The Pontiac Archives has the book “The Chief’s Footsteps”, a social and natural history based on the life and times of Roy Peck of Danford Lake, Quebec, written by Rick Blanchard, First Edition 2014. This book contains about 400 pages. It is available to purchase at The Equity office in Shawville, Qc, or use for researching at the Pontiac Archives, Shawville, Qc.
The Pontiac Archives recently received as a donation two Dictionaries.
English-Polish-Kashub Dictionary by Stanislaw Frymark and one by Julian Kulas, a brief non-selective overview of Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
Elgin Matthew Smith, 1925 – 1992.
David Smith, son of the above, from Welland, Ontario, donated to the Pontiac Archives the life story as written by his father. There are 90 pages. It is here for researchers. Do drop in and read it.
December 26, 2014, Dr Keith MacLellan was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada, for his contributions to advancing rural medicine in Canada. His family goes back seven generations locally in Pontiac County. Doctor MacLellan is a founding member of the group now known as the Society of Rural Physicians. The National Head Office is in Shawville, Quebec.
Pontiac Physicians of the 20th Century,is a book at the Pontiac Archives to use for researching, produced by The Pontiac Medical Historical Society in 2014.
It is a collection honouring the doctors who have served the Pontiac since before the beginning of the 20th Century and includes Dr Simon Joseph McNally who practiced from 1895-1948 serving the communities of Campbell’s Bay, Bryson, Calumet Island, Vinton, Otter Lake and Fort Coulonge.
Doctors included in the collection are Dr Odillon Beaudry, Dr Frank C Cowley, Dr Gerald Robert Green, Dr Edward Bruce Horner, Dr Robert Murray Hudson, Dr Harold C Keon, Dr Harold Laycock, Dr S E McDowell, Dr Simon Joseph McNally, Dr C F C Poweles, and Dr Haddon Rabb.
Hours open are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
From January to July, the Pontiac Archives closes early the first Tuesday of each month for a staff meeting at 3 pm . From August to December, the staff meeting is the first Wednesday of each month at 3 pm.
The Pontiac Archives, Shawville, Quebec, Canada will be closed to celebrate the Holiday Season from Tuesday, December 11, 2014, at 4 pm, and will open on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at 9 am.
The Pontiac Archives has a copy of the Guide canot-camping paddlers guide, Edition 1, 2003.
Reserve faunique La Verendrye; Zec Dumoine; ZEC Rapides des Joachims
The Pontiac Archives in Shawville, Qc, will close at 3 pm for a monthly staff meeting on Wednesday, October 1, 2014.
Regular hours are Tuesday to Thursday, 9 am – 4 pm.
Clayton Elliott donated a beautiful photo to the Pontiac Archives of the students in approximately 1930, taken at the Clarendon # 13 School.
The students were Grace Horner, Marion Towell, Doris Towell, Billy Horner, Marion Peever, Marshall Laughren, Denzil Laughren, Shirley Horner, Leona Horner, Iva Horner, Marshall Sparling, Ruby Sparling, Clayton Elliott, Lois Laughren, Audrey Elliott, Rose Towell, Muriel Murphy, Earl Murphy, Ether Peever, Erwin Laughren, Margaret Elliott, George Towell, Myrland Sparling, Cheslyn Horner, Sarah Lemay.
This photo is stored in Volume VI, County Schools, Bristol and Clarendon Binder, at the Pontiac Archives. Feel free to come in and see it. Scans of the photo would be available for $1.00 each.