Up the hill, on the right, are the Canadian Parliament Buildings.
August 5, 2022: James Fortier is researching Peter Godchere who worked for the Hudson Bay Company in the mid-1800's. August 6, 2022: Lieutenant Colonel John By - in charge of building the Rideau Canal, 1826-1832 August 7, 2022: Beginning in the 1870's many families left Ontario (Upper Canada) to migrate to the American Mid-west, especially to North Dakota. August 8, 2022: The Great Famine in Ireland, Migration to Canada, 1845-1854 also known now as "The Great Hunger" or 'An Gorta Mor' August 9, 2022: Our First Nations History web page, including a painting of a camp on Georgian Bay. August 10, 2022: Two hours east of Ottawa (the capital of Canada) is the City of Montreal. August 10, 2022: Early Archaeology in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec August 11, 2022: Fitzroy Township and Chats Falls, Ontario, Canada - History, Genealogy and early settlement August 12, 2022: Auld Kirk Church and Cemetery in the Town of Almonte Ramsay Township, Ontario, Canada - A Designated Heritage Site and Pioneer Presbyterian Church August 13, 2022: The Orange Order in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec August 14, 2022: The Canadian Forestry Corps - Persons Recruited from the Ottawa / Gatineau Area August 15, 2022: North Plantagenet and South Plantagenet Townships, Prescott County, Ontario, Canada, History and Genealogy August 16, 2022: Aylmer, Quebec, Canada, History and Genealogy August 16, 2022: Pontiac County, Quebec August 16, 2022: The French River August 17, 2022: Dow's Lake (formerly Dow's Great Swamp) August 18, 2022: Low, Quebec (on the Gatineau River) and the construction of the Paugan Dam in the 1920's August 19, 2022: Here are two maps of Ireland (1) A Map of Ireland in 1848 and (2) A map showing Major Landlords by County in 1881 August 20, 2022: British Home Children in Canada, 1869-1930 in the Ottawa, Ontario / Gatineau, Quebec Region Orphans sent from Britain to work on Farms in Canada August 21, 2022: Transportation by Steam Boat in the 1800's, on the Ottawa, Rideau and St. Lawrence Rivers, in Ontario, Quebec and the U.S.A August 22, 2022: Some Business people, In Eastern Ontario in the 1830s and 1840s August 23, 2022: Horton Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, History and Genealogy August 23, 2022: The Long Sault Rapids are a tough stretch at Cornwall on the St. Lawrence River. August 24, 2022: The early Italian Communities in Ottawa and Toronto began in the 1890's August 25, 2022 Peter Robinson Settlers, Surnames A to G from Ireland to the Ottawa area in 1823, on the Ships Stakesby and Hebe August 26, 2022: Peter Robinson Settlers, Surnames H to N from Ireland to the Ottawa area in 1823, on the Ships Stakesby and Hebe August 27, 2022: Peter Robinson Settlers, Surnames O to Z from Ireland to the Ottawa, Canada area in 1823, on the Ships Stakesby and Hebe August 27, 2022: In 1912, the Steamer Mayflower, sank on Lake Kamaniskeg (in Renfrew County) with loss of nine lives. August 28, 2022: The Rideau Canal - We have lots on this canal ... it passes through downtown Ottawa August 28, 2022: Beckwith Township, Ontario, Canada, History and Genealogy August 29, 2022: Bibliography of Reference Material for Web Site "Bytown or Bust" (Digital History and Genealogy in Eastern Ontario, Canada and Western Quebec, Canada) August 29, 2022: Bradish BILLINGS and Lamira DOW, First settlers (1813) in Gloucester Township, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Billings Bridge Settlement August 30, 2022: The Historic Madawaska River System, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, From Algonquin Park to Arnprior August 30, 2022: John BENSON and Mary CUMMINGS from Charleville, County Cork, Ireland to Ramsay Township, Ontario, Canada, Peter Robinson Settlers in 1823 on the ship Stakesby August 30, 2022: KELLY's LANDING on the Rideau Canal, (Manotick),Ottawa, Ontario, Canada August 31, 2022: Some persons from County Armagh, Ireland to the Ottawa area August 31, 2022: Britannia Bay in Ottawa West August 31, 2022: Black History in the Ottawa area September 1, 2022: Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, History and Genealogy originally called Shipman's Mills September 1, 2022: Oliver's Ferry, across the Big Rideau Lake (now known as Rideau Ferry) September 2, 2022: Quite a bit of information about Birchbark Canoes September 2, 2022: Brockville and Coburg, Ontario September 2, 2022: Some Interesting Academic Papers regarding our History September 3, 2022: Transcriptions of Births, Marriages and Deaths from the Ottawa Times and Ottawa Free Press, 1860's to 1880's September 3, 2022: Manotick and Manotick Station, in Osgoode Township September 4, 2022: the Lumbering and Forestry Industry in the Ottawa Valley and the Gatineau Valley September 4, 2022: Streetcar history in the Ottawa area, includes a picture of my Grandfather's clock September 5, 2022: March Township September 5, 2022: Maniwaki, Quebec September 6, 2022: Town of Perth September 6, 2022: Newspaper Perth Courier (Bytown Births, Marriages and Deaths), 1834-1849 September 7, 2022: Beechwood National Cemetery in Ottawa September 7, 2022: Alexander Herbert and Mary Parks, from County Sligo, Ireland to Osgoode Township in 1837 September 8, 2022: Hastings County, including the city of Belleville September 8, 2022: Township of Osgoode, now part of the City of Ottawa September 9, 2022: Lochaber Township, in Argenteuil County Quebec, Canada, including Archibald McMILLAN September 9, 2022: Bibliography for The Great Famine in Ireland
Migration to Canada, 1845-1854
September 10, 2022: Alexander HERBERT and Mary PARKS, from the County Sligo, townland of Corbally in the parish of Castleconnor, Ireland to Osgoode Township in 1837 My Herbert cousins! September 10, 2022:
Kaministiquia River, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada A Major Fur Trade River, Also Kakabeka Falls Made this trip with my cousin, Garry Burns. Two Well-known Canadian Painters/Artists September 11, 2022: A.Y. Jackson, terrific Canadian Painter, lived in Manotick for many years September 11, 2022: William Brymner, Canadian Painter and Archivist September 11, 2022: Kansas and Nebraska - Emigration from the Ottawa, Canada area in the 1800's September 12, 2022: The Ballygiblin (Irish) Riots in 1824 in Almonte and Carleton Place September 12, 2022: The Pioneer Cemetery on Parliament Hill in downtown Ottawa September 13, 2022: Boarding Houses in Ottawa in 1881, including tenants September 13, 2022: Brennan's Hill in the Gatineau Valley and "The Battle of Brennan's Hill Song" September 14, 2022:Pioneer Families of Hull, Quebec, Canada, and the Gatineau Valley
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