Lanark County Neighbours for Truth and Reconciliation

Surrounding History – Bedford Opportunities
2026-07-04 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Bedord Hall, 1381 S Frontenac Rd 8, Godfrey, ON K0H 1W0, 1381 S Frontenac Rd 8, Godfrey, Ontario, K0H 1W0, Canada
The Bedford Historical Society is hosting SURROUNDING Heritage Societies, Museums, Libraries, and related Committees at it’s 2026 Open House:
Topics range from:
a developing Indigenous documentary to a Memorial to Canada’s Veterans
a Settler’s Trail to the Kick & Push Railway
a Rideau Canal Lock to a Blockhouse which guarded it
Mill ground flour to models of Village Homes
Early School houses to the Museums and Municipal Advisory Committees who seek to preserve
and present the history of people, places and events SURROUNDING your home.
to the GENEALOGY of your family
AGENDA:
1:00 P.M. – Doors Open
1:00 to 2:00 P.M. – Staffed Displays and Posters
2:00 to 3:00 P.M. – The Tetts and Chaffey’s – Bedford Township’s Earliest Entrepreneurs a presentation by Dr. John Gray –
great-great-great grandson of Benjamin Tett Sr.
3:00 to 4:00 P.M. – Staffed Displays and Posters
4:00 P.M. – Doors Close
For further details please contact: bedfordhistoricalsociety2019@gmail.com
Books and Publications will be available for Cash Sale. Prices ranging from $10 to $55
As coined by the Newboro and Area Heritage Society, this is your invitation to:
“Stop in, ask questions, and enjoy a step back in time.”
Participating Locations: Barriefield, Bedford Mills, Bradshaw, Chaffey’s Lock, Chantry, Delta, Hartington, Kingston, Newboro,
Perth, Portland, Sharbot Lake, Sydenham, Westport.
The support of South Frontenac Township to provide an archive home for the Bedford Historical Society at the Glendower Hall is very much appreciated.
