Rideau River Bridge on old Highway 16
In the late 1930's, the road from Kemptville to the Rideau River followed a different route and ended at the swing bridge at Beckett’s...
Kemptville in 1951: 70 years of change
Things have changed a lot in North Grenville over the past few decades, and it’s fascinating to take a close look at some of...
The founding of a town
There is a long historic truth of land occupation that pre-dates written historical records of the area. Archaeological information indicates that Algonquin people have...
Lost Lands of the Algonquin
We are becoming used to hearing a Land Acknowledgment being said at the start of many official and unofficial meetings in North Grenville and...
Dead centres of the community
There would seem to be little to say about local cemeteries. But those gravestones contain the names of some of North Grenville’s famous citizens,...
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...
Rideau Canal saga
Nearly 190 years ago, on May 22, 1832, the steamboat, “Rideau”, also known by its nickname, “Pumper”, left the dock in Kingston to make...
L’histoire des Acadiens et des Cajuns
La fête nationale des Acadiens est célébrée le 15 août. Ceux-ci sont éparpillés de part et d’autre au Canada, même dans notre municipalité de...
This and that
The history of any country, county, or community is full of little incidents and facts that are often overlooked in telling their stories. Little...
The man who made Ontario
For twenty-five years after Britain took possession of New France, they had faced continual challenges in administering the new Province of Quebec. Finding themselves...