Renfrew County - History

Renfrew County History

County History

A History of Pembroke's Churches
This article appeared in NEXUS, Centennial Edition, 1963 Year Book of Champlain Secondary School in Pembroke.

A View of the Valley - a series of articles that appeared in Timberline, newsletter of the UOVGG: Bonnechere River; German Pioneer Memorial; Petawawa Township; Wylie Township

A "WEE" Bit Of Townships' History
Prior to 1859, six Townships were combined to form the United Townships of, Alice, Rolph, Buchanan, Wylie, McKay, and Petawawa. Alice & Petawawa severed in 1859 & 1865 respectively.

Aboriginal Claims in Ontario: The Algonquins of Golden Lake.

Between Two Rivers: Profiles of People and Places in the Upper Ottawa Valley
Preston O'Grady looks at the Opeongo Line, Renfrew Valley, Brudenell, local expressions and the O'Grady settlement.

Brudenell
A history from Between the Rivers web site.

Calabogie History
A brief history from the Discovery Calabogie web site.

Eganville History
A brief history from the Village of Eganville web site.

Historic Landmarks
Rivers, Waterways, Railways, Roads

Kashubian Vampires in Wilno?

Mac Beattie and the Ottawa Valley Melodiers

Ottawa Valley Railway History

Pembroke
City web page.

Publications
Listing of history publications concerning Renfrew County

The Upper Ottawa Valley Genealogical Group
The Upper Ottawa Valley Genealogical Group is actively collecting church histories, family histories, community histories, maps, voters' lists, census transcriptions, cemetery transcriptions, etc. This collection is part of their genealogy reference library and is open to the public.

Wilno History

Ontario History

Ontario History
Government of Ontario

History of Ontario
Ontario GenWeb

Ontario Historical Facts
The Olive Tree Genealogy

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