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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
Cumberland Township Historical Society Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 7 p.m. in the Lori Nash room at the Ray Friel Centre, 1585 Tenth Line Road, Orleans.
Our guest speaker is Dorothy Jane Smith who will share stories about some of the notable women from our area.
Tabitha Renaud will bring us up to date on activities at the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum.
We’ll bring you up to speed on the generous grants from the City of Ottawa as well as the other activities your executive has been working on.
- Election of Executive Board Members.
- Learn of our plans for a historical tour.
- Share some light refreshments and fellowship with your fellow members.
We would like to express our deep gratitude to Christine Boyer for her dedication as our webmaster for the past several years and we send our best wishes and sincere appreciation to her.
We now welcome Ed Stevens of RPM Creative aboard as our new webmaster.
Do You Support Local History?
Consider joining to support local history content like this
Soutenez-vous l’histoire locale?
Devenez membre de notre société et
recevez notre bulletin gratuitement
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history room (Cumberland branch, Ottawa Public Library) contains family and parish records, maps, periodicals and other historical documents.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
Click on the book cover to learn more
Cliquez sur le lien d’un livre pour en savoir plus.
