by CHS_Admin | Mar 18, 2022 | Featured Posts, General Information
Welcome to our new website! Our previous website was over a decade old and needed to be updated to attract visitors to the Museum and better display our digital collections of photos and documents. Plus, it is a super project to celebrate our 50th Anniversary! In...
by CHS_Admin | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured Posts, General Information
Sadly, Don Wannamaker passed away on February 13, 2022. Don will be remembered as a Northbrook community supporter and founding (charter) member of the Land O’ Lakes Lions Club. Chartered in 1969 with a group of 38 members, only three Lions Charter members are alive...
by CHS_Admin | Mar 11, 2022 | Featured Posts, General Information
The Vennachar Fire 1903 by Lorne Ball The year 1903 is remembered by the Old Timers of Vennachar as the year of “THE BIG FIRE”. About fifty years earlier, the first settlers followed the Addington Road and the trails of the lumber companies into the...
by CHS_Admin | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured Posts, General Information
New! Flickr Website Of Local Cemeteries Anyone tracing their family history will find this new Flickr website handy. So far, all the graves in these cemeteries have been photographed with high-definition photos and grave descriptions: Vennachar, Denbigh St. Luke’s...
by CHS_Admin | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured Posts, General Information
Teachers & Schools of Lennox & Addington The website of the Lennox & Addington Historical Society has recently added to their blog, pdf documents outlining the Teachers and Schools within the County including the schools in the Townships of Kaladar,...
by CHS_Admin | Mar 7, 2022 | Featured Posts, General Information
Hillier ‘Jake’ Thompson – Northbrook Barnstormer & Pilot Hillier ‘Jake’ Thompson (on right, unknown man on left) was the son of Casber and Lulu Thompson who owned Thompson’s store in Northbrook. He was a flyer most of his life and would...
by CHS_Admin | Mar 1, 2022 | General Meeting Minutes
Find all General Meeting Minutes for 2020 below. January 2020 Meeting PDF Link Keywords: Strategic Planning, Yard Sale Revision February 2020 Meeting PDF Link Keywords: Holly Bains, 3 Groups formed with recommendations July 2020 AGM Meeting PDF Link Keywords:...
by CHS_Admin | Mar 1, 2022 | Board Member Meeting Minutes
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by CHS_Admin | Feb 28, 2022 | Board Member Meeting Minutes
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