The Harp and the Maple Leaf
The impact of the Irish on Canada goes well beyond the immigrants who arrived here in droves throughout the Nineteenth Century. Most of those...
Demolition of the mill that gave Oxford Mills its name
These show the demolition of the mill that gave Oxford Mills its name. This was the site of the stone grist mill, started by...
Beginning to see the light
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, a major social and technological revolution was happening across Canada, and beginning to impact on life in...
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...
Rideau Canal saga
Nearly 190 years ago, on May 22, 1832, the steamboat, “Rideau”, also known by its nickname, “Pumper”, left the dock in Kingston to make...
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...
Merrickville 225:Those were the days
With talk of municipal amalgamations being heard in various quarters today, it is always interesting to look back to a time when the Township...
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...
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",...
A Kemptville Miscellany
Did you know that.... when Lyman Clothier first set foot in what was to become Kemptville, the entire population of Oxford Township was just...