The Counter-Jumper and the Church Storekeepers in nineteenth century Canada enjoyed prominence. They were the day-to-day link for isolated families with the outside world and
Safekeeping a Photograph Here we are inside Saint John’s Church, Ottawa, built in 1860 as a chapel of ease for the parish of Christ Church,
Love Me, Love Me There’s More Here Than You Think There Is! Artist Mary Pratt was renowned for her paintings whose subject matter focused on
A Conundrum Over the course of its 150-year history, Saint James’s Church at Manotick faced the problems of growth, in particular the conundrum of responding
Two Anniversaries One hundred and thirty years ago, on the 7th of April 1896, the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa emerged from the eastern section of
Saint Mary Magdalene, Chelsea began as an outstation of Hull in the 1830s when the Rev. Amos Ansley, Incumbent of Hull, held services in local homes.
Ottawa’s Sistine Chapel Less than a generation after Canadians celebrated the centennial of Confederation, members of Christ Church Cathedral approached their 150th anniversary. They sought
Anglicans faced numerous challenges in getting established in eastern Ontario and western Quebec during the nineteenth century. This has not been the traditional account presented
Editor’s note: this is the fifth in a series of Black History Month articles written by Dr. Lockwood, tracing the history of Blacks in the
