinds, Canadian Art, Canadian Made Furniture, even Custom Furniture are available through Bethany Hills Interiors. We will create colour palettes for a room or your entire home. We will shop with you, or for you, for home furnishings, art, window treatments, flooring and kitchen cabinets.

A Sears Catalogue Agency is also located in Bear Essentials. Simply order your selections from 1-800-267-3277 or http://www.sears.ca/ and ask to have your purchases delivered to Bear Essentials in Millbrook, Ontario. You can pick up free catalogues, pick up Catalogue Orders, drop off returns or exchanges and make payments on your Sears Card at Bear Essentials in Millbrook, Ontario.          

The Stores, Shops and Services of Millbrook Ontario offer a tranquil break from your hectic lifestyle. Come and enjoy the serenity of the countryside, while still being able to access all of the products and services you expect. 

Millbrook, Ontario is a unique Village at the gateway to the Kawarthas. A quick trip to our historic Village will provide everything required for a fabulous weekend. Amenities in the Village include a Foodland, a Liquour Store, a Gas Station, a TD Canada Trust and Bank Machine, a Pro Hardware, an IDA Pharmacy, Restaurants, Auto Repair and Convenience Stores

Shopping in Millbrook, the village in the valley, can be a relaxing, rewarding experience. The stores in Millbrook can supply the essentials like Groceries, Hardware, Wine, Spirits, Beer, Banking, Gasoline, Drugs, and take out food, or, other important things like Postal Service, Videos, Meals, Gifts, Home Decor, Fabrics and much, much more. Visit www.millbrookbia.com for information on stores in the Village, or www.millbrook.ca for businesses in the surrounding area.

Millbrook, Ontario "a green and pleasant land"! Where history lives on in a turn-of-the-century charm, but life hasn't stood still in this beautiful village in the valley. You will find a treasure trove of experiences in our unique shops with friendly hometown service. 

Millbrook is home to a growing community of professional artists millbrookgallery.com and to the 4^th Line Theatre, 4thlinetheatre.on.ca  one of Canada's premier outdoor theatre companies.  Millbrook serves as the commercial centre for the surrounding countryside and hosts one of Ontario's oldest Agricultural Fairs

Millbrook is home to a series of Events throughout the year. Maplefest in April, The Millbrook & District Agricultural Fair in June, The Fabulous ‘50's Car, and Truck Show in July, Ladies Night in August,  Pumpkin Patch in October and Olde Tyme Christmas in December. For information on Events throughout Peterborough County this summer, visit www.kickitupinthekawarthas.com

Millbrook's many streams made this location an ideal mill site. In 1816, John Deyell came from Ireland to build the first mill on the same site where Needler's Mill stands today. The village prospered and quickly grew to a recorded 1700 inhabitants. In the 1880's, Millbrook's population dropped to half when the Canadian west opened to new settlement. New rail lines began bypassing the village, and then the highways: Millbrook was left behind.

Fate has preserved much of the village as it was 100 years ago. Those who cherish heritage will find in Millbrook a legacy to Ontario and small town life.

There are more than 45 designated historic buildings in Millbrook -- more per capita than any other Ontario town. Needler's Mill by the pond is the third mill to rest on this site, having been moved here in 1909 from Cedar Valley and restored by a citizens' group in 1982. On the hill above the village sits the majestic Old School, built in 1889 on what is said to have been a native campsite. The old fire hall on Hay Street was built in 1881 and has a rare Tuscan-style tower for drying hoses. It now serves as a museum housing fire fighting equipment, and is open to the public on special occasions.

These are just a few of the heritage buildings worthy of discovery. The entire downtown has changed very little since it was rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1875. Visit The Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society, located at 17 King Street East kawartha.net/~mchs/mchs.htm for historical information on Millbrook and the surrounding area.

For a cool walk in the shady woods, take the path leading from the millpond up to Medd's Mountain Conservation Area. The entire area south of the village contains passive-use park space and trout streams, all awaiting the intrepid explorer. And, only a bit further a-field, lies the Ganaraska Forest, 10,000 acres of forest interlaced with miles of hiking and biking trails, transformed into groomed cross-country and snowmobile trails in the winter with a maintained link to the village.

And all within 90 minutes drive from Toronto!