Fort Augustus by any other name
Museum Blog – January 2017 Frequently we are asked about Cornwall’s historic wind mill and whether or not it was located at Windmill Point (now the site of St. Lawrence […]
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Vintage Houses Near Nazareth Orphanage
Museum Blog – May 2017 Our first in a series of image sequences from the streets of Cornwall. Nazareth Orphanage operated out of the former McMartin house (Highland Manor) on
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Life in Miniature at Domtar
Museum Blog – November 2016 Don Sewell and his wife Doreen recently stopped by to check out the Toronto Paper / Howard Smith / Domtar paper mill exhibit. Don had
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Tour of Historic South Mountain Ontario
Museum Blog – June 2016 South Mountain received its name from its location in Mountain Township, which was named after Reverend Jacob Mountain, (1750 – 1825) the first Protestant Bishop
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59th Battalion, Pte Philias Carriere
Museum Blog – May 2016 This spring marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Verdun, which resulted in an approximated 700,000 casualties. In researching the history of our local
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L . G “Archie” Lavigne and the Second World War
Museum Blog – October 2015 Lavigne joined the 2nd Ottawa Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, in 1939 and saw active service until he was discharged with the rank of Regimental
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Centennial Commemoration of the First World War
Museum Blog – august 2014 On August 4, 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany after the latter invaded Belgium. Even though Canada had its independence from Great Britain it
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The Cornwall Canal
Museum Blog – May 2016 Did you know that Cornwall had a canal? It was completed in 1842 and serviced Cornwall industries until 1958. It was built to circumvent the
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The Cornwall Bridge Disaster
Museum Blog – May 2014 Construction began on the two spans of the New York Railway & Ottawa international bridge at Cornwall in 1898. In early September of that year, Pier Two
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Cornwall’s Rivermead Dairy
Museum Blog – January 2014 Cornwall’s Rivermead Dairy was founded in 1929 by Scottish-born and trained dairyman James Ross and Roy Mabee. The company operated for 50 years before closing
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