The Block house: a Rideau Canal icon
The Block house beside the Rideau Canal locks is one of the most iconic of Merrickville’s sights. Built 185 years ago, in 1832, it...
Maley Block / Rotary Park
Maley Block / Rotary Park, Corner of Clothier and Prescott Streets
Where Rotary Park is today, was once another major centre of commerce and activity...
Grahame’s Bakery
Grahame’s Bakery was originally the site of a house built by Asa Clothier in the 1820's, and was at the centre of what was...
Obstacles and opposition
When the delegates returned home from the Quebec Conference in late 1864, they must have felt that they were on the brink of achieving...
How the Ferguson Forest Centre was saved
The announcement, when it came, was like a bolt from the blue, bringing shock and dismay to the residents of North Grenville. Of course,...
“Discover the story behind every door” Maplewood Hall, Oxford Mills
Maplewood Community Hall has been at the centre of life in the hamlet since it first opened as a school in 1875. In its...
L’histoire des Acadiens et des Cajuns
La fête nationale des Acadiens est célébrée le 15 août. Ceux-ci sont éparpillés de part et d’autre au Canada, même dans notre municipalité de...
Leahurst House, Kemptville Campus
Here is a building that predates most buildings in North Grenville, but is almost unknown, except to children! Today, it is the home of...
The Making of a Province: Political refugees
These days, people often think of the United Empire Loyalists as a rather elitist organisation, a throwback to a more Imperial and aristocratic time....
A quiet revolution
History is full of exciting events, turbulent times, and violent change. But some revolutions can pass people by as they live through them, and...