Slavery in Canada
Canadians know about the Underground Railway, the network by which escaped slaves in the U.S. could cross the border and find freedom in Canada....
Isaac Johnson, stone mason and former slave
by Susan Peters, Dundas County Archives
On February 10, 2021, the North Dundas Times published a short article that I had written on Isaac Johnson...
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...
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...
Chesterville King Street Fire, 1909
by Ashley Harper, Chesterville and District Historical Society
In the early hours of April 6, 1909, Chesterville residents were awoken to the alarm of fire and...
The Importance of Newspapers: Rural Living in Cumberland, Ontario
by Gladys Lillian (Tootie) Egert (Scharfe)
This article, from the Cumberland Historical Society’s “Caboose”, will remind some in this region of life in the past.
As...
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...
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...
The Making of a Province: Political refugees
These days, people often think of the United Empire Loyalists as a rather elitist organisation, a throwback to a more Imperial and aristocratic time....
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...