Hastings County Historical Society

06/26/2025

06/19/2025

The Toronto Workers' History Project has an online presentation tonight about HMS Speedy which may be of interest:

Indigenous History Month   Thursday, June 19th @7:00 PM ET With Speakers: Victoria Freeman, Historian of Indigenous-settler relations Margaret Sault, M ...

04/09/2025

Join us on Tuesday April 15th for a free public presentation by Ian Robertson on the history of Camp Picton:

Our speaker will be author and journalist, Ian Robertson, on the history of Camp Picton.  Find out what was happening in our area in April 1925 in our regular Minus 100 slot. Meet on Tuesday April 15, at the Maranatha Church auditorium, 100 College Street West, Belleville, at 7:00 p.m.  Our memb...

02/12/2025

Join us on Tuesday February 18th to find out about Belleville's nineteenth-century university!

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01/15/2025

Join us on Tuesday January 21st for a free public presentation on the history of mining in Hastings County:

Our speaker will be Gary Nicoll, President of the Historical Society, looking at the role of mining in shaping the history of Hastings County. Find out what was happening in our area in January 1925 in our regular Minus 100 slot. Meet on Tuesday January 21, at the Maranatha Church auditorium, 100 ...

11/20/2024

Richard Hughes' new book on the early history of hockey in Belleville and our region is hot off the press and available to buy at the Community Archives (open Mon-Thu, 10-1 and 2-4).