Black History

The Archives 178 McKellar Street, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex), Ontario

Join Stan Grizzle for this important event during Black History month

Free

Gough Cemetery

July 28, 2019. Community Memorial Service. Gough Cemetery, 5018 Scotchmere Drive, Glencoe, Metcalfe Township, ON. 2:00 p.m. Bring a lawn chair. No rain date.

Free

The Lands and The Lucas’s

The Archives 178 McKellar Street, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex), Ontario

JoAnn will tell of the family's voyage from the British Isles to America, their achievements, their similarities and the talents of her United Empire Loyalists families.

Free

Doug Ferguson: Ancestral Odyssey – The Family Ferguson

The Archives 178 McKellar Street, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex), Ontario

Doug Ferguson traces his voyage of discovery in tracing his Scottish ancestors from Argyllshire and Inverness to Aldborough, Mosa, and Ekfrid, including a memorable visit to Scotland.

Farmer, writer, radical, sage: Re-introducing Peter McArthur

The Archives 178 McKellar Street, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex), Ontario

In 1908, at the age of 42, Peter McArthur returned to his family farm in Ekfrid Township with his wife and five children after living and working in Toronto, New York and London, England. For the next 16 years he wrote weekly columns in The Globe, amusing and enlightening his readers about life on a rural Ontario farm. 

Glencoe Fair Sept 20, 21

Glencoe Fair 268 Currie Street, Glencoe, Ontario

Glencoe & District Historical Society will be there! For more information: https://glencoefair.ca/

Plant a tree to honour our author, Peter McArthur

Eddie Cemetery 4490 Glendon Dr, Glencoe, Ontario

Peter McArthur died October 28, 1924 and we will plant a tree in his honour at the Eddie Cemetery October 27, 2024.  

2:00 p.m.  

Please park across the road in Mark McGill's farm laneway.  We have his permission.  Do not park along the highway.  It's a dangerous knoll.  

Christmas at the Manse – Melbourne Dec 7, 8

NEW Melbourne United Church 592 John Street, Melbourne, Ontario

Step back in time and celebrate the season with us at the Manse, a classic example of Italianate architecture.
NEW Melbourne United Church, 592 John Street, Melbourne, Ontario
Saturday, December 7, 2024 | 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Sunday, December 8, 2024 | 1:00 - 4:00 PM

March 12: Thomas Gardiner: The Ghost of Cashmere.

The Archives 178 McKellar Street, Glencoe (Southwest Middlesex), Ontario

Topic: Thomas Gardiner – the Ghost of Cashmere
Time: Mar 12, 2025 07:00 PM America/Toronto
Come to the Archives in Glencoe or join Zoom Meeting here
https://zoom.us/j/97535781552?pwd=LhgBw1jbLWzk5HOTyrqHH6ltku9ZlF.1

Meeting ID: 975 3578 1552
Passcode: 797625

A Stroll through Time – story telling

Burns Presbyterian Church - Mosa 24493 Dundonald Rd, Glencoe, Ontario

Story telling begins at 2:00 p.m. sharp.   Welcome to A Stroll through Time – Celebrating 190 years of Burns Presbyterian Church, Mosa.  Join us as we share stories about the Kilmartin community who established Burns Presbyterian Church in the hills of North Mosa.