Dundas County in the Boer War (1899 – 1902)
by Susan Peters, Dundas County Archives
The Boer war in South Africa is long distant in our memories, having taken place half a planet away...
Alvin Schwartz – Creator of Superheroes
by Susan Peters
Dundas County Archives
On October 28, 2011, Dundas County lost Alvin Schwartz, a novelist, essayist, and long-time comic book writer. He was a...
Dr Marion Hilliard (1902 – 1958)
Susan Peters
Dundas County Archives
While Dr Marion Hilliard was born and raised in Dundas County, her impact was felt nation-wide. In fact, she impacted on...
Hauling Ice
by Gladys Lillian (Tootie) Eggert (Scharfe)
This was a time before electrical power was available in our area. Electric service arrived in 1949. Every winter,...
The Premier from North Dundas
While South Dundas may boast of producing a Premier of Ontario in Sir James Whitney, North Dundas, also, gave birth to a provincial Premier....
Norris Mallory Trickey (1855 – 1949)
by Susan Peters
Dundas County Archives
Norris Trickey was a photographer in Winchester between 1890 and 1912. That is an incredibly long career in this rapidly...
The Brown murders of 1879 – revisited with new discoveries
by Susan Peters, Dundas County Archives
There is no doubt that the Brown murders of 1879 were a tragedy for the family and for the...
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...
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....
The men who wanted it all
Very few people today will recognise the names of Richard Duncan, Thomas and William Fraser, John Munro, and Peter Drummond; but in 1793 they...