Anderson & Langstaff Store, Prescott Street, Kemptville
This has been the site of a store since at least 1850, when Thomas Baldwin had a cabinet shop here. lt then became the...
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...
Odd Fellows Hall, 119 Clothier St. East
Built in 1859 by Joseph Bower, a leading merchant in the community in the latter half of the century, it was run by Bowers...
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...
Success or failure?
An era came to an end along with the last days of 1997. The South Gower Council met for the last time on December...
Walter Turnbull: Man at the top
Walter James Turnbull probably had one of the more interesting lives of anyone who grew up in Oxford Mills. His mother, Sophronia Williams, came...
Dead man saves three
By Lyle Dillabrough
One of the most bizarre events ever to occur in the Ottawa Valley happened on Nov 12, 1912 on Lake Kamaniskeg near...
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...
Asa Street after the 1910 fire
Kemptville has been plagued by serious fires throughout its history, and the corner of Prescott and Asa streets has been the source of some...
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...