Cantley 1889 articles
The Echo of Cantley is a bilingual community newspaper covering the municipality of Cantley and published monthly. The articles listed below were written by members of Cantley 1889 a volunteer organization established in 2010 to discover, protect and promote the heritage of Cantley.
List of articles:
Remembrance Day 2023
The Echo of Cantley November 2023, Volume 35 no 5
Tenàgàdino Zibi, Gatineau River — Fascinating facts
The Echo of Cantley October 2023, Volume 35 no 4
Cantley School Days
The Echo of Cantley September 2023, Volume 35 no 3
Allo Camping and the Marvelous Marsolaises
The Echo of Cantley August 2023, Volume 35 no 2
Discovering “High Falls” and High Times in Cantley
The Echo of Cantley July 2023, Volume 35 no 1
The Orange Hall, Cantley
The Echo of Cantley June 2023, Volume 34 no 11
Milking Money for Medical Bill
The Echo of Cantley May 2023, Volume 34 no 10
Cantley’s Natural Cultural Heritage - Mont Cascades-Lorne Mountain
The Echo of Cantley April 2023, Volume 34 no 9
Cantley’s Women Pioneers – 1847
The Echo of Cantley March 2023, Volume 34 no 8
The Ice Storm of ’98 ~ 25th anniversary
The Echo of Cantley February 2023, Volume 34 no 7
Snapshots of Our Past ~ Cantley Winters
The Echo of Cantley December 2022, Volume 34 no 6
Lest We Forget: Sergeant Air Gunner Cletus Holmes
The Echo of Cantley November 2022, Volume 34 no 5
Cantley’s Trees – Our heritage, health, hope for the future
The Echo of Cantley October 2022, Volume 34 no 4
University of Wilson’s Corners
The Echo of Cantley September 2022, Volume 34 no 3
A Bit of the Wild West in Cantley – George’s Western Valley Ranch
The Echo of Cantley August 2022, Volume 34 no 2
Discover Cantley’s History – Three sites, nine descriptive plaques
The Echo of Cantley July 2022, Volume 34 no 1
A Wilson Girl’s Cantley Memories
The Echo of Cantley June 2022, Volume 33 no 11
The Farmlands of Alonzo Wright and Les Pères du Saint Esprit
The Echo of Cantley May 2022, Volume 33 no 10
Ginns Ecological Gift – its history, Cantley’s heritage
The Echo of Cantley April 2022, Volume 33 no 9
Le Projet Neufbourg – Creating a New Life
The Echo of Cantley March 2022, Volume 33 no 8
Bridge, Licences, Fires, New Town Hall - Cantley 1890-1893
The Echo of Cantley February 2022, Volume 33 no 7
‘Tis the season...for reflecting on our past...
The Echo of Cantley December 2021, Volume 33 no 6
The Nile Expedition: Canada’s First Overseas War
The Echo of Cantley November 2021, Volume 33 no 5
The Phillips Property Ghost(s?)
The Echo of Cantley October 2021, Volume 33 no 4
Memories of the Cantley Protestant School
The Echo of Cantley September 2021, Volume 33 no 3
Unravelling a Local Mystery
The Echo of Cantley August 2021, Volume 33 no 2
Cora and Mervyn Hogan: Leaving a Legacy
The Echo of Cantley July 2021, Volume 33 no 1
Cantley’s Heritage – Why So Important
The Echo of Cantley June 2021, Volume 33 no 11
The Blackburn Pioneer Cemetery (1842 - 1920) Heritage Site
The Echo of Cantley May 2021, Volume 33 no 10
Gone but not Forgotten: Jan Turko
The Echo of Cantley April 2021, Volume 33 no 9
Cantley’s Municipal History: 1889
The Echo of Cantley March 2021, Volume 33 no 8
Reminiscence: Heinz Pilz (1947 - 2020), Cantley Councillor 1989 to 1992
The Echo of Cantley February 2021, Volume 33 no 7
Hunt for History in Cantley 1889’s Virtual Museum!
The Echo of Cantley December 2020, Volume 33 no 6
Lest We Forget: Cantley Veterans
The Echo of Cantley November 2020, Volume 33 no 5
What’s in a name? - the story behind Parc du Traversier
The Echo of Cantley October 2020, Volume 33 no 4
Historic Horseshoe Bay
The Echo of Cantley September 2020, Volume 33 no 3
Selma deLotbinière Huxley Barkham (1927 - 2020)
The Echo of Cantley August 2020, Volume 33 no 2
"A tragic day for Cantley's heritage - Cantley's St. Andrew's United Church..."
The Echo of Cantley July 2020, Volume 33 no 1
Quarry wall hints at new glacial theory
The Echo of Cantley June 2020, Volume 32 no 11
The Wedding Fee That Got Away!
The Echo of Cantley May 2020, Volume 32 no 10
The Blackburn Cemetery: A Memorial to Cantley’s Founding Settlers
The Echo of Cantley April 2020, Volume 32 no 9
“Katie”– Katherine Fleming Burke (1886 – 1977)
The Echo of Cantley March 2020, Volume 32 no 8
The Flemings of Fleming Road
The Echo of Cantley February 2020, Volume 32 no 7
Cantley’s Early Years
The Echo of Cantley December 2019, Volume 32 no 6
Lest we Forget: to be Thankful
The Echo of Cantley November 2019, Volume 32 no 5
Annual General Meeting and the POP UP Museum
The Echo of Cantley October 2019, Volume 32 no 4
1819-2019 — The Remarkable Lives of La Grange de la Gatineau
The Echo of Cantley September 2019, Volume 32 no 3
Happy 130 Birthday Cantley! 1889 – 2019
The Echo of Cantley August 2019, Volume 32 no 2
The Birth of the Echo, Cantley’s community paper
The Echo of Cantley July 2019, Volume 32 no 1
Theresa Lynott Holmes will be 90-years-old in November!
The Echo of Cantley June 2019, Volume 30 no 11
Cantley’s Early Settler and How Name of Boon Almost Ended
The Echo of Cantley May 2019, Volume 30 no 10
Cantley’s Monument of the Ice Age
The Echo of Cantley April 2019, Volume 30 no 9
Ann Elizabeth Blackburn, Cantley farmer
The Echo of Cantley March 2019, Volume 30 no 8
Ice Harvesting
The Echo of Cantley February 2019, Volume 30 no 7
Dean Family Christmas on “The Burr Road”
The Echo of Cantley December 2018, Volume 30 no 6
100 Years Later, We Still Remember Them: Jimmy Smith (1899-1996)
The Echo of Cantley November 2018, Volume 30 no 5
Our past - Our future
The Echo of Cantley October 2018, Volume 30 no 4
Going to school in a construction site... The unforgettable opening year at Philemon Wright High School August, Volume 30 no 3
The Echo of Cantley September 2018, Volume 30 no 3
An Iconic Shoreline - Cantley and the Group of Seven
The Echo of Cantley August 2018, Volume 30 no 2
Strange but true... Struck Her as She Read the Bible
The Echo of Cantley July 2018, 2018 Volume 30 no 1
St. Andrew’s Pulpit and Pew – donation in memory of Cantley’s past
The Echo of Cantley June 2018, Volume 29 no 11
St. Elizabeth Parish: 150 years of faith - Part Two
The Echo of Cantley May 2018, Volume 29 no 10
St. Elizabeth Parish: 150 years of faith - Part One
The Echo of Cantley April 2018, Volume 29 no 9
Notable Women of the Gatineau Valley – now in Cantley!
The Echo of Cantley March 2018, Volume 29 no 8
THE ICE STORM OF ‘98
The Echo of Cantley February 2018, Volume 29 no 7
It is December in Cantley in the early/mid 1900s...
The Echo of Cantley December, Volume 29 no 6
Honour our Veterans on Remembrance Day
The Echo of Cantley November 2017, Volume 29 no 5
Cantley’s Emergency Services: An Historical Perspective
The Echo of Cantley October 2017, Volume 29 no 4
St. Elizabeth School: Early Days
The Echo of Cantley September 2017, Volume 29 no 3
The Hupé House – the end of an era
The Echo of Cantley August 2017, Volume 29 no 2
“A Summer… A Fair” - Theater Wakefield brings Cantley’s heritage to life with musical play and family fun!
The Echo of Cantley July 2017, Volume 29 no 1
Fairbairn House celebrates ten remarkable women of the Gatineau Valley
The Echo of Cantley June 2017, Volume 28 no 11
Celebrate Cantley’s Mining Era
The Echo of Cantley May 2017, Volume 28 no 10
Cantley Settlers Carried Lighted Torches at Night
The Echo of Cantley April 2017, Volume 28 no 9
Cantley’s Heart and Soul
The Echo of Cantley March 2017, Volume 28 no 8
The General Store: cornerstone of a community
The Echo of Cantley February 2017, Volume 28 no 7
The Dacey Mine Ore Cart: A gift to Cantley
The Echo of Cantley December 2016, Volume 28 no 6
“At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them”
The Echo of Cantley November 2016, Volume 28 no 5
An Irish Son Finds the Wright Place via Cantley - Part 2
The Echo of Cantley October 2016, Volume 28 no 4
Cantley's River Pride - Fière rivière
The Echo of Cantley September 2016, Volume 28 no 3
An Irish Son Finds the Wright Place via Cantley - Part 1
The Echo of Cantley August 2016, Volume 28 no 2
Cantley Picnic: more than 100 years of fun and fellowship
The Echo of Cantley July 2016, Volume 28 no 1
Aboriginal Pathways, Original Settlers: Cantley's First Nations Presence - Part 2: 1800 to present
The Echo of Cantley June 2016, Volume 27 no 11
Cantley Cemeteries Tour 2016
The Echo of Cantley May 2016, Volume 27 no 10
River Pride - let's celebrate our Gatineau River
The Echo of Cantley May 2016, Volume 27 no 10
Aboriginal Pathways, Original Settlers: Cantley's First Nations Presence - Part 1: 10,000 BCE to 1800 AD
The Echo of Cantley April 2016, Volume 27 no 9
Toponymy (part 2) - Stories behind Cantley's Street Names
The Echo of Cantley March 2016, Volume 27 no 8
Cantley's St. Andrew's United Church ~ built with faith, dedication and love
The Echo of Cantley February 2016, Volume 27 no 7
Christmas Season 1950s - A Farm Diary of Decembers in Cantley
The Echo of Cantley December 2015, Volume 27 no 6
Remembering
The Echo of Cantley November 2015, Volume 27 no 5
The National Wall of Remembrance Project, Kingston, Ontario
The Echo of Cantley November 2015, Volume 27 no 5
Let us Give Thanks... and Remember Our Cantley Pioneers
The Echo of Cantley October 2015, Volume 27 no 4
Genealogy and "The French Canadian Disease": OPMD
The Echo of Cantley September 2015, Volume 27 no 3
The Fairbairn House Heritage Centre... a place to discover our shared past
The Echo of Cantley August 2015, Volume 27 no 2
Award of Honour for Cantley's Tugboat Team
The Echo of Cantley July 2015, Volume 27 no 1
"Up the Gatineau!" volume 41 - Cantley edition
The Echo of Cantley July 2015, Volume 27 no 1
St-Elizabeth School's Heritage Event
The Echo of Cantley July 2015, Volume 27 no 1
Toponymy - the Bilingual Concept that Builds Communities!
The Echo of Cantley June 2015, Volume 26 no 11
Five-years-old - Ten Cantley Stories and much to celebrate.....
The Echo of Cantley May 2015, Volume 26 no 10
A Pre-History of Nakkertok Nordic Cross Country SkiClub
The Echo of Cantley April 2015, Volume 26 no 9
History of Nakkertok Nordic Cross Country SkiClub
The Echo of Cantley March 2015, Volume 26 no 8
A historical photograph is worth more than a thousand words
The Echo of Cantley February 2015, Volume 26 no 7
Cantley Protestant School in the 1940s
The Echo of Cantley December 2014, Volume 26 no 6
Keeping the home fires burning
The Echo of Cantley November 2014, Volume 26 no 5
Cantley's Tugboat Celebration... a memorable occasion
The Echo of Cantley October 2014, Volume 26 no 4
The Man of Her Hallowe'en Dreams
The Echo of Cantley October 2014, Volume 26 no 4
Rivermen in Cantley
The Echo of Cantley September 2014, Volume 26 no 3
Gatineau River Log Drive
The Echo of Cantley August 2014, Volume 26 no 2
Alfred M. Edmonds : Artist
The Echo of Cantley July 2014, Volume 26 no 1
They said it could not be done - Cantley 1983-1989
The Echo of Cantley June 2014, Volume 25 no 11
Cantley's 25th Anniversary (Part one)
The Echo of Cantley May 2014, Volume 25 no 10
A Trip Down the Old Cantley Road
The Echo of Cantley April 2014, Volume 25 no 9
Be Cantleyan...Be Québécois...Be Canadian...Make Maple Syrup!
The Echo of Cantley March 2014, Volume 25 no 8
Cantley's 2nd Annual Family Heritage Day and "A trip Down the Old Cantley Road"
The Echo of Cantley February 2014, Volume 25 no 7
Cantley's Natural Heritage
The Echo of Cantley December 2013, Volume 25 no 6
LEST WE FORGET... Remembrance Day November 11 World War I: Cantley's Young Men Answer the Call (part 2)
The Echo of Cantley November 2013, Volume 25 no 5
World War I: Cantley's Youth Answer the Call (part 1)
The Echo of Cantley October 2013, Volume 25 no 4
Cantley's Trees... The Legacy Continues
The Echo of Cantley September 2013, Volume 25 no 3
Profile of Cantley's Pioneers: Gwen Thompson
The Echo of Cantley August 2013, Volume 25 no 2
A Glimpse of the Past on Blackburn Farm
The Echo of Cantley July 2013, Volume 25 no 1
Profile of Cantley's Pioneers: The Barton Family
The Echo of Cantley May 2013, Volume 24 no 10
Back to dry Land: Cantley's Tugboat Helps our Heritage
The Echo of Cantley April 2013, Volume 24 no 9
The Milks House : Cantley's historic landmark
The Echo of Cantley March 2013, Volume 24 no 8
Cantley's - Family Heritage Day
The Echo of Cantley February 2013, Volume 24 no 7
The Haycock Mine: Then and Now
The Echo of Cantley Volume 24 no 6, December 2012
"Le Champagne" Tugboat
The Echo of Cantley Volume 24 no 6, December 2012
Remembrance Day - The story of a Cantley Veteran, Corporal Jan Turko: from Poland to Russia to Italy to Cantley
The Echo of Cantley Volume 24 no 5, November 2012
A. M. Edmond's 1873 Sketchbook of the Haycock Iron Mine
The Echo of Cantley Volume 24 no 4, October 2012
Iron Ore of Yore: The Haycock Mine
The Echo of Cantley Volume 24 no 3, September 2012
The Gatineau: our river, our history
The Echo of Cantley Volume 24 no 1, July 2012
Party on the river
The Echo of Cantley Volume 24 no 1, July 2012
Paddling to a Party
The Echo of Cantley Volume 23 no 11, June 2012
Newspaper report of 1940 profiles mother of 10, mistress of a thriving Cantley farm
The Echo of Cantley Volume 23 no 10, May 2012
Each Photo Tells Many Stories of Cantey's Past
The Echo of Cantley Volume 23 no 9, April 2012
Lord and Lady Dufferin Make a Winter Visit to Cantley
The Echo of Cantley Volume 23 no 8, March 2012
The 'Facebook' of 1889 comes to Cantley's Town Hall
The Echo of Cantley Volume 23 no 7, February 2012
For King and Country: 1939 - 1945 (part 2)
The Echo of Cantley Volume 23 no 6, December 2011
For King and Country: 1939 - 1945 (part 1)
The Echo of Cantley Volume 23 no 5, November 2011
Our past - Our future
The Echo of Cantley Volume 23 no 4, October 2011
The Cantley Picnic: more than 100 years of fun and fellowship
The Echo of Cantley Volume 23 no 2, August 2011
A Visit to Lift the Spirits
The Echo of Cantley Volume 23 no 1, July 2011
The Value of History
The Echo of Cantley Volume 22 no 11, June 2011
The General Store: cornerstone of a community
The Echo of Cantley Volume 22 no 10, May 2011
Rest in peace: Cantley's little-known family burial grounds
The Echo of Cantley Volume 22 no 9, April 2011
Cantley 1889
The Echo of Cantley Volume 22 no 8, March 2011
The history of the municipality of Cantley
The Echo of Cantley Volume 22 no 7, February 2011
A new association to safeguard and promote Cantley's history
The Echo of Cantley Volume 22 no 6, December 2010
In Search of Yesteryear Cantley
The Echo of Cantley Volume 21 no 11, June 2010