Speaker Series – The Lost Villages

Museum Speaker Series
March 10, 2026

The SD&G Historical Society’s Winter Speakers’ Series wraps up on March 10 when Cornwall Community Museum curator and local historian, Don Smith, will present a fascinating story of the river that has shaped so much of Cornwall and Canada’s history. Don will guide us on a journey along our section of the mighty St. Lawrence River and provide the audience with glimpses of some of the people, businesses, events and geographic features that have shaped the Cornwall we know today.

Take in the presentation and learn more about this waterway that has played a dominant role in our lives from the early Native settlers and the coureurs des bois, to the Loyalists arrival, the building of the Cornwall Canal, the development of major industries, the St. Lawrence Seaway and the building of Lamoureux Park – the river has seen it all.