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...
The Leach Blacksmith Shop and Banks Bros Livery Stable
The Leach, Blacksmith Shop
On the south-east corner of Asa and Thomas is the parking lot, an empty space which was once, and for decades,...
Anderson & Langstaff Store, Prescott Street, Kemptville
This has been the site of a store since at least 1850, when Thomas Baldwin had a cabinet shop here. lt then became the...
Noisy Neighbours
Confederation of the British North American provinces was not simply an idea in the minds of the politicians of the Province of Canada as...
Old Post Office Site Prescott & Reuben Streets
Before the fire of 1873, John Magee, a tailor, had a store on this site. After the fire, he built a new stone building...
Did Red Squirrels invent Sugaring?
by Dr. Fred Schueler - Fragile Inheritance Natural History
In 1974, James Pendergast of Merrickville was upbraided by fellow archaeologists for suggesting that an ash-rich...
Silas Huntington: Apostle of the North
North Grenville has never been short of colourful characters throughout its history, but Silas Huntington must rank as one of the most colourful of...
Hiding in plain sight
Many older buildings around North Grenville have disappeared over the years; some by fire, others demolished. But there are some which are still around,...
The White House Hotel
The White House Hotel, Corner of Clothier and Prescott Streets
The White House Hotel was built by Nathaniel Fenton in the mid-1830's. Fenton was also...
Dorothy Dumbrille rediscovered
by Doug MacDonald
In the summer of 1908, eleven-year-old Dorothy Dumbrille, along with her parents, Rupert and Minnie and her siblings Miriam, John, Helen and...