WELCOME TO THE NORTH GRENVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY!The North Grenville Historical Society is a group of dedicated volunteers whose first objective is to arouse and stimulate public interest in the heritage and history of the people and places of the North Grenville area; including the historical townships of Oxford-on-Rideau and South Gower, the historical town of Kemptville; and the hamlets of Pelton’s Corners, Heckston, Oxford Mills, Burritt’s Rapids, Oxford Station and Bishop’s Mills.
We also advance education by improving the public’s understanding and awareness of the history of North Grenville by hosting events, supporting programs, producing educational materials and scholarly articles and operating the North Grenville Archives, which is owned by the Society. The purposes of the Archives are to collect, classify and preserve information and artifacts relating to North Grenville and to maintain this material as a resource centre accessible to members and the general public. Our constitution makes it clear that the Society is to be “carried on without purpose of gain for its members, and any profits or gains to the organization shall be used in promoting its objectives.” upcoming public meeting 12 november 2025Life next door to a great power like the U.S. has not always been easy. We have tried to be a good neighbour, but this is not the first time that emotions and aggressiveness have spilled over our southern border. Dr. David Shanahan, our Historian Emeritus, will trace our current unstable relationship back through numerous times of tension to the War of 1812-14 and perhaps its most humiliating episode for the U.S., when the British burned the White House and the Capitol Building in Washington in retaliation for the burning of York (Toronto) and Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) as shown on the poster. Meeting begins at 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:30 pm, Refreshments. All welcome.
kreepy kemptville event
Are you curious about the occult, the future, the mysterious? As part of Kreepy Kemptville, the North Grenville Historical Society is presenting an evening of psychic readings by clairvoyant Angel Morgan. The readings are public, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Saturday 25 October, at the History Hub, 148 Prescott Street. You can arrange a private session with Angel at a later date. Adults only. Tickets, $20 to benefit the Society. You may e-transfer to [email protected] and a ticket will be reserved for you to pick up on the date or you may purchase one at the History Hub, Wed. to Sat., 11:00 am to 3:00 pm."
public meeting
Come and hear one of its owners tell the story of a notable house in the south end of town. Heather Bowden takes us on a tour of the 1863 house on south Prescott Street she and her husband fell in love with and are restoring. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Refreshments.
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“to arouse and stimulate public interest in the heritage and history of the people and places of the North Grenville area." 
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UPCOMING PUBLIC MEETING. BLACK ICE ROCK: OBSIDIAN AND HUMAN MOVEMENT INTO THE ICE-FREE CORRIDOR
During the last Ice Age, a single sheet of ice stretched from the Rocky Mountains to North Grenville and beyond, while another lay draped over the mountains to the Pacific coast. As the ice began to melt more than 15,000 years ago, some of the first inhabitable land in the interior of what is now Canada began to appear, and plants, animals, and humans began to move into what is commonly known as the "ice-free corridor." In a public talk to the North Grenville Historical Society ( 112 March 2025), Canadian Museum of History archaeologist Dr. Gabriel Yanicki will be speaking about how recent analysis of some of the oldest obsidian artifacts in western Canada is reshaping understandings of the earliest peopling of this region, long thought to be first route of human entry into the Americas.
The History Hub, 148 Prescott Street. Talk starts at 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm). Free admission. Refreshments.
During the last Ice Age, a single sheet of ice stretched from the Rocky Mountains to North Grenville and beyond, while another lay draped over the mountains to the Pacific coast. As the ice began to melt more than 15,000 years ago, some of the first inhabitable land in the interior of what is now Canada began to appear, and plants, animals, and humans began to move into what is commonly known as the "ice-free corridor." In a public talk to the North Grenville Historical Society ( 112 March 2025), Canadian Museum of History archaeologist Dr. Gabriel Yanicki will be speaking about how recent analysis of some of the oldest obsidian artifacts in western Canada is reshaping understandings of the earliest peopling of this region, long thought to be first route of human entry into the Americas.
The History Hub, 148 Prescott Street. Talk starts at 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm). Free admission. Refreshments.
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NGHS is looking for qualified volunteers in two particular areas--board governance and IT software implementation. Please contact Ken Mews at [email protected], if you are interested.
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PUBLICATIONS
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Click HERE for details on our exciting publication--Butter the Size of an Egg; A Heritage Cook Book
The Society publishes a Quarterly newsletter, articles, and occasionally books
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