Preserving and promoting awareness in the history and heritage of the Gatineau Valley since 1962
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Gatineau Valley Historical Society
Speaker Series 2025
The Tenàgàdino Zibi Talks
Saturday, November 15 (note date change)
Larrimac Golf Club, 1124 Rte. 105, Chelsea Quebec
from 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
In the context of Chelsea's 150th anniversary, join the GVHS and members of the Tenagadino Alliance for a program of multimedia presentations on the indigenous and contemporary history of the Tenàgàdino Zibi / Gatineau River.
Speakers:Gilbert Whiteduck, Rita Jain and Marc Cockburn
Film by KZA Productionsin collaboration with Mike McKay, award-winning filmmaker and cimetographer.
See notice
Chelsea Wall of Fame
Louise Schwartz, Publications Director, was inducted to the Chelsea Wall of Fame as a community builder on October 18th at the Meredith Centre in Chelsea. Looking on is grandson Nolan & son Graeme.
Videos from recent speaker series posted on GVHS Facebook
April 26, 2025
A Thousand Years in a Word: An Interactive Journey Through Irish Language and History 
April 9, 2024
The Irish of the Gatineau and Ottawa Valleys
November 22, 2023
Tessouat, Chief of the Kichsipperinin Algonquin-Anishinabe Nation
An Ancient Cultural Landscape in the Heart of the Capital Region
September 27, 2023
Challenges in the Protection and Conservation of Archaeological Resources In the National Capital Region
Pat Evans Archives
Chelsea Library downstairs
By appointment
Contact info@gvhs.ca.
New on website
Spirit of the East: Gatineau Valley Cousins, the Cariboo Gold Rush and Lasting Legacies
By D. Jeffrey Brown
New Publications
The Story of an Irish Pioneer Family, Low, Quebec, 1850-1925
Up The Gatineau! Volume 51
