Rideau Canal saga
Nearly 190 years ago, on May 22, 1832, the steamboat, “Rideau”, also known by its nickname, “Pumper”, left the dock in Kingston to make...
The making of municipalities
It is surprising, in a way, to discover that life was not always the same as it is now; that boundaries and laws and...
The Mysterious Mr. Henderson
Part 2: The coming storm
The political turmoil that gripped Upper Canada in the 1830's grew out of genuine grievances on the part of residents....
The Hollywood connection
Over the past year or so, we’ve been doing a series called “Sons and Daughters”, profiling people who lived and worked in North Grenville...
A quiet green spot in Kemptville
As so often in North Grenville, some of the more interesting and historic locations are now empty sites where once there stood the earliest...
The earliest library: Merrickville Mechanics Institute
Some things don’t seem to change very much over time. With the recent controversy over the cutbacks to Inter Library Loans, and the stagnation...
Jones Building, Clothier and Sanders Streets, Kemptville
This building has a long and varied history. It was built by Francis Jones, a teacher and land surveyor whose family had moved here...
The Settlement that passed us by: part 6 The importance of the Military Settlement...
The importance of the Military Settlement project between 1815 and 1820 cannot be exaggerated. Although the actual numbers of those who settled in Leeds...
The schools of Oxford Mills
The local public school in Oxford Mills has been living under the threat of closure for some years now, after the Upper Canada District...
The founding of a town
There is a long historic truth of land occupation that pre-dates written historical records of the area. Archaeological information indicates that Algonquin people have...