Kemptville Business Directory:
This is, in fact, quite a selective list of businesses which were operating in the North Grenville area in the 1860's. A much fuller...
The First Martyr
Thomas D’Arcy McGee had played an important role in bringing about Confederation. As the only Canadian delegate to have actually toured the Maritimes in...
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...
A celebration of service for the Kemptville Lions Club
As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation, Lions Club members also celebrate a century of service. The first Lions Club was established in...
Conservative? North Grenville?
Since Confederation, North Grenville has elected Conservative Party members, almost exclusively, at both the federal and provincial levels, for all but 19 years in...
London – the final conference
There had been so many highs and lows in the story of Confederation since 1864. What with the Fenian raid, the resignation of George...
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...
Parliament Hill
There are very few more potent symbols of Canada and Confederation than the Centre Block on Parliament Hill, with its magnificent Peace Tower, which...
North Grenville at Confederation
When Kemptville separated from Oxford-on-Rideau Township in 1857, its population was not officially large enough to qualify it as a village. That required a...
The last invasion
In the summer of 1866, as British America moved slowly towards Confederation, one threat which had been hanging over the provinces for years seemed...