Originally Published in Heritage Happenings, March 2008 These articles are reprinted as they were originally published. No attempt has been made to correct or update the content. If the topic interests you, we encourage you to do further research Read more

Pierre Desjardins was born in 1775 in Nesle, Picary in France before the eve of the French Revolution.

As a Royalist, he fled to England in the spring of 1792 before leaving for Upper Canada in the fall of Read more

Originally Published in Heritage Happenings, February 2008 These articles are reprinted as they were originally published. No attempt has been made to correct or update the content. If the topic interests you, we encourage you to do further research Read more

Originally Published in Heritage Happenings, January 2008 These articles are reprinted as they were originally published. No attempt has been made to correct or update the content. If the topic interests you, we encourage you to do further research Read more

When war was declared in the late summer of 1914, many young men from the village and surrounding East Flamborough Township volunteered to serve, several of whom lost their life during the four years of hostilities. In early 1919, Read more

Originally Published in Heritage Happenings, November 2007 These articles are reprinted as they were originally published. No attempt has been made to correct or update the content. If the topic interests you, we encourage you to do further research Read more

This Waterdown landmark is slated to undergo some important upgrades, so a look at its history seems appropriate as we approach the 100th Anniversary of the start of the First World War.

Located in the centre of the old Read more

Originally Published in Heritage Happenings, October 2007 These articles are reprinted as they were originally published. No attempt has been made to correct or update the content. If the topic interests you, we encourage you to do further research Read more

Originally Published in Heritage Happenings, September 2007 These articles are reprinted as they were originally published. No attempt has been made to correct or update the content. If the topic interests you, we encourage you to do further research Read more

William Dickson was born on July 13, 1769 in Dumfries, Scotland to John Dickson and Helen Wight. He married Charlotte Adlam in Newark, Upper Canada on April 12, 1794.

At age 16, he arrived in western Quebec and started Read more