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.
Pontiac Archives Open House will be held Tuesday, July 3 to Friday, July 6th, 9 am - 4 pm, at 358 Main Street, Shawville, Qc. Genealogist Walter Brown, from Smiths Falls, Ontario, will be present Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with his Library of Genealogical Data. This data will be available for family research work.