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Presentation by Coral Lindsay & Brian Earl. Article by Ron Wilson, Pictures by Maureen McPhee. April, 2011 The April meeting was all about the Dickinson House. The RTHS is at…

Presented by  Coral Lindsay, Georgie Tuppper, Barbara Ann (Hannaford) Smith, Joan (Taylor) Melancon, Barbara Dillon, Ruth (Irvine) Shurtliff, David Hayes, and Bill Buchanan. May, 2011. Article by Lucy Martin 2010…

June, 2011 excursion by society members. The trip this year was to Fulford Place in Brockville and the Heritage Place Museum in Lyn, Ontario. The weather gods were kind and…

Presentation by historian Dr. David Shanahan to RTHS, September, 2011. Report by Lucy Martin. Dr. David Shanahan, is a resident of Oxford Mills and the current president of the North…

Presenters:  Scott Cameron and Owen Cooke. Article by Lucy Martin January, 2010 17-year-old Scott Cameron is not RTHS’s youngest member. But (thus far) he’s the youngest featured speaker at our…

Presented by Maritta Saharinen and Coral Lindsay to RTHS February, 2010 February happens to be Women’s Institute month and last year the WI’s Carleton district celebrated its 100th anniversary. That…

Presentation by Barbara Humphreys & Winston Spratt to RTHS. Article by Lucy Martin March 2010 The March 17th meeting took place in the Carriage Shed just across the street from…

Presentation by Mark Jodoin to RTHS. Article by Lucy Martin April, 2010 RTHS past-president Mark Jodoin spoke to an appreciative audience of 32 about activities promoting his first book “Shadow…

Article by Lucy Martin May, 2010 The weather was perfect for a field trip – neither too hot, nor too cold – as we gathered at Beechwood Cemetery, arriving by…

Presentation by Teresa Charland to RTHS. Article by Lucy Martin September, 2010 After a break over the summer, members and guests gathered in North Gower at the Rideau Branch of…

Presenters: Coral Lindsay, Ken Swayze. Article by Lucy Martin October, 2010 Smashing success: “Kars on the Rideau” book launch with Coral Lindsay, Ron Wilson and Archeologist Ken Swazye.   Nearly 200…

Presenter: Owen Cooke, Article by Maureen McPhee & Susan McKellar November, 2010 RTHS Director and retired National Defence archivist, Owen Cooke is author of The Canadian Military Experience 1867: a…

Presented by Serge Barbe, Community Archivist,City of Ottawa Archives. Article by Lucy Martin. March, 2009 Serge Barbe is well-known to RTHS volunteers who help staff the North Gower Branch of…

A Presentation by Dr. George Hobson to RTHS at Knox Presbyterian Church, ManotickJanuary 8, 2008 Sir John Franklin, a much experienced arctic explorer, was the leader of the ill fated…

Presented by Paul Kitchen to the Rideau Branch, Ottawa Archives, North GowerFebruary 20, 2008 Paul Kitchen is a retired librarian, a hockey enthusiast, and, fortunately for Ottawa, a noted hockey…

Presented by Rachel Brooks (Parks Canada) to the Rideau Branch, Ottawa Archives, North Gower.March 19, 2008 The subject of the presentation was the archaeological digs that have been carried out by…

Presentation by  Dr. Glenn Lockwood to the Rideau Branch, Ottawa Archives, North Gower. September 19, 2007 Glenn Lockwood is the author of 10 books about the social history of the…

This year (2007) marked the 175th anniversary of the opening of the Rideau Canal, North America’s oldest continuously operating waterway, a National Historic Site of Canada and a UNESCO World…

A presentation to RTHS by Dr. Andrew Iarocci – November, 2009. Presentation report by Owen Cooke. Twenty-eight members and guests met in the Carriage Shed, Manotick for our regular November…

An RTHS event held at the Legion’s Harmony Hall – October, 2009. Event report by Lucy Martin. At the risk of sounding immodest, that went well! Starting with a suggestion…

Presentation to RTHS by Glenn Wright, October, 2009. Presentation report by Lucy Martin. September’s meeting took place at Pierce’s Corners, in a lovely hall that has its own story. Stuart…

Article from the RTHS newsletter, September, 2009 Ice cream days in Dickinson Square are one of the activities put on for kids on several Sundays during the summer (generally on…

Event at Dickinson House, Manotick – June 20th, 2009. Event report by Lucy Martin Grown men and women playing dress-up with young children? Cavorting in public as real or imaginary…

An RTHS Field Trip, June 27th, 2009. Report by Lucy Martin Vintage Wings of Canada isn’t a typical museum. The not-for-profit charitable foundation doesn’t have regular visiting hours. It does…

The Rideau Canal at Manotick: the Early Years Article by Ron Wilson in the RTHS newsletter – May, 2009. The Rideau Canal opened in 1832, but the bulkhead dam at…