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Yesterday you saw some of the buildings that caught my eye on the way to Ompah. Here you are seeing some of land I hiked along. To get to the water, I had to go down a steep ravine to a level area .. where I was looking down at the water… it was so inviting that when I came to a wooden set of steps, I ventured down to the water’s edge. Lesson I learned… If you go down, you have to come back up!…

The Maberly Fair 1922.. Names Names Names

CLIPPED FROMThe Weekly British WhigKingston, Ontario, Canada02 Oct 1922, Mon  •  Page 6 Maberly Fair 2022 Ashley James Ashley James Brian Dowdall Our Metal Detector Specialist. Brian Dowdall Our Metal Detector Specialist. Adam Dowdall “Sale” Fairs — Crops and Sometimes Fair Damsels Almonte Fair 1890 —-Alex Currie — The Country Fair We Don’t Need the Almonte Fair 1897 – “Admission to…

Fake News and False Reports or- What Happens in Maberly stays in Maberly ….

CLIPPED FROMThe Lanark EraLanark, Ontario, Canada22 Dec 1909, Wed  •  Page 1 Years ago in the late 1990s I used to do craft shows at the McDonalds Corners Agricultural Hall and I never wanted to come home. I loved the women that volunteered there and I was always met with huge hugs. Even though what I sold was a bit odd for the area ( girls hair clips and accessories in ‘out there’ styles) I was…

Maberly– the Community-Buchanan Scrapbook Clippings

With files from The Keeper of the Scrapbooks — Christina ‘tina’  Camelon Buchanan — Thanks to Diane Juby— click here.. Maberly used to be somewhat of a “Mayberry” in its time.  Once a thriving pioneer village of  sawmills, blacksmith’s shops, a general store (or two), school houses, local churches and a town hall (still in operation), and the men’s local tavern – a favourite up until 40 years…

Brooke Valley School –The Buchanan Scrapbook Clippings

With files from The Keeper of the Scrapbooks — Christina ‘tina’  Camelon Buchanan — Thanks to Diane Juby— click here.. The Ottawa CitizenOttawa, Ontario, Canada11 Dec 1988, Sun  •  Page 2 CLIPPED FROMThe Ottawa CitizenOttawa, Ontario, Canada18 Dec 1937, Sat  •  Page 2 Shane’s School — Just off the Smiths Falls Road– Cursed Pearl Stuart Teacher McCreary’s School Central School — Gord Cross A…

People of Lanark County –The Rest of the Story — Weitzenbauer – Maberly

Photo from ––Up the line: More portraits of the Ottawa Valley Perfect

In 1986  CP. Weitzenbauer, of Maberly, was fed up with Reader’s Digest and vowed to live out the rest of his life avoiding what he calls the ‘non-human’ approach of dealing with customers. His frustrations started earlier that year when he ordered a subscription to the magazine for himself, a friend and a copy of an atlas the…