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9 Famous Children of the Great Depression

Presentation by Coral Lindsay to the RTHS membership, April 15, 2009. Presentation report by Ellen Adamsons Coral Lindsay, our local historian, presented RTHS an entertaining, well researched and abundantly illustrated…
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Presentations Promote Continuing Interest in Period Costumes

Presented by Edwina Sutherland to RTHS members and others at Watson’s Mill on January 28 & February 2, 2009 Presentation report by Lucy Martin RTHS members joined others interested in…
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Manotick Then and Now: Preview of the 2nd Edition

From the February, 2009 edition of the RTHS newsletter. The founding of Manotick village in 1859 has been attributed to the building of the Rideau canal some thirty years earlier,…
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In Memory of Dora Stamp

From the January, 2009 edition of the RTHS newsletter. Stamp Dora Stamp, Manotick’s unofficial historian, passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2008. Dora had earned the title “Manotick’s unofficial historian”…
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The Name Game: Questions – and a Few Answers

Source: The RTHS newsletter, April, 2008 THE NAME GAME Can you locate these Rideau communities? What is the origin of their names? North GowerNorth Gower CornersThe PeriwinklePierce’s CornersPuddle AlleyReeve CraigSugar…
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Lessons of an Old Cookbook

Reported by Owen Cooke in the RTHS newsletter, May, 2008. During the winter, Mary Davidson, a long-time volunteer with the Archives, donated a number of heritage cookbooks for our collection.…
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A Life in Photography: Greg Newton

A Life in Photography: Greg Newton Presented by Greg Newton to the Rideau Township Historical Society. May, 2008. Report by Lucy Martin. Once again a speaker from our own ranks…
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History of the Archives Building in North Gower

Article Author: Betty Bartlett. From the June, 2008 edition of the RTHS Newsletter. Presenting our building, compiled from information in the LACAC file, labelled 6581 Fourth Line Rd. (Main St.…
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Field Trip to Upper Canada Village – 2008

Field trip report by Lucy Martin. After nearly a week of rain, blue skies and mild conditions made the 21st of June a perfect summer solstice day. RTHS members and…
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Book Review: St. Andrew’s Kars — A Family Church, 1835-2008

Author: Susan McKellar. Reviewed by Jane Anderson Susan McKellar is leaving a lasting legacy to a local Presbyterian congregation in her recently published book, “St. Andrew’s Kars: A Family Church,…
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Fleets and Forwarders: Steamboat Days on the Rideau Canal, 1830’s – 1930’s

Presentation by Coral Lindsay to the Rideau Township Historical Society, November, 2008. Presentation report by Lucy Martin For November’s meeting life-long area resident Coral Lindsay spoke on a subject near…
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Aspects of the War of 1812 and the Battle of Chrysler’s Farm.

Aspects of the War of 1812 and the Battle of Chrysler’s Farm. Presented by Mr. John Paul Francis to the Rideau Township Historical Society; November 16, 2005. Mr. Francis provided…
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Restoration of the Carleton County Map of 1863

Restoration of the Carleton County Map of 1863 Presented by Sherry Guild and Amanda Gould of the Canadian Conservation Institute, to the Rideau Township Historical Society, October, 2008. Sherry Guild,…
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