Party politics
Canadians, when they think about the Fathers of Confederation, which is rarely, probably imagine them as rather stern and colourless individuals. They see the...
Kemptville College: The Early Days
The lands that were once the homesteads of pioneer families, then the location of an institution of learning and research, are now the home...
Major Horace Hutchins
Horace Hutchins was born on January 28, 1868 ,in Kemptville, Ontario. His grandfather had arrived in Oxford-on-Rideau Township from Ireland around 1820 and the...
Roads to nowhere
Early in 1863, British Americans were still recovering from the effects of the Trent affair. The British Empire had almost been drawn into a...
HISTORY VIGNETTES
It seems that quite a crime spree took place in Kemptville in the summer of 1872, according to an Ottawa newspaper. There was no...
School days
With the recent announcement that Oxford-on-Rideau Public School is on the list of schools that are being considered for closure next year, the community...
The unknown founder
Residents of North Grenville may recognise the names of some of the more important individuals who have had an impact on the community over...
Echoes of Kemptville past
by Melanie Low
One of my hobbies that was boxed up and put in storage when baby raising started was a curiosity for tracking inscriptions...
The Great Coalition
The politicians and the people of the United Province of Canada looked with something close to despair at the apparently hopeless state of affairs...
Kemptville’s Cold War secret
At the height of the Cold War, the Canadian Government took steps to ensure the Continuity of Government in the event of a nuclear...