Extracts from the Website

The Chelsea Cenotaph Story
This article was first published in Up the Gatineau! Volume 28. On November 11, 2001, a memorial plaque with the names and details of nine men from Chelsea who lost their lives in World Wars I and II was dedicated at Chelsea's Pioneer Cemetery. More on the Chelsea Pioneer Cemetery and Cenotaph.

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Local church records of baptisms, marriages and burials
More than 8000 microfilm images held in the GVHS Archives have been scanned in digital format. This image is from the Wakefield Anglican (Good Shepherd) 1891-1902 reel.

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The Trail of the Merry-Go-Round, 1929
This article is from a collection of over 450 digital maps documenting the evolution of the recreational trail network within Gatineau Park. The map was published in the Ottawa Ski Club Newsletter, January 30th, 1929, one of about 250 in The Ottawa Ski Club (OSC) Newsletter Archive from 1921 to 1974.

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Alonzo Wright, M.P.
This item is one of over 100 articles written by Pat Evans for the Echoes from the Past column, published in the Low Down Articles. Patrick Michael Oldfield Evans, known as Pat, immigrated to Canada in 1928 at the age of 15 and died in Wakefield in 1999. A writer and historian, he established the archives of the Historical Society of the Gatineau. The Pat Evans Corner honours his contribution to the Society and showcases some of his local research and writing.

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A Tribute to Logging on the Gatineau River
The end of the logging drive on the Gatineau River in 1991. One of 31 articles published in Tributes - Gatineau personalities and historical events by the late journalist and local historian Ernie Mahoney. A similar article The last drive: environmental concerns end an era for the Gatineau River's log drivers is available in the Text Bank. Image is "Logs on the Gatineau River at Farmers Rapids" from the Castonguay Glass Slides collection.

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Station Agent in the Gatineau
This article is taken from an interview with a Canadian Pacific Railway station agent who served at a number of locations up the Gatineau, including Gracefield. The building of the railway reached Gracefield in 1895 with the first regular freight train arriving on October 21. The station burned in 1926 and was replaced by a CPR-designed building. See image of rebuilt Gracefield Railway Station c 1920 from the Image Bank. John Trent wrote an article By Train Up The Gatineau on the history of the railway.

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The Ridge Road Settlers in Gatineau Park 1818-1907+
The stories of settlements along the Ridge road, now in Gatineau Park, of early settlers (McCloskey, Ryan, Keogan, Fortune, McKinstry, Dunlop and others) written by Bill McGee. An image of the abandoned Keogan barn from 1946, in the Image Bank, was located at intersection of Trail 11 and Fortune Creek.