Amateur dramatics in North Grenville
In October, 1932, the Governor General of Canada, Viscount Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, announced to a gathering of theatre representatives in...
Kemptville Conscription crisis
The fact that Canada was nearly torn apart through the Conscription Crisis in 1917 can, at least, partly, be traced back to Kemptville! Although...
Burritts Rapids and a problem in history
In order to write history, historians need reliable sources. Unless you have information, dependable and supported by documents, letters, diaries, maps or whatever, it...
Anderson & Langstaff Store, Prescott Street, Kemptville
This has been the site of a store since at least 1850, when Thomas Baldwin had a cabinet shop here. lt then became the...
The Settlement that passed us by
The plan to bring in settlers to farm the lands around the Rideau, and so provide a barrier to any future American invasion, ran...
One town, one man and a story that won’t go away
by Lyle Dillabough
It just seems to go on and on. That endless tale of Captain Roy Brown, his hometown of Carleton Place, and the...
Bishop’s Mills
It could have been called Doyleville, or even Bassville, but the hamlet of Bishop’s Mills was eventually named after the family that built the...
Robert Bell: Politics, Railways and Newspapers
Robert Bell had a huge influence on the development of North Grenville in the nineteenth century. Born in Strabane, Ireland, in 1821, his family...
The Block house: a Rideau Canal icon
The Block house beside the Rideau Canal locks is one of the most iconic of Merrickville’s sights. Built 185 years ago, in 1832, it...
A near thing for the oven
It is the wood-fired oven at Grahame’s Bakery which has been the focus of attention for the past century and a half. It measures...