Football Champions 1964, The Cornwall Classics
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
Cornwall Icons – City Smoke Shop & Restaurant
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
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Ltd
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
Cornwall Street Railway
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
The Mary I. Robertson
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
Ponderosa, Red Barn, Moviola and Frank Vetere’s
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
1948 Train Derailment – Changes to Pitt Street
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
517 Pitt Street – Blacksmith Shop
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
Before Cornwall Square – History of Lower Pitt St.
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
The Legacy of Aaron Horovitz
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“The Canaler” A Poem by Alan Rafuse
Museum Blog – June 2012 Cornwall Community Museum’s current exhibition, The Boats of the St. Lawrence and Canal, is bringing back memories of another life. Mr. Alan Rafuse, a long time