Spotlight on heritage: Kemner Hall
What better way to commemorate Heritage Week than by exploring the rich history of one of North Dundas' historic buildings? North Dundas has many...
A day with real heart
It would be easy to think of Valentine’s Day, February 14, as another Hallmark invention, designed to sell greeting cards and create annual anguish...
A long tradition of newspapers
Although the North Dundas Times is only a recent addition to the history of newspapers in Dundas County, it follows a long and sometimes...
Canada and the Noisy Neighbours
As Canada reaches the grand age of 155, it is a good time to look back and see how it all came to pass....
A grandfather’s story
by Kateri Skaarup He was 15 years old. Too young to enlist, but yet he did anyway under a fake name. He did so alongside...
Losers weepers – The Law of Nations
The Doctrine of Discovery provided the monarchs of Europe with a very questionable justification for claiming the territories inhabited by non-Europeans between the fifteenth...
Old Home Week
Old Home Week by Ashley Harper, Chesterville and District Historical Society In the midst of the Great Depression, hundreds of people travelled to Winchester from all...
Memories of South Mountain
There have been many changes in South Mountain since Samuel Garnsey and John Faddel (or Farrel) first started selling lots in the new village...
Dam at South Mountain
In 1905, when this postcard was made, South Mountain had a population of 400. James Murdock was the baker; J.H. and J.N. Barkley, John...
The furniture makers of Dundas County
by Susan Peters, Dundas County Archives Dundas County was originally settled in 1784 by loyalist refugees of the American Revolution. As refugees, they brought with...
