Who was Dorothy Dumbrille?
By Doug MacDonald
In 1908 eleven year old Dorothy, with her parents Rupert and Minnie, siblings Miriam, John, Helen and Oscar moved to Kemptville and...
Leahurst House, Kemptville Campus
Here is a building that predates most buildings in North Grenville, but is almost unknown, except to children! Today, it is the home of...
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,...
South Gower: a strange and changeable township
When the Township of South Gower was amalgamated with Oxford-on-Rideau and the Town of Kemptville in 1998, it officially ceased to exist. But that...
Roads to nowhere
Early in 1863, British Americans were still recovering from the effects of the Trent affair. The British Empire had almost been drawn into a...
Dead man saves three
By Lyle Dillabrough
One of the most bizarre events ever to occur in the Ottawa Valley happened on Nov 12, 1912 on Lake Kamaniskeg near...
Squire Bottum’s House
It could be said that the entire length of Clothier Street west was the Bottum estate, as it was part of the land originally...
A unique find behind the wallpaper
The North Grenville Historical Society Archives has received an acquisition with real historical interest. Andrew Thriscutt discovered an old newspaper when renovating his home....
Rideau River Bridge on old Highway 16
In the late 1930's, the road from Kemptville to the Rideau River followed a different route and ended at the swing bridge at Beckett’s...
Cutting ties
by Craig Stevenson
A photo of the near past spurs thoughts of railway evolution at Bedell.
The view is enticingly familiar but largely gone—and it reflects...