RTHS Blog Posts Archive

For many years, the Rideau Township Historical Society has maintained an archive of articles, reports and presentations related to the history of the former Rideau Township. Through a re-formatting of this interesting and useful material, we now have a completely searchable database, to which we will continue to add items over time.

Much of the information in this collection has been "mined" from RTHS newsletters dating back to 2005. That represents over 150 individual newsletters, each of which is being reviewed to identify material we feel may be of interest to members and visitors. This is a "work in progress" so in order that the completed collection is displayed in chronological order beginning with the most recent, we are beginning with the older posts and working our way up to the present.

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A Note on Searching the Collection: You can search our Blog Post collection by using the Search box below, or those on any of our pages. Your search results will include all document titles from our site (principally newsletters and blog posts) containing all of your search terms, but not necessarily in combination. However, you can search for a specific phrase by using quotations in the Search box. When a document from your search results is opened, press "Ctrl+F" (Windows) or Cmd+F (OS) and reenter your search terms, one at a time (search terms entered together in this search box will return 0 results, unless the terms appear together in the document.) However, specific phrases can be found in the document using this method, but only if the phrase is accurate and the quotation marks are removed.

Excursion to the Science Museum

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April’s meeting was a new type of field trip: small behind-the-scenes group…

RTHS Bring & Brag

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Presentations by  Our Own Society Members. Article and Pictures by Lucy Martin.…

Excursion to the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum and the Domaine Perrault Winery

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Article and Pictures by Susan McKellar. June, 2013. 19 members visited two…

Six Servings of Yukon: RTHS Members Share Their Yukon Experiences

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Presentations by RTHS Members with experience of the Yukon. Article and Pictures…

RTHS October Book Launch: “Cheese Factories of Rideau Township” (2nd edition)

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Article and Pictures by Lucy Martin. October, 2013. It’s a good thing…

“Local Heroes” – Rideau Township Archives Memorial Project

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Presentation by Members from the Project.Article by Lucy Martin.  Pictures by Lucy Martin…

The RTHS Annual Bring & Brag for 2012

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Presentations by  Our Own RTHS Members. Article by Lucy Martin. January, 2012.…

Timothy Eaton and the T. Eaton Company

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Presenters:  Coral Lindsay, Brian Earl and Pat Grainger. Article by Lucy Martin.…

Challenging the Myths Surrounding 1492

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Presenters:  Stuart and Marg Rogers Article and Pictures by Lucy Martin. March,…

Behind the Scenes, “With Only a Suitcase”

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Presentation by  Ellen Adamsons. Article by Lucy Martin, pictures by Ellen Adamsons.…

The War of 1812 on the Upper St. Lawrence River

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Presentation by Robert Henderson. Article and Pictures by Lucy Martin. May, 2012…

Excursion to Fort Wellington and the Grenville County Historical Society Archival Resource Centre

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Article by Lucy Martin, pictures by Lucy Martin and Sandy Wilson. June,…

“Duty, Family, Service” – The Wallace-Eastman Family

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Presentation by Catherine Gallagher. Article and pictures by Lucy Martin. September, 2012.…

Burritts Rapids, An Historic Village on the Rideau

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Burritt’s Rapids: An Historic Village on the Rideau   Presentation by  Brad…

The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP)

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Presentation by  Robert (Rob) Fleck, President and CEO of Vintage Wings of…

Our Trip to East Germany, 20 Years after Re-unification

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Presentation by Bill Schaubs to RTHS. Article by Lucy Martin. January, 2011…

400 Years of Log Fences

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Presentation to RTHS by Eugene Fytche. Article by Lucy Martin. March, 2011…

Dickinson House

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Presentation by Coral Lindsay & Brian Earl. Article by Ron Wilson, Pictures…