A grandfather’s story
by Kateri Skaarup
He was 15 years old. Too young to enlist, but yet he did anyway under a fake name. He did so alongside...
Throwback Thursday
#ThrowbackThursday - This photo is of the old post office that used to be located on Prescott Street in Kemptville. Do you know exactly...
A Common Sense Revolution
Municipal politics is definitely in the news these days, with an election just past and a Council ready to go for the next four...
A moment in time
For the historian, a document will come along that provides a unique opportunity to look at a particular moment in the past and a...
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...
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...
Celebrating our Heritage
The locks at Burritt’s Rapids in the 1840's. One of the first bridges across the Rideau River can be seen on the right. It...
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,...
A quiet revolution
History is full of exciting events, turbulent times, and violent change. But some revolutions can pass people by as they live through them, and...