Preserving and Promoting local history for the former Rideau
Township
The Rideau Township Historical Society
| Year 2009 | Speaker | Subject |
| Jan | Cam Trueman. Greg Newton | Watson's Mill Guided Student Walk, Manotick 150th 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 |
| 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 |
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.
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 - 2009. See the table below for information on presentations we have had at meetings since January 2007.
