Squire Bottum’s House
It could be said that the entire length of Clothier Street west was the Bottum estate, as it was part of the land originally...
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...
Oxford’s First Family
It takes a huge stretch of the imagination to visualise Oxford-on-Rideau Township in 1800. There were no roads, no houses, no residents. Think about...
The romance of history
While we mark Canada 150, a local resident celebrated something older, an amazing story of a family that has been part of North Grenville...
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....
Bridge over troubled waters, part 1
Municipal politics have always thrown up some great stories, and the history of municipal politics in North Grenville is no exception. In 1898, the...
The Confederation Party
by David Shanahan
Canadians, when they think about the Fathers of Confederation, which is rarely, probably imagine them as rather stern and colourless individuals. They...
Local newspapers of the past
A viable local newspaper only really became possible with the advent of the telegraph from the 1840's, and the development of good roads and...
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....
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...