Pontiac Archives

Are you interested in learning about life in Pontiac County? Would you like the opportunity to learn about the history of your town from the people who lived it? 

At our last meeting of the Pontiac Archives, in order to encourage more people to use our vast quantity of local historical information, we decided to invite everyone who is interested in telling tales of the past to form a club where everyone will have the chance to participate in a friendly atmosphere.  We will sit around a table, drink a pot of tea and share our memories. Each month we will have a different topic.  The first topic will be “School Days.”

Our volunteers have been making collections of newspaper clippings and other documents related to different topics.  Pearl McCleary and Gwen Armstrong have prepared many binders full of interesting information about Pontiac Schools.  We encourage you to come to the Archives on regular days - Tues. to Thurs. 9 am - 4 pm and Saturday 10 am - 2 pm to get inspiration and facts to support your stories.  Our first gathering will be on Friday, Feb. 3, 2006 at 2 pm at the Pontiac Archives in Shawville.  Hope to see you there.

Welcome to the new web site of the Pontiac Archives, a private archives based in Shawville, Quebec and housed in the Shawville-Clarendon Library, in space generously provided by the municipalities of Shawville and Clarendon.

If you’re new to this site, let me take a moment to show you around. On the sidebar on the right-hand side of this page, you’ll find links to pages about us — including a brief history and our holdings — along with links to other web sites you might find interesting.

In this space, you’ll find updates, announcements and news about the Archives, written by its volunteers.

This site is just getting started, so there isn’t much to see right now. Its design and appearance will almost certainly change, and there will certainly be more to come.