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Joseph Currier
Joseph Currier Presenter: Hannah Blaine. Article by Owen Cooke, Pictures by Maureen McPhee. March, 2017. Hannah Blaine, now a fourth year history and political sci-ence student at Queen’s University in…
Read More Women in Dairy Farming
Women in Dairy Farming Presenter: Dr. Meredith Quaile. Article by Pat Earl. Photos by Owen Cooke. February 2017. On Wednesday, February 8th, Dr. Meredith Quaile gave a very inspiring talk…
Read More Annual Bring & Brag
Annual Bring & Brag Article by Susan McKellar. Photos by Owen Cooke. January, 2017. Once again, RTHS members entertained and dazzled us with wonders and stories! We had a total…
Read More Street Names in Old and New Ottawa
Street Names in Old and New Ottawa Speakers: Serge Barbe and Georgie Tupper. Article by Jane Anderson. Photos by Owen Cooke. November, 2016. The subject was the origin of street…
Read More Rideau Township in the News
Presentation by Stuart Clarkson. Article by Maureen McPhee, Photos by Owen Cooke. October, 2016. Stuart Clarkson’s October 12 presentation “Rideau Township in the News” provided listeners with the results of…
Read More Outing to Parliament Hill
Article and Photos by Owen Cooke. September, 2016. Some thirty Historical Society members and guests enjoyed an expedition to the national Parliament organized by Bill Tupper, our former President and…
Read More The Bell House Museum in Bells Corners and the Diefenbunker Cold War Museum in Carp: June Excursion
Article and Pictures by Sandy NcNiece. June, 2016. Our RTHS field trip this year took place on Saturday, June 18 and included two very different but fascinating local museums. We…
Read More 24 Sussex Drive
Presentation by Maureen McTeer, Article and Photos by Brandon Kassis. May, 2016. Our featured speaker for this month’s meeting was Maureen McTeer, an accomplished lawyer, author, historian, and politician. Dr.…
Read More The Picts, A Lost Civilization
Presentation by Scott Cameron. Article by Susan McKellar, Photos by Liam Norris. April, 2016. Our featured speaker at our April meeting was Scott Cameron, a soon-to-be graduate of Carleton University…
Read More Duelling in Canada
Presentation by Hugh Halliday. Article by Owen Cooke, Pictures by Liam Norris. On Wednesday, 16 March, at Knox Presbyterian Church in Manotick, Hugh Halliday addressed about twenty-five Historical Society members…
Read More Continuing Research on the Dickinsons and Sir John A. Macdonald
Presentation by Christian Joyce. Article by Jane Anderson. Photos by Liam Norris and Owen Cooke. February, 2016. Owen Cooke introduced our speaker for the evening. Christian Joyce is a resident…
Read More Annual Bring & Brag
Presentations by RTHS Members. Article by Scott Cameron. January, 2016. Along with being the Annual General Meeting of the Society, the January 2016 meeting featured our annual Bring and Brag…
Read More The Dickinson Men of Manotick
Presentation by William and Georgina Tupper. Article by Owen Cooke, pictures by Ruth Wright. November, 2015. On Wednesday, 18 November 2015, Bill Tupper, our Society’s Past President, spoke to about…
Read More At Home with the Prime Minister: Ottawa Residences of the Prime Ministers Prior to 1951
Presentation by Hagit Hadaya. Article by Owen Cooke. October, 2015. Hagit Hadaya spoke to about 25 members of the Rideau Township Historical Society and their guests at the Client Service…
Read More Clara’s Rib
Presentation by Anne Raina. Article by Susan McKellar. September, 2015. At the September meeting, 24 members of the Society and guests gathered at the Anglican Church Hall in Burritts Rapids…
Read More Kingston and Sir John A. Macdonald Sites: RTHS Field Trip
Article and photos by Lucy Martin (except as noted). June, 2015 The last event before the summer break was our traditional field trip. In this case, we hit the road…
Read More The The Wilbur Mine, Lanark County, Ontario
Presentation by Jordan Smith. Article by Bill Tupper, photos by Susan McKellar. May, 2015. Jordan Smith is a science writer for a financial services company. Away from the office he…
Read More The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master, and a Trial that Shocked a Country
Presentation by Charlotte Gray. Article and Photos by Susan McKellar. April, 2015. Noted Canadian author and speaker Charlotte Gray not only talked about her latest book but also about why…
Read More Spinning Wheels and More
Presentation by Gordon Moat. Article and Pictures by Lucy Martin. March, 2015. For our March meeting 26 members and guests gathered at the Client Services Centre on Roger Stevens Drive…
Read More Sir John A. MacDonald and the Manotick Connection
Presenter: Alison Cheng. Article and Pictures by Lucy Martin. February, 2015. This was the second time a monthly RTHS meeting took place at Orchard View on the Rideau’s spacious meeting…
Read More Annual Bring & Brag – 2015
Presentations by RTHS Members. Article and photos by Lucy Martin . January, 2015. For the first gathering of 2015, twenty-four members turned out at St. Andrew’s Church in Kars. On the agenda…
Read More A Look at Three Arctic Shipwrecks: HMS Investigator, the Breadalbane and the HMS Erebus
Presentation by Jonathan Moore, Parks Canada. Article and photos by Lucy Martin. November, 2014. The November meeting was noteworthy for its size and special significance. Of course, every speaker generously…
Read More The Curriers of Manotick
Presentation by Brian Hull. Article and photos by Susan McKellar. October, 2014. Brian Hull, speaking as Joseph Merrill Currier (1820-1884), spoke about his life and his family, with lots of…
Read More The Women of Dickinson House and Their Place in Manotick Village Society, 1870-1930
The Women of Dickinson House and Their Place in Manotick Village Society, 1870-1930 Presentation by Maureen McPhee. Article and photos by Lucy Martin. September, 2014. After a summer break, the…
Read More Almonte, Past and Present: the June 2014 Field Trip
Article and Photos by Lucy Martin. If it’s June it must be time to board a bus and see more heritage-related sights. Twenty-eight of us participated in that annual exercise,…
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