
Part Seventy-One ~ and then there were more
For some reason, the obituaries were full of drowning deaths in the early days. Whether it was caused by the clothing that was worn...

Part Seventy ~ Some interesting snippets
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...

Part Sixty-Nine ~ Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
We are open for the season and ready for another busy summer at The Rideau District Museum! Our latest fund-raising publication is ready...

Part Sixty-Eight ~ Another Season at The Rideau District Museum
Spring is in full swing in the village and that means that seasonal businesses, shuttered for the long winter, are now opening their...

Part Sixty-Seven ~ Hooray for The Harbour
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...

Part Sixty-Six ~ It happened this week
Way, way back in 1914, the following entries were recorded in Nell McCann’s diary: “Moved our Bed upstairs & Started house cleaning May...

Part Sixty-Five ~ Thanks to our local newspaper
Part Sixty-Five ~ Thanks to our local newspaper
We at Vintage Westport would like to take this opportunity to thank The Review-Mirror for allowing us to use images found within the...

Part Sixty-Four ~ Continuing with class…
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...

Part Sixty-Three ~ Here We Go… Again
Who doesn’t love looking at class photos from the last century? Hopefully not you, because here we go again! Because The Rideau District...

Part Sixty-Two ~ Continuing with the Trend
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...