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Solve Family Mysteries with DNA Genealogy – CDHS Meeting February 19th, 2024
History of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 328 1944-1984
Festubert Post Office on Skootamatta – Loon Lake
Program for CDHS General Meeting Jan 15, 2024
The History of COVID-19 in Ontario 2020 – 2021
St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church Added To Flickr Cemetery Site
The Flickr Cemetery website is a photograph archive of every gravestone within the cemeteries of the Cloyne and District Historical Society catchment area. High definition photos display the graves with an attempt to transcribe all details from each grave. This...
The Economic Impact of Provincial Park Location – Bon Echo
The History of Ministry and Social Services in the Community
Margaret Axford: On The History of Land O’ Lakes Community Services
Chris Anstead to be Guest Speaker on Colonization Roads in Eastern Ontario
Surfacing and The Far Shore Feature Movies Filmed in our Region.
Speakers’ Forum #6 – The Role Of The Executor – September 13, 2023
Protect Yourself Against Scams and Fraud!
Little Free Library Comes to the Cloyne Pioneer Museum
Derchos, Tornados, Wildfires…What Is Next?
Cloyne Pioneer Museum Opens Saturday June 24th!
Spicer Farm, Rock of Ages and Family History by Marlean McLean
Land O’ Lake Speakers’ Forum #3 – Search & Rescue, International Cargo
Marlean and Wayne McLean To Speak On ‘The Spicer Farm’
The History of the Lions Club of Land O’ Lakes
April 17, 2023 General Meeting: “Bring-a-Thing, Tell-a-Tale”!
The Connection Between Lennox and Addington and The Crown
Land O’ Lakes Speakers’ Forum
Memories of Camp Mazinaw – An Interview with Jim Smart
1994 Bon Echo Provincial Park Visitor Guide
We Are Hiring Summer Students for the Cloyne Pioneer Museum – 2023
The History of the NEO (Northern Emergency Organization) by David Savigny
Glenfield Cemetery – Now Online!
Matawatchan Community Cemetery – Now Online!
Our Lady Of The Holy Rosary Cemetery – Now Online!
‘For The Record’ Vintage Video To Be Shown Nov 21st – CDHS General Meeting
Join Us For the 2022 CDHS Christmas Lunch December 5th!
Join Us – Monday Oct 17th, 1 pm – L&A County Museum Staff to Speak
Madawaska Loggers Monument and Slate Falls Graves
A Conversation With Gail Holtzhauer – Matawatchan
Matawatchan Hall Picnic Video – 1986
History of the Volunteer Ambulance Services in Northbrook
Shirley Sedore Guest Speaker – CDHS Meeting Sept 19 2022
1968 Kaladar-Northern Telephone Directory for Northbrook, Denbigh, Plevna
The History of Pethick’s Store & Motel – Cloyne
Memories of Matawatchan – SS#1 School Reunion
The History of the Lions Club – Lion Red Emond at the CDHS AGM
The Cement House Fireplace at Bon Echo
The History of Black Donald Mine
Cloyne & District Historical Society Celebrates 50 Years
CDHS Annual General Meeting June 20th – Red Emond Guest Speaker
The Annual General Meeting of the Cloyne and District Historical Society will be June 20th, 2022 at the Barrie Community Hall in Cloyne. The meeting will start at 1:00 pm and feature Lion Red Emond as guest speaker. Red will talk about the history of the Lions Club...
Historic Windstorm Sweeps Through Area Leaving Destruction – May 2022
A storm that will go down in the record books traveled a diagonal line from Michigan to Ottawa and beyond on Saturday, May 21st. In its path were the townships of North Frontenac and Addington Highlands. Enough damage was caused so a state of emergency was called in...
Cabin On The Hill – 1870s Log Cabin at Bon Echo
Familiar to most Bon Echo visitors is the ‘Cabin-on-the Hill’ – a rental log cabin situated near the Denison complex within the provincial park. The 1870s cabin was once called the Manager’s House and was occasionally used as accommodation when Merrill Denison...
Dave Trumble – Canada’s Oldest Man Speaks To NAEC Students 1977
David Albert Trumble, born December 15th, 1867 (or 1882) was a famous Canadian supercentenarian and resident of Northbrook. Always a storyteller, character, and often an entertainer, Dave Trumble visited North Addington Education Centre in Cloyne to answer questions...