Alexandria, Ontario: 19 June 2018. The Glengarry Artists’ Collective?Collectif d’artistes de Glengarry offers an exhibition, presentation and reception celebrating one of the county’s renowned artists, Stuart McCormick.  Born in 1905, McCormick was a prolific, self-taught painter. For 40 years he created an artistic record of the Glengarry landscape. He was commissioned in 1959 to create […]

A message from Guy, at the Nor’Westers and Loyalist Museum…. Our popular tea talks are back starting this Thursday May 24th from 2-4pm with “the Business of War”. This presentation will be delivered by Caitlin Bailey, the curator of the Canadian Centre for the Great War. She’ll be visiting us specially from the center in […]

The Annual Picnic will be held on 7 June, 2018  at the Warren MacIntosh sugar shack 18215 Cty Rd 43. The Sugar Shack is .5 km south of junction 43 & Highland Rd on Angel Rd (east side in the woods). 6 pm. Bring your own delicacies, share with others, meet old and new friends…..

Alexandria United Church-on-the-Hill Members arrive: 6 pm Lay out food contributions.  Sit down to “Pot Luck” meal – 6:30 pm. Annual General Meeting – 7:30 pm  Agenda 1. Call to Order. 2. Announcements. 3. Remembrance of “departed” friends. 4. Treasurer’s report. 5. Approval of Treasurer’s report.  6. Nominations for the Board of Directors for 2018-2019  […]

Next Speaker Series Meeting – Thursday, March 1st, 2018 at 7.30pm Gordon Reid, 1950’s Alexandria Photographer Speaker: Dane Lanken The Church on The Hill, Alexandria GHS Members               $5.00 Non-Members                 $10.00 Information:   613-525-3806   or  www.glengarryhistory.ca or rbleile@sympatico.ca Annual Members please note that annual memberships for 2018 are now due. If you have paid already, Thank You. Your Glengarry Historical Society counts on your continued financial support to help pay […]

The Glengarry Historical Society is looking for volunteers who would like to serve on the board for a two-year commitment. (2018-2020) The Board meets 6 times a year and helps plan events and look after the finances of the group. If you would be interested in serving on the board please contact Jeff Manley (Chair […]

This FIRST National Monument to the 40,000+ Canadian participants in the American Civil War (1860’s) will be unveiled in Ault park, home of the Lost Villages Museum. Some of those participants were from our lost villages. This project was initiated three years ago by the “Grays and Blues of Montreal”, with support from the Lost […]