Museum Blog – September 2018 Inspired by the recent Cornwall Classical College Reunion, Ginette Charbonneau donated her husband Bernard’s 1964 championship jacket. Members of that 1964 inaugural Team were as
Football Champions 1964, The Cornwall Classics Read More »
Museum Blog – September 2019 From the late 1950s through to 1980, Ed Langin’s City Smoke Shop was a downtown Cornwall fixture. His son Ted shared the black and white
Cornwall Icons – City Smoke Shop & Restaurant Read More »
MUSEUM BLOG – MARCH 2018 The photograph below, taken in December 1960, depicts the former A&P grocery at 155 Pitt Street. Window signage announces the store’s impending closure and the
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Ltd Read More »
Museum Blog – December 2017 Some of us recall the days of trolley buses, and before that, street cars travelling the streets of Cornwall. A Cornwall Street Railway Street
Cornwall Street Railway Read More »
Museum Blog – May 2016 The tug “Mary I. Robertson” pulling the “South Wind” through the Cornwall Canal. Robertson named the vessel after his wife Mary Isabella McCourt Robertson. The
The Mary I. Robertson Read More »
Museum Blog – July 2017 Until the late 1960’s, the west side of Brookdale Avenue between the Mall and Town Line Bowling had not been developed for retail purposes, as
Ponderosa, Red Barn, Moviola and Frank Vetere’s Read More »
Museum Blog – June 2017 On July 6, 1948, CPR locomotive #857 derailed in front of Albert Lalonde’s house at 524 Pitt Street. These photos from our Marcel Quenneville collection
1948 Train Derailment – Changes to Pitt Street Read More »
Museum Blog – May 2017 The shop was located on Pitt Street at the Fly Creek Bridge, having been erected ca. 1882 by Isaac Boileau/Waters on land that he purchased
517 Pitt Street – Blacksmith Shop Read More »
Museum Blog – March 2017 The 70’s and 80’s marked a period of intense transformation in Cornwall. Progress and renewal often result in saying some ‘good byes’. Cornwall Square, the
Before Cornwall Square – History of Lower Pitt St. Read More »
Museum Blog – May 2017 To celebrate the Canada 150 Mayor’s Picnic taking place in Lamoureux Park this Victoria Day Monday, we offer this glimpse into the life of the man who championed
The Legacy of Aaron Horovitz Read More »