The Indian Act
The Times is publishing a series of articles on Indigenous History as part of Indigenous History Month.
The infamous Indian Act has been used by...
John Walter Harris – the “Lightning Calculator”
John Walter Harris was born on February 26, 1845 in Oxford-on-Rideau Township. His family had immigrated from Ireland and his father and grandfather settled...
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...
A unique find behind the wallpaper
The North Grenville Historical Society Archives has received an acquisition with real historical interest. Andrew Thriscutt discovered an old newspaper when renovating his home....
The Wild Man of Oxford
There is no doubt that, over the decades that North Grenville and its predecessors have been in existence, many fascinating and colourful figures have...
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...
Stonehaven Rest Home
This house on the corner of Clothier and Rideau Streets in Kemptville, is a well-known landmark in the town. It was built some time...
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...
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...
Merrickville’s lost legacy, part 2
Thomas Alexander Parnell was very much a churchman of his time. In the nineteenth century, the Anglican Church in Canada saw itself as the...