http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/ 2026-05-25T01:19:02+00:00 http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/ http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2024-03-03T20:24:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/doku.php?id=carrie_holmes_macgillivray&rev=1709497494&do=diff Carrie Holmes MacGillivray Sue Harrington It was a lucky day for Glengarry, when the late Evelyn Theakston van Beek and her husband George, decided to take a Sunday afternoon drive in the country on July 11, 1965. Heading east along the Raisin River toward Williamstown, they made their acquaintance with a large house, well placed on a terrace with lawns and trees to set it off. text/html 2024-03-03T20:24:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/doku.php?id=d.c.cameron_and_the_gothic_line&rev=1709497494&do=diff D.C.Cameron and the Gothic Line Glengarry Historical Society Thursday 5th September 2019 The title of this talk begs two questions: who was D.C.Cameron? I’m sure many of you know that. What was the Gothic Line? This talk on the life of Brigadier D C Cameron is taking place almost exactly 75 years after arguably Canada’s greatest feat of arms, for which our Glengarry hero won his second Distinguished Service Order in the Italian campaign. text/html 2024-03-03T20:24:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/doku.php?id=draft&rev=1709497494&do=diff French Influences in Glengarry On the hill, perhaps as a monument to the village’s historical development, stands the impressive LeClair mansion, which afier 120 years still retains many of its original features. “Constructed of brick with wood trim, the mansard roof, twin dormers and omately bracketed central upper doorway were characteristic of late Victorian Second Empire Revival Style and French heritage” according to the South Glengarry Local Architectural Conservatory Advisory Committee. Ot… text/html 2024-03-03T20:24:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/doku.php?id=duncan_donovan_photo_collection&rev=1709497494&do=diff Duncan Donovan Photo Collection This is the full set of pictures used by Dane Lanken in his presentation March 9, 2017. An online version of the presentation will be available soon. Next photos text/html 2024-03-03T20:24:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/doku.php?id=french_migration_glengarry&rev=1709497494&do=diff French Migration to Glengarry - 1880-1920 This is a summary of a presentation made on December 1, 2022 at the Centre Communautaire de Green Valley Community Center by Yvon R. Ménard, a life-long resident of Green Valley, a retired teacher and very recently, a director on the board of Société Historique Glengarry Historical Society. text/html 2024-03-03T20:24:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/doku.php?id=glengarry_s_military_heritage&rev=1709497494&do=diff Glengarry's Military Heritage 1784 - 1914 “I beg to state that the County of Glengarry has on every occasion been distinguished for good conduct, and will on any emergency turn out more fighting men in proportion to its population than any other in her Majesty’s Dominions”. So reported Lieutenant Colonel Carmichael to Lieutenant General Sir James Macdonell, second in command of her Majesty’s Forces in Canada in 1840. text/html 2024-03-03T20:24:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/doku.php?id=munroeandmacintosh&rev=1709497494&do=diff The Munro and McIntosh Sleigh and Carriage Factory A Presentation by Dane Lanken Movie: text/html 2024-03-03T20:24:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/doku.php?id=railwaysandtelegraphs&rev=1709497494&do=diff Railways and Telegraphs The October 4, 2023 presentation by Graeme Roy, RMEO Board Vice-President/Telegraph Operator. 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To become a user, simply send a request to website@glengarryhistory.ca, and a user user ID and password will be forthcoming. text/html 2024-03-03T20:24:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/doku.php?id=the_general_and_the_peanut_line&rev=1709497494&do=diff The General and the Peanut Line The “peanut line”, more familiar to the residents of South Glengarry, than those dwelling in the two northern Townships, was the creation of the Glengarry& Stormont Railway Company. This company was formed in 1912, in response to dissatisfaction with freight charges imposed by the Grand Trunk Railway and expressed by the growing manufacturing industry in Cornwall. Toronto Paper and Canadian Coloured Cottons were among the companies complaining. Courtaulds would… text/html 2024-03-03T20:24:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/doku.php?id=the_metis_-_a_people_and_their_rebellion&rev=1709497494&do=diff The Métis - A People and Their Rebellion The Métis – A People and their Rebellion Canada's Constitution Act of 1982 names the Aboriginal peoples of Canada as being Indian, Inuit and Métis. The present discourse is a focus on the Métis. Who are the Métis? The definition given by the Métis National Council is that of “a person who self-identifies as Métis, is distinct from other Aboriginal Peoples, is of historic Métis Nation ancestry and who is accepted by the Métis Nation.” The Métis Nation… text/html 2024-03-03T20:24:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/doku.php?id=the_military_career_of_a_g_f_macdonald&rev=1709497494&do=diff The Military Career of A G F Macdonald Lieutenant Colonel A G F Macdonald “George” Sandfield It was no coincidence that, in 1915, the Minister of Militia and Defence, Major General Sir Sam Hughes chose Lieutenant Colonel Alexander George Fraser Macdonald to raise the 154th Battalion, the Minister had also commanded a militia regiment, the 45th West Durham Regiment and was well aware of the 59th Stormont and Glengarry Regiment, having presented the Militia Efficiency Cup in 1913 to Captain J… text/html 2024-03-03T20:24:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/doku.php?id=the_summer_of_1816_in_glengarry&rev=1709497494&do=diff The Summer of 1816 The summer of the year of 1816 should have been a joyous year. 1815 was the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Peace had returned to the world. But as military activities dissipated, another equally formidable threat bore down on the citizens of Glengarry. Mother Nature had a severe meteorological challenge in store. text/html 2024-03-03T20:24:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!gls/doku.php?id=xample&rev=1709497494&do=diff Xample - Glengarry County GLENGARRY was established in 1792 as one of Upper Canada’s first 19 counties and named after the Glen in Inverness Scotland, bordering the Garry River. Originally extending from the St. Lawrence to the Ottawa Rivers, the County was subsequently divided in half to create Prescott. Glengarry was settled by Scottish Loyalists, and 1,217 clansmen comprising five emigrant groups arriving from the Scottish Highlands between 1785 and 1793.