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Historic rural houses with wooden fences.

Artifacts Wanted (as Donation or Loan)

December 12, 2018 Amanda Pantrey 1 Comment

The South Frontenac Museum has set up a committee to develop new exhibits for the 2019 season.  Many items in…

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Filed under: artifacts, items-wanted, museum
Black and white photo of workers posing on industrial machinery outdoors.

Jennie Cousineau has one hundred years of memories

Amanda Pantrey

Frontenac News has a great article on one of the Township’s senior citizens on the event of her 100th birthday.…

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Filed under: cousineau-family, frontenac-news, personal-history, storrington
Stone building with green roof and ramp.

Windows Are In!

December 10, 2018 Amanda Pantrey 1 Comment

It is with enormous pleasure that we announce that the long-awaited windows on the north side of the South Frontenac…

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Filed under: maintenance, museum, news, windows
Children playing in snow, vintage magazine cover.

Newly Discovered Photo of 146th Battalion

Amanda Pantrey

The Museum recently received a photograph of the entire 146th Battalion, taken on September 5, 1916 during training at Valcartier,…

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Filed under: 146th, museum, photo, ww1
Authors' Afternoon event poster with book covers.

January 18, 2019 General Meeting

Amanda Pantrey

From John McDougall: Phil Leonard will be our speaker at the January 18 Heritage Society meeting at 10.00 a.m. at…

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Filed under: heritage-society, leonard-family, speaker
Wooden tool with leather strap attached.

The Mishizaagig of Kingston and Alderville: Stories of Place and Displacement

November 25, 2018 Amanda Pantrey

On Friday evening, October 9, 2018, George McKeever attended the first session of the 20th Annual Indigenous Knowledge Symposium at…

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Filed under: crawford, first-nations, mishizaagig, mississauga, settlers, treaties
Elderly man smiling, wearing a baseball cap.

Ed Asselstine Reminisces About Years Past

November 17, 2018 Amanda Pantrey 8 Comments

The Portland District and Area Heritage Society, which manages the South Frontenac Museum, met on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 in the…

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Filed under: 1940s, 1950s, heritage-society, speaker, story, verona
Vintage ice skates on white background.

Personal Artifacts, Personal Tragedy, and Living History

Amanda Pantrey

The Doors Open event last June inspired a chain of events that continues to shed light on a piece of…

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Filed under: fluke-family, skates, snook-family
Stone building with snow-covered ground.

Progress at the Museum

November 16, 2018 Amanda Pantrey

Some Society members reported that there was scaffolding on the outside north wall and workmen doing… something. And in fact,…

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Filed under: maintenance, museum, news, windows
Black hexagonal pattern with glowing blue lines creating a futuristic design.

Petroglyphs on an Island in Bob’s Lake?

November 15, 2018 Amanda Pantrey 1 Comment

Bill (a seasonal resident, I believe) wrote us to see if we knew of any archaeological resources in Frontenac county…

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Filed under: archaeology, bobs-lake, geology, petroglyphs, searches

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