The Mysterious Mr. Henderson
Part 4: The legacy
The letter from John Henderson in Ogdensburg to William Lyon Mackenzie which started this inquiry into the mysterious Mr. Henderson was...
The Mysterious Mr. Henderson
Part 3: Secrets and lie
For a few years in the 1830s, it looked as if the momentum for change lay with the Reformers. They...
Happy 90Th Birthday Rideau Glen
by Cecile Fortier
Born from the ashes of the Jazz Age, through the waves of social enjoyment, into the bleak throes of the Great Depression...
The Mysterious Mr. Henderson
Part 2: The coming storm
The political turmoil that gripped Upper Canada in the 1830's grew out of genuine grievances on the part of residents....
The Mysterious Mr. Henderson
Part 1: From war to Kemptville
On December 28, 1837, a man called John Henderson, then living in Ogdensburg, New York, wrote to William Lyon...
From College to Campus: a landmark in Kemptville
The Municipality of North Grenville has joined with the Kemptville College Alumni Association to celebrate the centenary of what we now call the Kemptville...
John Fannin: an extraordinary life
North Grenville has produced many amazing characters, but there can be few who measured up to the life of John Fannin. Born in Kemptville...
Losers weepers – The Law of Nations
The Doctrine of Discovery provided the monarchs of Europe with a very questionable justification for claiming the territories inhabited by non-Europeans between the fifteenth...
Finders Keepers – The Doctrine of Discovery
Imagine a typical Canadian family packing up and heading off to the cottage for a few days. Naturally, it’s beside a lake, very rough...
The earliest library: Merrickville Mechanics Institute
Some things don’t seem to change very much over time. With the recent controversy over the cutbacks to Inter Library Loans, and the stagnation...