New book of “Stories from the South Branch” available starting December
For all those who have enjoyed Dr. David Shanahan’s articles on local history that have appeared regularly in the NG Times, the good news...
Obstacles and opposition
When the delegates returned home from the Quebec Conference in late 1864, they must have felt that they were on the brink of achieving...
Sir John A.
There has always been an ambivalence among historians regarding the place of Sir John A. Macdonald in the Confederation story. While it is true...
Kemptville District Hospital
KDH has been a valued and vital part of North Grenville since 1960, when it was officially opened on June 29 of that year....
The Wild Man of Oxford
There is no doubt that, over the decades that North Grenville and its predecessors have been in existence, many fascinating and colourful figures have...
A tale of two Buildings
by Tricia Habberjam
The year is 1875, and Oxford Mills is a thriving community clustered around the South Branch of the Rideau River in Eastern...
The Wharf
by James Clothier
When the Town of Kemptville celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1957, the Kemptville Women’s Institute collected a great deal of information about...
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...
John Fannin: an extraordinary life
North Grenville has produced many amazing characters, but there can be few who measured up to the life of John Fannin. Born in Kemptville...
Private Ernest Rupert Davie
Ernest Davie was the son of William and Charlotte Davie, of Oxford Mills, a mail carrier by profession, who enlisted in the 20th Battalion,...