Historic medal a link to Merrickville’s past
A 150 year-old medal, recently presented to the Brockville Rifles, provides a link with Merrickville’s role in defending Canada during the Fenian invasions of...
Grahame’s Bakery
Grahame’s Bakery was originally the site of a house built by Asa Clothier in the 1820's, and was at the centre of what was...
NG Public Library and Burritt’s Rapids Library
The opening of the new central Library in Kemptville marked a significant point in the history of libraries in North Grenville. These institutions have...
The red and white bricks of Merrickville-Wolford
by the Merrickville and District Historical Society
As you drive towards Easton’s Corners on highway 16, just between Allan’s Tool Shed and Wolford Public School,...
“Discover the story behind every door” Maplewood Hall, Oxford Mills
Maplewood Community Hall has been at the centre of life in the hamlet since it first opened as a school in 1875. In its...
“Discover the story behind every door”
North Grenville is blessed to have so much green space for residents and visitors to enjoy. Right in the centre of Kemptville lies the...
“Discover the story behind every door”
Inaugural year for Doors Open North Grenville
This is one of 25 sites which will be open to the public to visit on Sept 24,...
Buttergate: the cover-up
By early summer of 1976, the immediate consequences of the Buttergate controversy seemed to have died away. A joint investigation by the OPP’s Criminal...
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...
The Settlement that passed us by: part 6 The importance of the Military Settlement...
The importance of the Military Settlement project between 1815 and 1820 cannot be exaggerated. Although the actual numbers of those who settled in Leeds...