Rideau Township Historical Society

Rideau Township Historical Society The Rideau Township Historical Society has been preserving and promoting the history and heritage of the former Rideau Township for 50 years! Historical Society

It happened in Rideau ... except these characters look like they are out of the Wild West (note the bowler hat was the m...
06/22/2026

It happened in Rideau ... except these characters look like they are out of the Wild West (note the bowler hat was the most common hat in19th C Western North America). Photo 229-040-1a.tif and file MGR007-01-091, Rideau Branch, City of Ottawa Archives.

It happened in Rideau ... from the Ottawa Citizen 18 December 1926.
06/21/2026

It happened in Rideau ... from the Ottawa Citizen 18 December 1926.

It happened in Rideau ... The Fennell house at 6738 Lord Nelson St. in Kars, is an example of Tuscan style architecture ...
06/18/2026

It happened in Rideau ... The Fennell house at 6738 Lord Nelson St. in Kars, is an example of Tuscan style architecture with a hipped roof and round-hooded dormer windows..The style was popular in Canada during the late 1800s and early 1900s..The house was likely built around 1904, reflecting early 20th-century architectural trends.The building's design highlights Italianate influences and regional architectural preferences. R.R. Fennell contributed stones from a local quarry for the construction of Trinity United Church. From LACAC files at the Rideau Branch, City of Ottawa Archives.

It happened in Rideau ... The North Gower Continuation School in 1924; the year for girls to wear their hair with bangs.
06/18/2026

It happened in Rideau ... The North Gower Continuation School in 1924; the year for girls to wear their hair with bangs.

It happened in Rideau ... Now partly in the Marlborough Forest areas of peat were identified in a Bulletin on Peat, Chal...
06/17/2026

It happened in Rideau ... Now partly in the Marlborough Forest areas of peat were identified in a Bulletin on Peat, Chalmers, GSC,1904. Then the resources of over 62 million cubic yards with 20 million workable reported by Haanel, Mines Branch,1924. The search at the time was for fossil fuels as were being exploited in Europe

It happened in Rideau ... this happened in Belgium in 1944 with Lloyd Kirk, but the records are in the Rideau Branch, Ci...
06/15/2026

It happened in Rideau ... this happened in Belgium in 1944 with Lloyd Kirk, but the records are in the Rideau Branch, City of Ottawa Archives. Photo Lloyd Kirk 3.jpg, Renton-Audrey scans.

It happened in Rideau ... as reported in the Ottawa Citizen, 5 Sept. 1917. The spirit is still alive as experienced when...
06/15/2026

It happened in Rideau ... as reported in the Ottawa Citizen, 5 Sept. 1917. The spirit is still alive as experienced when my motorcycle broke down on Malakoff Rd. last year.

It happened in Rideau ... Roger Stevens petitioned for land on the Rideau River in 1793. Rideau Township Heritage Genera...
06/11/2026

It happened in Rideau ... Roger Stevens petitioned for land on the Rideau River in 1793. Rideau Township Heritage General, Images-Graphics, at the Rideau Branch, City of Ottawa Archives.

It happened in Rideau ... today, check out Morley Wallacehttps://www.gpsontario.ca/about, and for days gone by, see the ...
06/10/2026

It happened in Rideau ... today, check out Morley Wallace
https://www.gpsontario.ca/about, and for days gone by, see the photo 227-06-008a in the Photo Files Box 2 at the Rideau Branch, City of Ottawa Archives.

It happened in Rideau ... the North Rideau Methodist Cemetery at 3525 Donnelly Drive with names familiar in the old town...
06/09/2026

It happened in Rideau ... the North Rideau Methodist Cemetery at 3525 Donnelly Drive with names familiar in the old township and sitting beside the site of a Methodist Church built in 1876 and destroyed by fire in the 1930s. The church is marked on the map from the Beldin atlas, 1879-Beldin-NG-MAR Map.psd, (Schools, Collections). About 20 stone markers can still be found.

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Ottawa, ON

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