with Shaun Peppy
November 25, 2021 7:00pm (on-line)
The electoral district of Carleton, encompassing the former Goulbourn Township, has played a fascinating and important part in the political history of Canada for over 200 years. Carleton has had its own seat in the elected legislatures of Canada since 1820, following the establishment of the first settlements in the area. While the boundaries of the riding and its name have changed over the years, Carleton has been host to many colourful candidates, several of whom have been key figures in Canadian history.
Former Goulbourn Township Historical Society Vice-President, Shaun Peppy, presented his lecture on the political history of Carleton riding on Thursday, November 25. For anyone who missed the presentation it is available at the link below.
Goulbourn Township Historical Society Annual General Meeting
Saturday January 22nd 2022 at 1:00pm.
Due to the continued COVID-19 pandemic the Board of Directors have determined that the AGM will be conducted as a virtual event available on-line. Members are encouraged to attend this event on-line. An e-mail or written notice with registration or proxy instructions will be sent to all current GTHS members by year-end. We ask that you confirm your attendance or return your proxy to the secretary by Thursday January 20th 2022.
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This Goulbourn Township Historical Society’s ongoing Speaker series for 2021 took place on September 30th and our Speaker was Barbara Bottriell, local historian, writer, and Past President of the GTHS. She presented a colourful slide show which looked at the family stories behind a selected number of the stained glass windows in Goulbourn’s churches, based on the GTHS publication ” Goulbourn Stained Glass”.
Barbara Bottriell was a member of the Goulbourn Historical Society’s Board of Directors for 18 years and was President of the Society for 6 years. She is the author of local history books “Stittsville A Sense of Place”, “The Story of Mowoo”, and “The History of St. Thomas Anglican Church”. She is a former freelance writer with numerous articles published in outlets such as Chatelaine, Fifty-Five Plus and The Globe and Mail, and her columns, interviews and documentaries have been broadcast on CBC radio. She is currently a Board member of Heritage Ottawa. She lives in Stittsville where she was awarded the Memorial Citizen of the Year for 2016-2017. She is proud of the heritage of Goulbourn Township which she continues to find fascinating.
Copies of our publication “Goulbourn Stained Glass” can be purchase from our online bookshop.
October 28 2021 7:00pm presentation
Past-President of the GTHS, Lynne Blenk presented us with a presentation of the challenges of food handling in pioneer times. Lynne and her family have been active participants in historic re-enactments for many years and have made many presentations to the community on pioneer and military history.
The video replay of this event in available on-line until November 14th 2021 and can be found at: GTHS Preparing Pouring and Storing – YouTube
We are pleased to present our 2021 Board of Directors.
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