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Matawatchan Community Cemetery – Now Online!

Matawatchan Community Cemetery – Now Online!

by CHS_Ken | Dec 7, 2022 | Featured Posts, General Information

Photos of the Matawatchan Community Cemetery have been added to the CDHS Cemetery Flickr site increasing the site to 1553+ photos.

A Conversation With Gail Holtzhauer – Matawatchan

A Conversation With Gail Holtzhauer – Matawatchan

by CHS_Ken | Oct 2, 2022 | Featured Posts, Uncategorized

Gail Holtzhauer tells some of the history of her family and Snider’s Tent and Trailer Park in Matawatchan, Ontario.

Matawatchan Hall Picnic Video – 1986

Matawatchan Hall Picnic Video – 1986

by CHS_Ken | Sep 30, 2022 | Featured Posts

The first Matawatchan Picnic was held in 1886 as a fundraiser to build the first church in Matawatchan. This video was shot 100 years later in 1986.

1968 Kaladar-Northern Telephone Directory for Northbrook, Denbigh, Plevna

1968 Kaladar-Northern Telephone Directory for Northbrook, Denbigh, Plevna

by CHS_Ken | Sep 4, 2022 | Featured Posts, Uncategorized

Take a trip back 50 years ago and see the businesses that were in our villages and the people that lived there.  Many are long gone but many are still here.

Memories of Matawatchan – SS#1 School Reunion

Memories of Matawatchan – SS#1 School Reunion

by CHS_Ken | Aug 14, 2022 | Featured Posts

This collection of stories, poems and photographs have been assembled by a dedicated group of volunteers in Matawatchan to celebrate the SS#1 School Reunion on August 19th, 2000.

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Cloyne and District Historical Society

The Cloyne and District Historical Society website is the proud recipient of funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the OHTO (Fed Dev) and the Township of North Frontenac.
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Museum Hours of Operation
July and August
Daily 10am to 4pm

Location
HWY. 41, Cloyne Ontario
(across from Post Office)