The man in the frame
As reported elsewhere in this issue, the Oddfellows Lodge 279 in Kemptville has presented a portrait of Dr. John A. Jones to the North...
Losers weepers – The Law of Nations
The Doctrine of Discovery provided the monarchs of Europe with a very questionable justification for claiming the territories inhabited by non-Europeans between the fifteenth...
Kemptville Royals hockey team 1957
by Sam Gaw
Recently, as I was going through some boxes of memorabilia, I found a mint condition 1957 Season Souvenir Program of the Kemptville...
The mystery of Tom Chu
There has been some discussion on our Facebook page recently about the grave in the Kemptville Union Cemetery where a Chinese man, Tom Chu,...
Finders Keepers – The Doctrine of Discovery
Imagine a typical Canadian family packing up and heading off to the cottage for a few days. Naturally, it’s beside a lake, very rough...
On the brink of war – again
As the Maritime delegates arrived in Quebec City in October, 1864, ready to continue the talks that had begun in Charlottetown, they were in...
A Canadian Railroad Trilogy: Part 2
The arrival of the first train at the new station in Kemptville in August, 1854, appeared to signal the new era of railway travel...
The Kemptville Legion Meeting Hall
Historical Significance
submitted by Roy Brown
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 212 Kemptville was granted a Charter, dated April 17, 1932, under the authority of what...
This and that
The history of any country, county, or community is full of little incidents and facts that are often overlooked in telling their stories. Little...
The CIBC Site, Prescott & Reuben Streets
This is yet another important site in Kemptville’s history that hides its past well. The first school house in the area was opened here...