Category: Heritage
Goulbourn Historical Society invites photo contest entries
(Bradley-Craig Barn, Hazeldean Road. Photo by Barry Gray.) The Goulbourn Historical Society’s 2015 Photo Contest is up and running and both youth and adults are encouraged to enter. There is…
Richmond Bakery sign to be auctioned off
(Richmond Bakery circa 2014. Photo via Google Streetview.) UPDATE, OCTOBER 8: The Goulbourn Museum’s Curator Manager Kathryn Jamieson sent along this note: “Goulbourn Museum wants to preserve the history of the…
100th Regiment seeking Cadet Program graduates
(Press release) The recreated 100th Regiment is seeking Cadet Program graduates to fill anticipatory military interpreter leadership roles. Dressed in the uniform of the 100th Regiment in 1814, members have…
COMMENT: Ottawa lags behind in heritage funding
(Above: Dr. Bruce Elliott gives a tour of the St. John’s cemetery on Sandhill Road in Kanata.) The City of Ottawa needs to step up the resources it provides for preserving heritage…
VIDEO: Breathtaking views of Bradley-Craig Farm
Wow. Stittsville photographer/videographer Hien Hoang has done it again, this time with an amazing perspective of the historic Bradley-Craig Farm. (For what it’s worth, we haven’t heard any updates about…
Beechwood Cemetary will honour Captain Bradley, local pioneer
(Here’s a press release from the Beechwood Cemetery Foundation and descendants of Captain William Brown Bradley, an early pioneer from this area who lived in Huntley Township, roughly between Stittsville…
Imjin Classic to commemorate historic Korean War hockey games
During the Korean War, Canadian soldiers played hockey on the frozen Imjin River whenever they were given time away from their front-line duties. The Imjin flows from North to South…
Crab apple tree leads archeologists to a lost farm near Tanger
(Above: This old crab apple tree just south of Tanger Outlets led archeologists to the site of a the 19th century Burroughs Farm. Photo by Glen Gower / September 2015.)…
Site of demolished home was once “Glen Eden”, home to champion Clydesdales
“WE BOUGHT A BEAUTIFUL SEVEN-GABLE FARMHOUSE ON THE PROPERTY IN 1975 with a view to upgrading it however, we found the frame too far gone. We have some photos and…
Developer exasperated by vandalism to heritage home
The owner of a 19th century stone farmhouse on Huntmar Drive says he doesn’t know what else he can do to stop vandalism on his property. Robert Karam has owned…
Making scarecrows at the Goulbourn Museum September 13
Every September children come to the Goulbourn Museum for a day of festive fall crafts and to make scarecrows for the Museum’s booth at the Richmond Fair. Over the years,…
Gone in the blink of an eye
It’s amazing how a house that’s stood for decade can be gone in just a few hours. The white house with the green shutters at 180 Huntmar was standing when…
HEADS UP: New exhibition about hats at the Stittsville Library
(Above: Tracey Donaldson puts the finishing touches on the display case. Photo via the Goulbourn Museum.) During the month of August the Goulbourn Museum will be showcasing a new exhibition…
PHOTOS: Capturing a piece of heritage before it’s lost
(All photos courtesy of the Goulbourn Museum.) A local family has been farming on this property near Falllowfield and Eagleson since the mid-1800s. They operated a dairy farm here until 1997,…
John Curry wins Goulbourn Museum’s Heritage Advocacy Award
(via the Goulbourn Museum) The Goulbourn Museum’s Board of Directors had to work behind the scenes to surprise one of its own directors with this year’s Heritage Advocacy Award. John…