Cumberland Township
Historical Society

Discovering, sharing and preserving
Cumberland Township history

Canton de Cumberland
société historique

Découvrir, partager et préserver l’histoire
du canton de Cumberland

IMPORTANT REMINDER

Your 2026 membership is now due.

UPCOMING NEWS/ NOUVELLES À VENIR

CTHS fall general meeting

Wednesday, November 11th at 7 p.m. in the Lori Nash room at the Cumberland branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 1585 Tenth Line Road in Orleans.

Besides the usual updates and discussions about upcoming plans and events the guest speaker is none other than our friend Tabitha Renaud who will tell us all about the milestone 50th Anniversary of the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum.

Coffee and light refreshments will be served.


Exciting News!!!

Our friends at the Vintage Iron & Traditions Club have invited us to join them for this trip.

“SAVE THE DATE for our fall tour. Sunday, October 18th. Expected to begin at 9:00 or 9:30, but more details will follow closer to the date. This is a guided tour (one building at a time) so the start time is important if you wish to see everything. We will be visiting George Tackaberry’s fabulous collection. Tackaberry has amassed a collection of hundreds of trucks and tractors, which is securely housed in large buildings, mostly 60 by 180 feet, on company property at Washburn Road, Athens.”

They have room for up to 20 of our members. Reserve your spot
by contacting us at historicalcumberland@gmail.com . Places
will be given to our members on a first come first served basis.
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The Tackaberry Collection in Athens is approximately 1 ½ hour drive. You’ll have to arrange for your own transportation or car pooling there and there’s a $40 charge for admission. The CTHS will cover one half of that cost for our members.

The Vintage Iron group have asked for a response by next Sunday, October 11th.


A walking tour of Vars

A Walking Tour of Vars, based on the successful historical tour of the Village in September 2025.

Currently available at the Vars IDA Pharmacy, 5875 Buckland Rd., in Vars.  $20.00.

Navan Vars 100 Years

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Our Society

The Cumberland Township Historical Society is a non-profit, volunteer and community-based organization whose goal is to preserve Cumberland Township history.

In 2022 Cumberland Ward was cut and redivided into; Osgoode Ward 20, south of Russell Rd., Orleans South Navan Ward 19 taking in the central part of the Township and Orleans East Cumberland Ward 1 which takes in the northern part of the Township.

To help keep our local history alive and of value to our members, the executive hosts meetings throughout the year where members and guest speakers engage in often lively discussion on a variety of topics of local historical significance. Since 1988 we’ve published the Society’s newsletter – The Caboose – now twice a year, copies of which, copies of which you can view from our web site. Our local history room (Cumberland branch, Ottawa Public Library) contains family and parish records, maps, periodicals and other historical documents.


Notre société

La Société historique du canton de Cumberland est une organisation bénévole et communautaire à but non lucratif dont le but est de préserver l'histoire du canton de Cumberland.

En 2022, le quartier Cumberland a été coupé et redivisé en ; Osgoode Ward 20, au sud du chemin Russell, Orleans South Navan Ward 19, qui englobe la partie centrale du canton, et Orleans East Cumberland Ward 1, qui englobe la partie nord du canton.

Pour aider à garder notre histoire locale vivante et précieuse pour nos membres, l'exécutif organise des réunions tout au long de l’année où les membres et les conférenciers invités s’engagent dans des discussions souvent animées sur une variété de sujets d’importance historique locale. Depuis 1988, nous publions le bulletin d’information de la Société – The Caboose – maintenant deux fois par an, dont vous pouvez consulter des exemplaires sur notre site Web. Notre salle d’histoire locale (succursale de Cumberland, Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa) contient des archives familiales et paroissiales, des cartes, des périodiques et d’autres documents historiques.

Our Publications / Nos publications

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