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.

The Home Children of Rideau

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Presented by  Coral Lindsay, Georgie Tuppper, Barbara Ann (Hannaford) Smith, Joan (Taylor)…

Fulford Place in Brockville, and Heritage Place Museum in Lyn, ON

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June, 2011 excursion by society members. The trip this year was to…

Surveys of Oxford and Marlborough – 1871

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Presentation by historian Dr. David Shanahan to RTHS, September, 2011. Report by…

The Development of the Tank, and Canadian Armoured Activities in Italy in 1944

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Presenters:  Scott Cameron and Owen Cooke. Article by Lucy Martin January, 2010…

The Women’s Institute Story

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Presented by Maritta Saharinen and Coral Lindsay to RTHS February, 2010 February…

The Clapp House, the Undiscovered Gem of Dickinson Square

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Presentation by Barbara Humphreys & Winston Spratt to RTHS. Article by Lucy…

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

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Presentation by Mark Jodoin to RTHS. Article by Lucy Martin April, 2010…

Excursion to Beechwood Cemetery

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Article by Lucy Martin May, 2010 The weather was perfect for a…

Harry F. McLean

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Presentation by Teresa Charland to RTHS. Article by Lucy Martin September, 2010…

The Launch of “Kars on the Rideau”

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Presenters: Coral Lindsay, Ken Swayze. Article by Lucy Martin October, 2010 Smashing…

Canadians Flying in North Russia, 1918

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Presenter: Owen Cooke, Article by Maureen McPhee & Susan McKellar November, 2010…

Communities and Archives

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Presented by Serge Barbe, Community Archivist,City of Ottawa Archives. Article by Lucy…

Mysteries of the Sir John Franklin Expedition

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A Presentation by Dr. George Hobson to RTHS at Knox Presbyterian Church,…

125 Years of Professional Hockey in Ottawa

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Presented by Paul Kitchen to the Rideau Branch, Ottawa Archives, North GowerFebruary…

Digging the Rideau

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Presented by Rachel Brooks (Parks Canada) to the Rideau Branch, Ottawa Archives,…

Social History in the Rideau Valley

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Presentation by  Dr. Glenn Lockwood to the Rideau Branch, Ottawa Archives, North…

Rideau 175 – An Update

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This year (2007) marked the 175th anniversary of the opening of the…

Canada in the First World War

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A presentation to RTHS by Dr. Andrew Iarocci – November, 2009. Presentation…