GVHS Presentations

Presentation materials provided by speakers at GVHS Events.

Gatineau Valley North: Settled for Forests and Fortunes - May 2014
Early settlements of the upper Gatineau Valley.

Finding Traces of the Early Settlers in Pre-Gatineau Park ^{5.1 MB} and map - April 2019 (Newsletter 2019-01)
Research by Bill McGee of early settlers from the 1800s — mainly Irish families who settled along Ridge Road (now Trail 1) and who farmed most of the high land between Kingsmere Road and Wolf Trail.

"O'Neil House: the Great Move!" ^{6.3 MB} - September 2014 (Newsletter 2014-03)
Presentation by Élisabeth Veyrat and Thierry Boyer on the History of O'Neil House and their attempts to bring it back to its former appearance.

Radon in the Gatineau ^{1.8 MB} November 2011 - (Newsletter 2011-04)
Handout from Dr. Don Hogarth, geology professor and author, who spoke to GVHS members and friends about radon and radioactivity in the Gatineau Valley. Includes detailed maps.

Researching Military Family History - October 2011 - (Newsletter 2011-04)
Presentation by Carol Reid from the Canadian War Museum on military genealogy, including a comprehensive introduction to on-line resources related to Canadian military service records.

Gatineau Valley Postal History ^{1.5 MB} - September 2011 - (Newsletter 2011-03)
Presentation by Pascal LeBlond of Library and Archives Canada, titled a "Postal History of the Gatineau Valley", detailing the various reference documents available to any member of the public interested in researching this topic.

Other presentations on this website:

• La Montée Lauriault et le chemin Kingsmere (en français with some English)
  Presentation by researcher Michel Lemaire to the GVHS in 2017 on the Lauriault Hill and Kingsmere Road.
• La Famille Alexander et la « Meech Lake House » (en français with English)
  Presentations by researcher Michel Lemaire to the GVHS in 2016 and to the Friends of Gatineau Park Annual Research Forum in 2015 on James Alexander and his family who arrived at Meech Lake at the end of the 19^th century, where they operated a sawmill.
• Cascades Club 90th Birthday - November 2010 - February 2011 - (Newsletter 2010-04)
  A slide presentation at the Cascades Club in honor of its 90th birthday party on November 20, 2010, developed with the assistance of Linda Bardell and presented by R.J. Hughes.
• 2012 Annual General Meeting and Archives Open House ^{1.5 MB} - February 2012 (Newsletter 2012-01)
  AGM presentation of some of our recent acquisitions of digital images, review of changes to the GVHS website including our new design, remembering Eddie Quipp, dedication of online resources and the Pat Evans Archives of the Gatineau Valley Historical Society, and Cantley 1889.
• 2011 Annual General Meeting and Archives Open House ^{12.3 MB} - February 2011 - (Newsletter 2011-01)
  AGM presentation by Marc Cockburn of the revised GVHS web site.
• Additional AGM reports