Finding the unknown fallen

In the last issue of the Times, we reported on the unique newspaper find behind the wallpaper of a residence of North Grenville, and...

A Canadian Railroad Trilogy: Part 1

The revolution, which was to change Oxford-on-Rideau and South Gower Townships forever, began very quietly indeed. It happened in the House of Assembly in...

Canadians and the Russian Civil War, 1919

Canadian chaplains Harold McClausland and Jacques Oliviere, joined by other Canadian officers, at the dedication of the Canadian Memorial, Marine Cemetery, Vladivostok, Russia, 1...

A celebration of 230 years

by David Shanahan It was in 1791 that the boundaries of Oxford-on-Rideau Township were laid out by Jesse Pennoyer, Land Surveyor, marking the beginning of...

The Hollywood connection

Over the past year or so, we’ve been doing a series called “Sons and Daughters”, profiling people who lived and worked in North Grenville...

Building on 150 years of tradition

The Grahame family have been worthy inheritors of a long baking tradition on the site. It is hard to know exactly when the wood-fired...

The Canadian Churchman – Merrickville’s pioneer newspaper

The Anglican Church in Canada has had many publications through which it communicated with members of the communion and the outside world. In the...

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...

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...

Old Town Hall and Fire Tower

This building was erected in 1856 by the township of Wolford, and, from 1860 served the Village of Merrickville as a Town Hall. The...