Come out to the Friendly Town of Almonte on September 10th and 11th for the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum’s 27th Annual Fibrefest. At two locations; the Almonte Community Centre and the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum. Admission to Fibrefest is $7.00 per day, which gets you access to both sites. Local guilds will demonstrate spinning, knitting, […]
Join The Historical Society of Ottawa and Guest speaker Rick Henderson, the author of Walking in the Footsteps of Philemon Wright, and Capital Chronicles blog, and the great-great-great-great-grandson of Philemon Wright. Henderson paints an intimate portrait of the man and his family — and of his dreams, struggles and successes as they carved a settlement […]