Partner Organizations
	Town of Perth 200
	Tay Valley Township 200
	Drummond/North Elmsley 200
	Other Organizations
Map of Settlement Area (click to enlarge)

Meetings of the Drummond/North Elmsley 200 Working Group are held on the first Thursday of each month, usually at 7:00pm, alternating between the Drummond Centre Hall and the Township Municipal Offices in Port Elmsley. The public is welcome. For information on each meeting location, call 613-267 6500

The year 2016 will mark the 200th Anniversary of the founding of the present day Drummond/North Elmsley Township. The original Elmsley Township, being closer to the St. Lawrence River, had been receiving immigrants as early as the late 1700s. In 1816, Drummond Township was surveyed and named, and, with the northern areas of Elmsley, became an important part of the Perth Military Settlement. By spring of that year both townships, along with neighbouring Burgess, Bathurst, and Beckwith, began to receive the first immigrants - mainly Scots, and demobilized soldiers sponsored under the settlement program.

Some ex-Military settlers received land on the Scotch Line in Elmsley, and others in Drummond Township. The civilian settlers in the 1816 era took land throughout Drummond and the northern areas of Elmsley Townships, joined soon by a wave of settlers from Ireland, Scotland and other countries. In 1841, Elmsley Township was split, and the area north of the Rideau was designated 'North Elmsley'. As in the other two municipalities, the upcoming 200th Anniversary celebrations will recognize and honour these early settlers - their hardships, dedication, accomplishments and their memory.

Previous Acitivities

• Interested local citizens have been meeting in Drummond/North Elmsley Township on a monthly basis since the beginning of 2012. A '200th Anniversary Working Group' has been formed, a visioning exercise carried out, and a range of candidate ideas for the celebration has been developed and is under consideration. Volunteers are invited.



• November 30, 2011 - an open-house was held at the Drummond/North Elmsley Township offices to inform the public about the township's upcoming 200th anniversary in 2016, with the objective of commencing preparations for it. Participants at the meeting heard about similar preparations underway in Perth and Tay Valley Township, discussed the form that such a celebration might take and activities that might be considered - and the first steps were taken to organise a committee.