Robert Bell: Politics, Railways and Newspapers
Robert Bell had a huge influence on the development of North Grenville in the nineteenth century. Born in Strabane, Ireland, in 1821, his family...
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...
Burritts Rapids and a problem in history
In order to write history, historians need reliable sources. Unless you have information, dependable and supported by documents, letters, diaries, maps or whatever, it...
Stonehaven Rest Home
This house on the corner of Clothier and Rideau Streets in Kemptville, is a well-known landmark in the town. It was built some time...
Another one brought to dust
North Grenville lost another piece of its history at the end of May when the old Sears building on Water Street in Kemptville was...
More information about Tom Chu
A few weeks ago, in our August 19 issue, we published a short article about Tom (or Tam) Chu, who is buried in a...
Oxford Mills
Oxford Mills in 1890, and in 2010! "This section of Water Street shows the old Methodist Church on the right, and the Presbyterian Church...
Burritt’s Rapids
The photograph dates from around 1905 and shows the rapids which gave the village its name, along with the mills which gave it its...
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...
Union Bank building, Prescott Street, Kemptville
This is now the location of Mr. Mozarella Pizza, but it has a long and colourful history.
Kernahan & Wood opened a store along this...