COMING EVENTS Our April 18 meeting will feature two new films on our history by local producer Allison Margot Smith – ‘Beverly Riots and a Death in Phillipsville’, on Upper Canada elections before institution of democratic principles, and ‘Taverns and Their Keepers’, the role of taverns in the early communities - see the Events page. ANNOUNCEMENTS A new Mystery - Who produced the 1900 hand-stitched church picture shown on the Mysteries Page? Your comments are welcome, see our Mysteries Page More excellent history articles written by Ron W. Shaw have been added to the website. You will find info about these on the News page. THANK-YOU TO OUR 200TH ANNIVERSARY PARTNERS

Welcome to the Perth & District Historical Society website. Our society is a non-profit, volunteer organisation dedicated to documenting and sharing the rich history of this area of Lanark County in eastern Ontario. The society provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of our history through monthly meetings and other events.

The objective of this website is to present, for the public, an on-line archive, and free access, to materials developed from our events and the efforts of our volunteers and supporters. The website aims to document a range of information on the long and interesting history, from the earliest days of the First Nations’ arrival to the area, now described as Perth and the Townships of Tay Valley and Drummond/North Elmsley – known earlier as Bathurst, Burgess, South Sherbrooke, Drummond and North Elmsley Townships