The Harp and the Maple Leaf

The impact of the Irish on Canada goes well beyond the immigrants who arrived here in droves throughout the Nineteenth Century. Most of those...

A Canadian Railroad Trilogy: Part 1

The revolution, which was to change Oxford-on-Rideau and South Gower Townships forever, began very quietly indeed. It happened in the House of Assembly in...

The Union Forever!

The people of Ontario have been wondering for many years whether the various oil companies serving up the fuel that keeps our cars and...

Electoral confusion in Grenville County

Elections are in the news these days, along with matters of voter suppression, a lack of voting places, and fears of tampering. This is...

Kemptville in 1951: 70 years of change

Things have changed a lot in North Grenville over the past few decades, and it’s fascinating to take a close look at some of...

From College to Campus: a landmark in Kemptville

The Municipality of North Grenville has joined with the Kemptville College Alumni Association to celebrate the centenary of what we now call the Kemptville...

A Kemptville Miscellany

Did you know that.... when Lyman Clothier first set foot in what was to become Kemptville, the entire population of Oxford Township was just...
Beckett's Landing Summer Resort

North Grenville History- Beckett’s Landing Summer Resort

This was the Beckett's Landing Summer Resort, built by Cecil Beckett in 1927 and a favourite place for boaters and swimmers on the Rideau...

London – the final conference

There had been so many highs and lows in the story of Confederation since 1864. What with the Fenian raid, the resignation of George...

One town, one man and a story that won’t go away

by Lyle Dillabough It just seems to go on and on. That endless tale of Captain Roy Brown, his hometown of Carleton Place, and the...