Annual Historical Tour of Beechwood Cemetery The Beechwood Cemetery Stroll is a guided historical tour through Beechwood, the National Cemetery of Canada. Tours are given on the fourth Sunday of each month, rain or shine, and begin at 1:00PM. Tours start from the Beechwood National Memorial Centre, located just off our Beechwood Avenue entrance. […]
Request for the donation of knitted and crocheted poppies for the Goulbourn Museum's remembrance installation! This Sunday, during the Museum's monthly Yap & Yarn meetup, they will be sewing them to the net and could sure use your help! We will be attaching the poppies inside the Museum between 1:00-4:00 p.m. this Sunday, October 27th. High school […]
A presentation will be made by military historian Captain Steven Deiter on Gloucester (East and South Ottawa) residents who served and fell during World War II following the D-Day invasion. The presentation will be followed by a guided walking tour to the National Military Cemetery. We encourage everybody attending to wear a poppy, if possible. […]
A family-friendly version of our Halloween storytelling program. Immerse yourself in the legends and lore of the Ottawa Valley…if you dare. Bring your family and gather round for a live storytelling program that will shift your understanding of history from the ordinary to the otherworldly. A lantern-lit tour of the manor house will add to the atmosphere. S’mores […]
Registration for the Haunted Horaceville program at Pinhey's Point Historic Site is now full. Space is available for the family-friendly version: Spooky Storytelling (ottawa.ca/pinheyspoint). Immerse yourself in the legends and lore of the Ottawa Valley…if you dare. These ghostly tales will leave you unsettled, a familiar feeling to early settlers at Hallow’een. Bring your friends […]