Merrickville Alloy Factory
Village Metalsmiths – Alloy Foundry Company Limited was originally founded in 1840. It has operated continuously ever since and is, therefore, Canada’s oldest foundry....
The Salvation Army Invades
This year, the Salvation Army marks 130 years in North Grenville. This is the first in a number of articles celebrating the remarkable history...
Odd Fellows Hall, 119 Clothier St. East
Built in 1859 by Joseph Bower, a leading merchant in the community in the latter half of the century, it was run by Bowers...
Whose land was it anyway?
After the end of the American Revolutionary War, about 50,000 refugees sought refuge in the lands still held by Britain. Most of these went...
Early days in Wolford
Life in the early nineteenth century was hard, dangerous, and often without the little luxuries taken for granted by later generations. The population was...
The men who wanted it all
Very few people today will recognise the names of Richard Duncan, Thomas and William Fraser, John Munro, and Peter Drummond; but in 1793 they...
G. Howard Ferguson: Apprentice Premier
George Howard Ferguson is, at the same time, one of North Grenville’s most famous and most unknown sons. This local boy made good was...
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,...
Kemptville’s Lost Heritage
One of the most obvious gaps in the streetscape of Kemptville is on Clothier Street East, between the South Branch Bistro and O’Heaphy’s. For...
Clothier Hotel, 9 Water Street, Oxford Mills
Here is a building that no-one but older residents from Oxford Mills will recognise. It was constructed c 1835 of timber frame and served...