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Meetings and Events

This page provides access to information on previous monthly meetings in the form of a summary of the presentation, and relevant pictures for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. See the table below for information on presentations we have had at meetings since January 2007.

Franklin Expedition, graves and ships door

About Meetings

Meetings are held on third Wednesday evening (7:30 pm) of the month from October to May. There is a short business discussion followed by a presentation on local or other history, then refreshments The June and September meetings often consist of an excursion to a local historic site. December is a pot-luck supper.

Notices of future meetings are posted on this website, placed in local papers and in the public libraries and other locations in Manotick and North Gower, and are mailed to all RTHS members.

All interested persons are welcome to attend the meetings, other events, and excursions.

The meetings are held in a number of locations around the former Township in order to even out the driving necessary for RTHS members and their guests to attend.

Venues are announced in the newsletter. Addresses and directions are in the Meeting Sites page of this site.

Click a month below to see a summary of the presentation and some pictures.

Year 2010	Speaker	Subject
Jan	RTHS Members	Annual Bring & Brag
Feb	Maritta Saharinen	100 Years of Women's Institutes in Carleton District
Mar	Barbara Humphreys, Winston Spratt	The Clapp House, the Undiscovered Gem of Dickinson Square
Apr	Mark Jodoin	How I Spent My Summer Vacation
May	Excursion	A visit to Beechwood Cemetery, Beechwood Ave., Ottawa
June	Glenn Brooks, Brian Earl, Ron Wilson	The Mill Quarter Board, Model Railroading, Steamtown U.S.A.
		Summer Break
Sep	Teresa Charland	Harry F. McLean
Oct	Ken Swayze, Coral Lindsay	The Book Launch, Kars on the Rideau
Nov	Owen Cooke	Canadians Flying in North Russia, 1918
Dec	Christmas Dinner	To be held at the Manderly Golf Club

Year 2009	Speaker	Subject
Jan	Cam Trueman. Greg Newton	Watson's Mill Guided Student Walk, Manotick 150^th Anniversary
Feb	RTHS Members	The Annual Bring and Brag Session
Mar	Serge Barbe, City of Ottawa Archives	Communities and Archives
Apr	Coral Lindsay	Nine World Famous Children of the 1930’s Great Depression Era
May	Jane Anderson & Ron Wilson	Republishing "Manotick, Then and Now" by Dora Stamp
June	The June Excursion 2009	Excursion to "Vintage Wings of Canada", Gatineau Airport, Quebec
		Summer Break
Sep	Glenn Wright	The Creation of the RCMP, Ottawa and the Search for a Home.
Oct	Katherine Killins	What They Wore (at Manotick Saturday Night)
Nov	Dr. Andrew Iarocci	1st Canadian Division, World War I.
Dec	Christmas Pot Luck Dinner	Cancelled because of major winter storm.

Year 2008	Speaker	Subject
Jan	Dr. George Hobson, Arctic Expert	Mysteries of the Sir John Franklin Expedition
Feb	Paul Kitchen, Author & Hockey Historian	125 Years of Professional Hockey in Ottawa
Mar	Rachel Brooks, Parks Canada	Digging the Rideau
Apr	RTHS Members	The Annual Bring and Brag Session
May	Greg Newton, Greg Newton Photography	“Photo by Newton”
Jun	RTHS June Excursion	Visit to the Cornerstone Ceremony for the New Masonic Lodge at Upper Canada Village
		Summer Break
Sep	Pat Earl, Lucy Martin, Mark Jodoin, and Coral Lindsay, RTHS	The "What Did We Do Last Summer?" Meeting
Oct	Sherry Guild & Amanda Gould, Canadian Conservation Institute	Restoration of the Carleton County Map of 1863
Nov	Coral Lindsay, RTHS	Fleets and Forwarders: Steamboat Days on the Rideau Canal, 1830’s – 1930’s
Dec	Organized by Ann Cronin, RTHS	The December Pot Luck

Year 2007	Speaker	Subject
Jan	Stuart & Marguerite Rogers, RTHS	Moundbuilders of Eastern North America
Feb	Mark Jodoin, RTHS	Roger Stevens: First Settler Within the Boundaries of Modern Ottawa
Mar	Colin Churcher, Railroad Historian	The Railways of Ottawa
Apr	Mark Brus, Parks Canada	Rideau 175 - An Update
May	Fred Davidson, Algonquin College, Perth	Heritage Carpentry & Masonry Program
Jun	Lunch at Kelly's Landing	The June Excursion
		Summer Break
Sep	Dr. Glenn Lockwood, Historian & Author	Social History in the Rideau Valley
Oct	Gavin Liddy, Superintendent of the Rideau Canal, Parks Canada	Rideau 175 - An Update
Nov	Coral Lindsay, RTHS	Lindsay's Wharf, Kars, Ontario
Dec	Organized by Ann Cronin, RTHS	The RTHS Christmas Pot Luck

Year 2011	Speaker	Subject
Jan	Bill Schaubs	Our Trip to East Germany 20 Years After Re-Unification
Feb	RTHS Members	The Annual Bring & Brag
Mar	Eugene Fytche	400 Years of Log Fences
Apr	Coral Lindsay & Brian Earl	The Dickinson House
May	Susan McKellar, Georgie Tupper	The Home Children of Rideau
June	The June Excursion	.Fulford Place in Brockville and the Lyn Museum, Lyn, Ontario
		Summer Break
Sep	Dr. David Shanahan	The Surveys of Oxford and Marlborough, 1791
Oct	None - Strategic Planning Meeting	See November 2011 Newsletter for more information.
Nov	Scott Cameron and Owen Cooke	The Development of the Tank, and Canadian Armoured Activities in Italy in 1944
Dec	Christmas Dinner	To be held at the Manderley Golf Club

Year 2012	Speaker	Subject
Jan	RTHS Members	The annual bring and brag
Feb	Coral Lindsay, Patricia Grainger, Brian Earl	Timothy Eaton and the T. Eaton Company
Mar	Stuart Rogers	Challenging the Myths Surrounding 1492
Apr	Ellen Adamsons	Behind the Scenes, “With Only a Suitcase”
May	Robert Henderson	The War of 1812 on the Upper St. Lawrence River
June	The June Excursion	Bus trip to Fort Wellington and other historical sites around Prescott
		Summer Break
Sep	Catherine Gallagher	“Duty, Family, Service” - The Wallace-Eastman Family
Oct	Brad Smith	Burritts Rapids, An Historic Village on the Rideau
Nov	Robert (Rob) Fleck	The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP)
Dec		Christmas Party

Page reviewed or updated March 14, 2013

Year 2013	Speaker	Subject
Jan	Coral Lindsay	The Adventures (or Misadventures) of Robbie Burns
Feb	Brian Booth	Richard Latham Garlick
Mar	Donna Naughton	The Natural History of Canadian Mammals
Apr	Excursion	The Warehouse of the Museum of Science and Technology
May
June
		Summer Break
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Dec