Cantley 1889 articles

Echo Cantley Echo

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

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