The Windows of St. James
by Doug Macdonald
On July 25, 1880, St. James the Archdeacon Patton Memorial Church, designed by distinguished Canadian Architect William Tutin Thomas, was officially opened....
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...
Merrickville 225:Those were the days
With talk of municipal amalgamations being heard in various quarters today, it is always interesting to look back to a time when the Township...
The Salvation Army Hall, Water Street, Kemptville
Many people in North Grenville will remember this building as the Sears Store; but long before the catalogues brought stoves and clothes to the...
10 Water Street, Oxford Mills, Ontario
Every house has story: a tale of families who built it, lived in it, raised families and filled it with life. The house in...
Canada Day History
Canada Day has become such a central part of the Canadian year that it is easy to forget that it is a very recent...
Newspapers and Confederation
In the 1860's, there was no consistent reporting of the debates in the Legislatures of British North America, so, when Confederation was being debated...
Kingdom of Canada
Right up until the very last days before Confederation was enshrined in legislation in the British Parliament, there was still disagreement about what the...
Leahurst House, Kemptville Campus
Here is a building that predates most buildings in North Grenville, but is almost unknown, except to children! Today, it is the home of...
Orlando Bush: Genesis and Exodus
In the last years of the Nineteenth Century, a strange exodus took place, residents of Kemptville and surrounding area moved in large numbers to...