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The Soybean Harvest is Finished

October 29, 2021January 23, 2022Glencoe & District Historical Society

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Jan 21

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

10,000 years of Agriculture and Food in Southwestern Ontario

Jan 24

11:00 am - 1:30 pm

Jan 24 – Mapping Heritage Farms in sw Ontario

Feb 12

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Feb 12: Capturing Oral Histories Virtual Workshop

Feb 18

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Feb 18, 2026 The Highgate Mastodon virtual tour at 1:45 p.m.

Feb 24

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Feb 24: Ancestry Junk Journaling Workshop

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Hidden Histories of SW Ontario
People’s Archive of Rural Ontario
The Wayback Machine – Internet Archive
Municipality of Southwest Middlesex
Our Local Museums
The Heritage Trail
Middlesex County Barn Quilts
Ontario Genealogical Society
Ontario Historical Society (OHS)
Upper Thames Military Reenactment Society (UTMRS)
Wardsville History
Ontario Barn Quilt Trails
Tales of our Town – Strathroy History stories

Our Stories

Feb 12: Capturing Oral Histories Virtual Workshop January 16, 2026
Mar 18, 2026 – Treaty 21 and the Longwoods Treaty: January 9, 2026
Journey of the Highgate Mastodon January 8, 2026
Behind the Bricks, Truth & Reconciliation and the Rebirth of the Mohawk Institute Museum January 1, 2026
And then there are the Elders December 28, 2025
A Canoe for His Grandfather December 24, 2025
The Alexanders: A Migrant Story December 21, 2025
From Yorkshire to Ekfrid and Back Again December 8, 2025
Historic Step Forward: County to study potential for Archives December 1, 2025
Understanding the Old Colony Mennonite Experience November 25, 2025
A Remarkable Revival of Scots Gaelic Heritage at Tait’s Corners November 18, 2025
A Treasured Family Archive Finds Its New Home November 8, 2025

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Kae Elgie, This Land.

 Kae Elgie grew up on a 200-acre farm at Dawn Mills in Camden Gore Township. Although she currently lives in Waterloo, the fact that three of her five siblings and several nieces and nephews and their children live in Chatham-Kent keeps her keenly interested and connected to the land where she grew up. She is Past Board Chair of Architectural Conservancy Ontario, a provincial charity which encourages the conservation and reuse of buildings, districts and landscapes of architectural, historic or cultural significance. It’s an organization which has allowed her to put interest in heritage and her passion for making it accessible to others, into practice. Her pre-retirement work as Manager, Information Technology for Region of Waterloo Library and her ongoing learning about how data is organized greatly helped her family history and genealogy research work. Her stint as a reporter-photographer for the Petrolia Advertiser-Topic and North Lambton Sun newspapers honed her writing skills.

Our author, CJ Frederick

Emma Stack

The past has bewitched Emma Stack for as long as she can remember. Some of her most treasured childhood memories consist of cannons, musket demonstrations, and standing on various fort ramparts, imagining what it was like hundreds of years ago. The adventures of her childhood led her to obtain a degree in history and eventually, a degree in education to teach history at the high school level. It is also not surprising, but somewhat coincidental that she ended up marrying an artillery soldier and presently lives in Alvinston, Ontario. For Emma, writing allows her to blend historical accuracy with her creativity and imagination. Canadian history has always been her constant source of inspiration, with its enthralling and exciting history just waiting to make it into the genre of historical romance.

Book fair at the Mary Webb Centre, Highgate on December 7, 2024.

JB Robinson

As the newest werewolf in town, Makenna discovers there is something wrong with the wolf inside her. It's unstable and creating a rift in her most important relationships. And when the Alpha begins spreading rumours, soon all of Malachi is turning on her, afraid for their lives. https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/41534114.JB_Robinson

James McLean and his wife.

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