HERITAGE WEEK
Kemptville College: The Early Days
The lands that were once the homesteads of pioneer families, then the location of an institution of learning and research, are now the home...
HISTORY VIGNETTES
It seems that quite a crime spree took place in Kemptville in the summer of 1872, according to an Ottawa newspaper. There was no...
Burritt’s Rapids
Before 1830, the Rideau River roared over the rapids below the present dam, providing the water power that allowed the community to grow up...
A Kemptville Miscellany
Did you know that.... when Lyman Clothier first set foot in what was to become Kemptville, the entire population of Oxford Township was just...
Kemptville District Hospital at the Crossroads 1960-2024
by Lynne Clifford-Ward, KDH Foundation
The Kemptville District Hospital Foundation is in the process of raising $2.2 million to bring a CT Scanner to the...
Indigenous origins in North Grenville
The Algonquin traditional territory included most of what is now North Grenville, but their territory bordered on that of another group, one that has...
Municipal affairs in 1924
One hundred years ago this month, February, 1924, the Kemptville Village Council held its monthly meeting to deal with outstanding issues. There were bills...
Bishop’s Mills
It could have been called Doyleville, or even Bassville, but the hamlet of Bishop’s Mills was eventually named after the family that built the...
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...