A Canadian railroad trilogy, part 3
Once the business leaders of Oxford-on-Rideau had invested in the Bytown & Prescott Railway Company, work on the line could be brought to a...
Beginning to see the light
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, a major social and technological revolution was happening across Canada, and beginning to impact on life in...
Buttergate
It had it all: the initial incident and then the cover-up. The involvement of political influence at the highest level. Disappearing evidence and prosecution...
Sir John A.
There has always been an ambivalence among historians regarding the place of Sir John A. Macdonald in the Confederation story. While it is true...
Roads and bridges
As we face the prospect of delays and possible disruption once work beginis on four-laning County Road 43, it’s worth sparing a thought for...
Vigorous encouragement
The story of Confederation had reached a dead end. New Brunswick had voted against the entire scheme, and, without New Brunswick as a physical...
A pioneer family of North Grenville
We live in a very transitory society. People and families move around a lot, depending on work, education, or even the seasons for those...
G. Howard Ferguson 1: Wild young man
In a series on Sons and Daughters, it is impossible not to notice G. Howard Ferguson. This local boy made good was Ontario’s ninth...
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...
Minerals and Treaties
The British and Canadian Crown has many reasons for entering into treaties with the Indigenous peoples, none of them for the benefit of the...