For some reason, the obituaries were full of drowning deaths in the early days. Whether it was caused by the clothing that was worn...

I have been reading through a book of old obituaries and articles which have been kindly loaned to the museum, and to say that some of...

We are open for the season and ready for another busy summer at The Rideau District Museum! Our latest fund-raising publication is ready...

Spring is in full swing in the village and that means that seasonal businesses, shuttered for the long winter, are now opening their...

It was an exciting event in the village back at the turn of the century when the government sent in the dredge to remove weeds from the...

Way, way back in 1914, the following entries were recorded in Nell McCann’s diary: “Moved our Bed upstairs & Started house cleaning May...

We at Vintage Westport would like to take this opportunity to thank The Review-Mirror for allowing us to use images found within the...

Need I say more. We’ve had such great comments and so many views, that we are going to keep going with our vintage class photos of local...

Who doesn’t love looking at class photos from the last century? Hopefully not you, because here we go again! Because The Rideau District...

Last week we took a look at the pupils of Bell’s School, Salem, and Ardmore, and, not surprisingly, that was our most popular Vintage...