Merrickville’s Famous Woollen Mill
by the Merrickville & District Historical Society
Following the American Revolution the first Loyalists arrived in Canada, settling first along the St Lawrence and then,...
Kemptville District Hospital at the Crossroads part 4
by Lynne Clifford-Ward, KDH Foundation
The Kemptville District Hospital Foundation is in the process of raising $2.2 million to bring a CT Scanner to the Hospital....
John Fannin: an extraordinary life
North Grenville has produced many amazing characters, but there can be few who measured up to the life of John Fannin. Born in Kemptville...
The rush to unite
Amalgamation was the major preoccupation of the municipal councils in Kemptville, Oxford-on-Rideau and South Gower during 1997. The Province of Ontario had set a...
The Settlement that passed us by: Part 5 – Settling the land
Although Oxford Township, and later Wolford also, were originally chosen as the site for the Military Settlement planned by the Crown after the War...
The early references to the South Branch River
Debate continues about whether a certain stretch of waterway should be called the Kemptville Creek, or the South Branch of the Rideau River. What...
A family business
Although Grahame’s Bakery is celebrating sixty years in business, the family’s connection with the bakery goes back much further. When Bert Frisby arrived from...
Private Ernest Rupert Davie
Ernest Davie was the son of William and Charlotte Davie, of Oxford Mills, a mail carrier by profession, who enlisted in the 20th Battalion,...
The First Martyr
Thomas D’Arcy McGee had played an important role in bringing about Confederation. As the only Canadian delegate to have actually toured the Maritimes in...
Odd Fellows Hall, 119 Clothier St. East
Built in 1859 by Joseph Bower, a leading merchant in the community in the latter half of the century, it was run by Bowers...