Canadians and the Russian Civil War, 1919
Canadian chaplains Harold McClausland and Jacques Oliviere, joined by other Canadian officers, at the dedication of the Canadian Memorial, Marine Cemetery, Vladivostok, Russia, 1...
Our photographic artists: the Pelton Brothers
by Larry Loke
Daniel Edson Pelton, born November 9, 1868, and Charles Cook Pelton, born July 12, 1876, found success in business by embracing the...
Oxford’s First Family
It takes a huge stretch of the imagination to visualise Oxford-on-Rideau Township in 1800. There were no roads, no houses, no residents. Think about...
Maplewood, Oxford Mills
This was actually the third school built to serve the School Section. The number of pupils grew and a larger building was needed. Maplewood,...
A tale of two Buildings
by Tricia Habberjam
The year is 1875, and Oxford Mills is a thriving community clustered around the South Branch of the Rideau River in Eastern...
Echoes of Kemptville Past update
by Melanie Low
As a follow up to my original post concerning my antique book The Popular Art Instructor, inscribed "Maggie C. Banks Kemptville 1887",...
The Settlement that passed us by: Part 5 – Settling the land
Although Oxford Township, and later Wolford also, were originally chosen as the site for the Military Settlement planned by the Crown after the War...
The Salvation Army Hall, Water Street, Kemptville
Many people in North Grenville will remember this building as the Sears Store; but long before the catalogues brought stoves and clothes to the...
Prescott Street: village street and highway
The photograph shows Prescott Street at one of its high points, some time in the 1930's. It had not always been the main street...
The Sons of Temperance
For many decades, especially between the 1870's and the 1920's, the Temperance Movement was a strong and influential one in Ontario, and throughout the...