Category: Heritage
150 years ago on August 17 old Stittsville was swept up in The Great Fire of Carleton County
The Carleton County Fire of August, 1870, devastated much of what was then Carleton County, including the village of Stittsville, and even threatened Ottawa for a time. The fire broke…
Ottawa Fire Service save historical Fallowfield Road barn from fire
(On the morning of July 30, 2020, Ottawa Fire Service received a call for a fire at 6426 Fallowfield Road. The fire was at the former Cathcart farm, with the…
Goulbourn Museum brings history into your home for Doors Open weekend
(Just some of the many artifacts brought into your home by Goulbourn Museum during the 2020 Doors Open Ottawa. Photo: Goulbourn Museum) The annual Doors Open Ottawa scheduled to take…
Provide your feedback for Goulbourn Museum summer programs
Acknowledging that the past few months have been difficult and constantly in flux, the staff at the Goulbourn Museum want to hear from you regarding ideas for summer programs. As…
Goulbourn Museum bringing virtual craft days to community
The Goulbourn Museum has been proactive in bringing their many programs and activities to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. This Sunday, April 25, the museum is bringing another activity…
Stittsville family wins the ‘My Family Is’ exhibit contest held by Goulbourn Museum
(The Hambly family exhibit ready for entry to the ‘My Family Is…’ Exhibit Contest held by the Goulbourn Museum. Photo: Hambly family) Over the past couple of weeks, families in…
Goulbourn Museum supports ‘big community shout out’ on April 1 – how you can too!
The staff at Goulbourn Museum have tremendous respect for those in the community who continue to go to work every day. Feeling compelled to show their support they encourage you…
Fill your idle time crocheting and knitting poppies for the Goulbourn Museum
(The Goulbourn Museum staff draping the building with the community poppies handmade for the Poppies of Goulbourn exhibit in time for Remembrance Day 2019. Photo: Goulbourn Museum) You may recall…
Stittsville Through Phases – Growing Up a Stitty
(Photo of Stittsville looking towards water tower at sundown. Photo: Carissa Fortin) Picture this. It’s 1999. It’s August and it’s hot. The quaint little town of Stittville is bursting with…
Goulbourn Museum introduces imaginative workshops for March break
The kids had a blast at last year’s March Break, so Goulbourn Museum has added an extra day to their March break programs. March Break 2020 will be offered from…
Heritage Day display brought antique tools aplenty to Historical Society celebration
(Fran McCarthy, GTHS member discusses a folding carpenter ruler with attendees at the Heritage Day celebration on February 15, 2020. Photo: Phil Sweetnam) The Goulbourn Township Historical Society celebrated Heritage…
Working tools of our ancestors – a historical display for Heritage Month
(A steam tractor, circa 1900, from the Kenny farm (Blondehead) located at Concession 9, Lot 27 in the former Goulbourn Township. The Kenny brothers, Clifford, John and William and William’s wife…
Stittsville United Church youth – pilgrims journey to Montreal
Eight teens and six adults from Stittsville United Church (SUC) participated in a New Year pilgrimage to historic sites in downtown Montreal from January 2 to 4, 2020. Destination sites…
March break will be crafty at Goulbourn Museum
(March Break at Goulbourn Museum. Photo: Goulbourn Museum) The Goulbourn Museum is offering craft workshops during March Break with the benefit of an additional day being added to the schedule.…
Councillor Gower shares his plan to revitalize Stittsville Main Street
Stittsville Main Street is the centre and soul of our community. It links neighbourhoods from north to south and intersects with important east-west routes including Hazeldean Road and the Trans…