Charlottetown
It is probably fair to assume that most Canadians have heard of the Charlottetown Conference and its role in bringing about the Confederation of...
Oxford Mills Cheese Factory
A cheese factory had been established here some time after 1871 by Lyman Beach before being bought by Murdock Gair in 1882. The factory...
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...
Hiding in plain sight
Many older buildings around North Grenville have disappeared over the years; some by fire, others demolished. But there are some which are still around,...
Elizabeth Bell Ferguson
Life in Canada was not very easy in the nineteenth century, if you were an intelligent and ambitious woman. Traditional social and family structures...
Buttergate: the cover-up
By early summer of 1976, the immediate consequences of the Buttergate controversy seemed to have died away. A joint investigation by the OPP’s Criminal...
On the brink of war – again
As the Maritime delegates arrived in Quebec City in October, 1864, ready to continue the talks that had begun in Charlottetown, they were in...
Union Bank building, Prescott Street, Kemptville
This is now the location of Mr. Mozarella Pizza, but it has a long and colourful history.
Kernahan & Wood opened a store along this...
Magee Tavern and Kidd’s Store, 14-16 Water St
Archibald Magee ran a tavern on lot 16 from 1853, and it later was bought by Murdoch Gair, along with lot 14, which had...
Oxford Mills United Church
The news that the United Church in Oxford Mills is set to close soon means that the three original churches in the village will...