The Pontiac Archives will be closed on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, for St Jean Baptiste Day and closed on Tuesday, July 1, Canada Day.
The Pontiac Archives will hold their annual open house Monday, July 7 to Friday, July 11, 9 am to 4 pm.
This year’s open house will take place between Monday, July 7 and Friday, July 11, during which the Archives will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Genealogist Walter Brown will be present Thursday and Friday, along with his library of genealogical data, for family research work. If you wish to visit Mr Brown or use his collection, please contact the Archives at 819-647-7013 or email: archives@pontiacarchives.org for confirmation of dates he will be available.
Mr Walter Brown’s family tree data is available at all times at the Pontiac Archives downloaded on a computer with printer available for public’s use.
Regular open hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 9 am - 4 pm
In 2007, two employees from centre regional d’archives de l’Outaouais (CRAO) (Outaouais Regional Archives) came to the Pontiac Archives in Shawville, Quebec, to research for information on heritage buildings in the Pontiac County. They were interested in covered bridges, schools, churches, manses, banks, sugar shacks, post offices, hotels, country stores, lodges, sawmills, harness shops, agricultural buildings, heritage homes, and dams, to name a few categories.
Step # 1 was the digitalization of Archival Images (photos) from materials in the Pontiac Archives files. This will create a permanent record on a web page on the internet.
This material has been incorporated into an on-line searchable or interactive data base (web page) on the Outaouais building heritage site.
If you own heritage property in the Outaouais, you may find an image on the web site.
To access this site go to: http://patrimoineoutaouais.ca/index and follow the links.
At the Pontiac Archives in Shawville, you can find the originals as well as printouts of most of the material.
Drop in and visit. Our hours open are posted on this site.
January 2008 - The Pontiac Archives is pleased to receive a donation of a used computer in excellent condition. Software includes Microsoft Windows 98, Word, Excel and Powerpoint complete with printer. It is set up in the Fiche Room. It will be loaded with our Family Tree software, and can be used by all researchers. It will be available to volunteers to use for any task not requiring access to the Internet.
January 8th the Pontiac Archives opened for regular hours.
Binders have been completed for the Villages of Bryson, Calumet Island, Ladysmith-Greermount & Oktoberfest, Portage du Fort, Quyon and Shawville.
Binders filled with information about the remaining villages will be worked on in the coming months.
The Pontiac Archives will be closed for three weeks during the holiday season. Our last open day is Thursday, December 13th. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 8, 2008.
Any person visiting in the area and wishing to do some research while in town, can phone Elsie Sparow 819-647-5620 from Dec 13 to 20th, or Venetia Crawford 819-647-5685 to book an appointment.
Orange Celebration Saturday, July 14, Shawville, Qc, Fairgrounds. 1:30 pm service of worship; 2:30 pm Wreath Laying at the Cenotaph; 4 pm Orange Parade followed by roast beef dinner in the Agricultural Hall. Special Orange Lodge displays set up for this day
ARCHIVES DU PONTIAC
PONTIAC ARCHIVES
Heures /Hours
Lundi / Monday Fermé /Closed
Mardi / Tuesday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Mercredi/Wednesday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Jeudi / Thursday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Vendredi / Friday Fermé /Closed
Samedi / Sat. Call for appointment,
Tues to Thurs 819-647-7013
Dimanche / Sunday Fermé /Closed
On Friday, March 23, 2007, the volunteer staff gathered at Cafe 349 for lunch to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Pontiac Archives at the Campbell’s Bay Protestant School, on March 23, 1987.
December 1990 to November 2001 the Pontiac Archives was housed at Community Service Centre at Campbell’s Bay. Then to Shawville, Qc, to the Paul’s Insurance Building until the new Shawville/Clarendon Library Archives building opened April 2004.
April 28, 2007 “open to the public” 20th anniversary celebration was held at the Pontiac Archives Office. Featured were the late Elsie Gibbons, first lady Mayor of Portage du Fort and first lady Warden of Pontiac County; Rosaleen Dickson, former editor and publisher of The Equity and Albert Wright with his photographs of Portage du Fort Heritage.