Merrickville – 1865
Merrickville: “An incorporated village, situated on the Rideau Canal. It does a large trade in lumber and has good water power, extensive sole leather...
Anniversary of the official opening of KAS, February 18, 1921
by William J. Langenberg, M.Sc. Agr. (former Lecturer, Kemptville College)
This Thursday, February 18, exactly 100 years ago, Kemptville Agricultural School was officially opened by...
Kemptville Town Hall
Also known as the Court House, the old Town Hall in Kemptville is a building with real ties to our past, both as built...
Heritage Week, 2021
Every year, Ontario celebrates Heritage Day on the third Monday of February, and that entire week is dedicated to heritage of all kinds. This...
Heritage is in the names
For many people, the idea of heritage is something that seems confined to books, special occasions, even just for Heritage Week. But, in fact,...
Letter to the Editor – Lawn Signs
Dear Editor,
The strangest thing: Last weekend, we witnessed someone taking a No Prison lawn sign from our property around midnight. It wasn't what I...
Presbyterian Church Manse, 1873 and 2021
The Trustees of the Presbyterian Church purchased this property at 5 Mary Street, Kemptville, in 1873, for use as a home for the Minister.
Kemptville
Most of the accounts of the renaming of Kemptville in 1829 say that it was named after Sir James Kempt who was Governor General...
Oxford Mills – 1865
This settlement was described in 1865 as: “a small post village”, with a population of 120. Nevertheless, it had two hotels, William DeWinter’s Oxford...
Squire Bottum’s House , Clothier Street west
Once upon a time, this was the estate house for Elijah Bottum, whose land stretched from Pine Hill Road east to Rideau Street, and...