Minerals and Treaties
The British and Canadian Crown has many reasons for entering into treaties with the Indigenous peoples, none of them for the benefit of the...
Throwback Thursdays: Prescott Street, c. 1912
This photograph was taken from the roof of the Maley Building, which stood on the site of the present Rotary Park in Kemptville. The...
Nursing Sisters from Oxford Mills
Looking at a plaque commemorating people from the Oxford Mills area who served during World War I, it takes a moment to realise that...
Henry Patton Pioneer Missionary of St. James
by Doug MacDonald
The distinguished older gentleman in the portrait is the Venerable Henry Patton, Archdeacon of the Diocese of Ontario.
In 1826, the Church of...
Old Post Office Site Prescott & Reuben Streets
Before the fire of 1873, John Magee, a tailor, had a store on this site. After the fire, he built a new stone building...
The cost of living in Wolford in 1818
Life in the Wolford area in 1818 was not as primitive as one might think. There were three mills for grinding grain, four mills...
Home Hardware store, Prescott Street
This is an older building in Kemptville that may be hard to recognise, but it stands today in a part of town that was...
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...
A near thing for the oven
It is the wood-fired oven at Grahame’s Bakery which has been the focus of attention for the past century and a half. It measures...
Henry Patton: Pioneer Missionary of St. James Parish
by Doug MacDonald
Henry Patton was born in Chelmsford, England, and was educated in England, in Upper Canada at the Cornwall Grammar School, and at...