Did you know that…. when Lyman Clothier first set foot in what was to become Kemptville, the entire population of Oxford Township was just fourteen – all one family? The Harris family, from Ireland, were renting land near Burritt’s Rapids.
…when Kemptville separated from Oxford in 1857, there had to be a special Act passed, because Kemptville didn’t have the 1,000 inhabitants required for independence?
…Kemptville remained only a Village for more than a hundred years after separating from Oxford? It only became a Town in the 1960’s.
…Kemptville has provided two Provincial Premiers? G. Howard Ferguson was Premier of Ontario, and Alexander Rutherford was the first Premier of Alberta in 1905.
…Clothier Street east was originally called North Main Street?
…the oldest surviving church building in Kemptville is at 116 Clothier Street West? It was built in 1847 as a Baptist church, and it served as such until 1914. It was finally sold in 1927.
…Kemptville had its own movie theatre from as early as 1921? It was located where the Post Office is today, and only closed as a theatre in December, 1959.
…until 1998, Riverside Park was outside of the limits of Kemptville? The Town had to rent, and later buy, the land.
