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...
Another one brought to dust
North Grenville lost another piece of its history at the end of May when the old Sears building on Water Street in Kemptville was...
The making of municipalities
It is surprising, in a way, to discover that life was not always the same as it is now; that boundaries and laws and...
Rideau Canal saga Burritts Rapids: made by the Canal
But,The Rideau Canal began as a military project which, fortunately, never had to meet a military purpose in its 190 years since Col. John...
The Harp and the Maple Leaf
The impact of the Irish on Canada goes well beyond the immigrants who arrived here in droves throughout the Nineteenth Century. Most of those...
The Bridges at Oxford Mills
by David Shanahan
When the signs went up a while back announcing that Factory Bridge in Oxford Mills would be closed for a couple of...
Canada and the Noisy Neighbours
As Canada reaches the grand age of 155, it is a good time to look back and see how it all came to pass....
Municipal affairs in 1924
One hundred years ago this month, February, 1924, the Kemptville Village Council held its monthly meeting to deal with outstanding issues. There were bills...
A family business
Although Grahame’s Bakery is celebrating sixty years in business, the family’s connection with the bakery goes back much further. When Bert Frisby arrived from...
The central role of cheese
At the turn of the Twentieth Century, cheese factories were a major part of the Ontario economy, and North Grenville and the surrounding area...