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January 5, 2012

Some 2011 statistics

Posted by Amanda Hill under archives, blog, Doors Open, events, Flickr
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Waterfront Festival, July

Here are some facts and figures relating to the work of Deseronto Archives over the course of 2011.

New accessions received: 28

Email queries answered: 47

Telephone queries answered: 12

Visits to the archives by researchers: 73

Images uploaded to www.flickr.com/deserontoarchives: 109

Events organized/attended:

Doors Open, Napanee/Deseronto/Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory May 28th
Archives Association of Ontario conference, Thunder Bay June 17nd
Inter-agency Service Fair, Deseronto June 22nd
Waterfront Festival, Deseronto July 2nd
Deseronto Public Library 125th anniversary events October

Blog posts written : 17

Visitors to the blog in 2011:13,058 (8,097 in 2010)

 

May 29, 2011

Doors Open: take another look

Posted by Amanda Hill under businesses, churches, Doors Open, events, houses, maps, military training, Rathbun Company
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Did you miss the chance to explore Deseronto’s Doors Open sites on May 28, 2011? Or perhaps you weren’t able to visit all of them?

Fear not! We’ve made all the Deseronto site brochures available here for you to look at. Just click on the images below to get a large version that you can print off or read online.

Deseronto Cemetery [site 22]
Camp Rathbun [site 23]
St. Mark’s Hall [site 24]
Grace United Church [site 25]
Public Works Garage: former aircraft hangar [site 26]
Naylor’s Theatre [site 27]
Deseronto Post Office [site 28]
Deseronto Town Hall [site 29]
Rathbun Memorial Park [site 30]
McGlade Funeral Home [site 31]
Foresters’ Island [site 32]
Former industrial sites [site 33]
Church of the Redeemer [site 34]
St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church [site 35]
Founding of Deseronto [site 36]
 

May 3, 2011

Getting ready for Doors Open

Posted by Amanda Hill under Doors Open, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
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Doors Open, Deseronto Napanee 2011

Heritage buildings and sites throughout Deseronto, Napanee and the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory are going to be opening their doors to the public on May 28th. There’s a Google map of all the properties and you can follow the #DODesNap tag on Twitter for daily updates on the event during May.