The 1890 Town Council

4 Mar 2023

In 1890 Gananoque was incorporated as a town, having a mayor, reeve and deputy-reeve.  There were three wards, each represented by three aldermen, two school trustees.Nominations were held the last Monday in…

Joel Stone 1747-1833

7 Oct 20228 Dec 2022

~ Joel Stone ~ can be truly said to have been Gananoque’s founding father.  He selected a group of skilled ambitious tradesmen and they carved a settlement out of the…

Look up and Find

29 Sep 20227 Oct 2022

- Weather-vanes - An indicator of wind direction. First used as early as the first century B.C. in ancient Greece. Their popularity peaked in the Victorian Era with its love of…

Where the river was.

6 Aug 2022

The Gananoque River quite clearly fits the meandering* river type, and I often look for signs of where it may have been in the past. One of the better ones…

60 Mill St

28 Jun 202228 Jun 2022

At the corner of Clarence and Mill Streets you can see the possibilities of heritage restoration and the raw material. Two buildings that once were Parmenter & Bulloch.  Before being…

King Street Bridge

15 Jun 20228 Jun 2022

A bridge has been in place at this location since the early 1800's. The first ones were made of wood and the river often removed them, claiming a life or…

7 King Street West

3 Jun 20223 Jun 2022

This beautiful, Georgian-Victorian, solid stone property was built in 1826 as proclaimed by the date over the door. There are several other buildings in Gananoque with similar decorative door inserts.…

The Candlesticks of St Andrew’s

31 May 202218 May 2023

A fellow researcher and I went to the 10 am service at St Andrew's last Sunday, before getting to spend some time seeing if one of their knowledgeable members could…

Agnes Maule Machar Park

14 May 2022

With the best and most photographed view of the Islands from the shore in Gananoque, Agnes Maule Machar Park is a must see location. Facilities are simple, merely picnic tables…

I Spy a Robin

7 Apr 2022