A century of remembering
This is our annual Remembrance Day issue, and, after remembering each year of the First World War, we have finally come to that last...
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 tale of two Buildings
by Tricia Habberjam
The year is 1874. Alexander Mackenzie is Prime Minister of Canada, and a new crushed limestone building is completed at 15 Water...
A Future Built on Our Heritage – work of Heritage Advisory Committee continues
by Michael Whittaker
When considering the heritage of North Grenville, many people think first of the arrival of Europeans cutting farms into the forests along...
Parliament Hill
There are very few more potent symbols of Canada and Confederation than the Centre Block on Parliament Hill, with its magnificent Peace Tower, which...
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...
What can you tell us about this photo?
by Doug MacDonald
From 1895 to 1901 the Pelton brothers were the premier “Photographic Artists” of Kemptville and Merrickville. After Daniel’s death in 1901, and...
Kemptville College – Early 1920’s
The photograph shows two buildings that formed the core of Kemptville College in its early years. In the background is the renovated farmhouse of...
A dangerous journey in a dangerous land
On March 30, 1791, 230 years ago, a young surveyor and work team set off from the St. Lawrence River to begin laying out...
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...