Burritts Rapids history: A question of sources
Last week, we looked at the story of John Strachan French, mill owner and merchant in Burritts Rapids between 1841 and 1858. The problem...
NG Public Library and Burritt’s Rapids Library
The opening of the new central Library in Kemptville marked a significant point in the history of libraries in North Grenville. These institutions have...
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...
A tale of two Buildings
by Tricia Habberjam
The year is 1875, and Oxford Mills is a thriving community clustered around the South Branch of the Rideau River in Eastern...
The CIBC Site, Prescott & Reuben Streets
This is yet another important site in Kemptville’s history that hides its past well. The first school house in the area was opened here...
Hang together – or hang separately
It is said that the thought of being executed in the morning concentrates the mind wonderfully. The outbreak of the American Civil War in...
The push to amalgamate
Looking back on twenty years of amalgamation, it is easy to assume that what we see now is what was always going to be;...
Remembering farmers past
With the help of Kemptville Players, local students and a farm animal, Kemptville College was able to put together this historical farm picture at the College during the summer of...
Old Post Office Site Prescott & Reuben Streets
Before the fire of 1873, John Magee, a tailor, had a store on this site. After the fire, he built a new stone building...
Looking back ‑ How times have changed
by Ralph Raina
I thought the readers might be interested in a bit of nostalgia about the town of Kemptville. Rudi Finzel and I have...