The making of municipalities

It is surprising, in a way, to discover that life was not always the same as it is now; that boundaries and laws and...

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...

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...

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...

Canada Day History

Canada Day has become such a central part of the Canadian year that it is easy to forget that it is a very recent...

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...

Merrickville Alloy Factory

Village Metalsmiths – Alloy Foundry Company Limited was originally founded in 1840. It has operated continuously ever since and is, therefore, Canada’s oldest foundry....

Kemptville District Hospital at the Crossroads part 4

by Lynne Clifford-Ward, KDH Foundation The Kemptville District Hospital Foundation is in the process of raising $2.2 million to bring a CT Scanner to the Hospital....

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...