Follow the links below to discover the rich history of the Town of Perth:

Perth's Built Heritage [2020]

Perth Designated Historic Buildings

Life in Early Perth (short history) [2010]

A History of Perth in Verse, from the Perth Courier [2018]

Archaeological examination of the old St. Andrews Church Site [2009]

The Story of the Tayside Textiles Mill/Perth Carpet Factory [2016]

ULTIMATE PENALTY OF THE LAW - The Death Penalty at Perth [2016]

The Black Presence at Perth, 1816-1926 [2017]

Dominion Day at Perth, 1867 [2017]

The Perth Railway Station (1859-1979) [2017]

#9 Mill Street - Oldest Stone House in Perth [2019]

Hart's Bookstore & Almanac [2019]

Field of Blood, Locating the Site of the Last Fatal Duel [2016]

When Lyon fell by Wilson's Hand [2018]

Clonmel Dueling Code [2018]

Early Adopters - Perth's First Telephone [2020]

St. Bridget's Chapel [2020]

The Necessary Acid Touch - Charles Rice [2020]

The Long Swamp Fire - 1834 [2020]

The CPR Comes to Town [2020]

Chains of Office - Lanark Wardens & Perth Mayors [2020]

Le Petit Canada - John Andrew Kerr (1852-1940) [2020]

Mechanical Genius - John Dittrick (1849-1925) [2020]

Prosperous Progressive Perth Has ... (1921) [2020]

Settlement of Retired Military Heroes - Profile of Perth (1887) [2020]

Northman - William Creighton ‘Rags’ Wilson (1885-1929) [2021]

Pistol Provenance - Weapons of the Last Fatal Duel [2021]

Recollections of the Ferry Road (1896) [2021]

Wet Jackets and Torn Breeches - Perth's Early Fire Companies [2021]

Hebrew Merchants: A History of Perth's Jewish Community [2021]

Chaplin’s Dairy in Glen Tay Hamlet [2022]

First Baptist Church Perth [2022]

Balderson Theatre 1915-1957 [2022]

Let The Boy Scout Do It [2022]

The Barefoot Ferry Boy: Malcolm Cameron 1808-1878 [2022]

Trophy Guns [2022]

Turkey Fair, 1879-1958 [2022]

Catspaw of Carnegie: Perth’s Carnegie Library 1907-1980 [2022]

Links O’ Tay Golf & Country Club [2022]

Foster Street & Other Miscalculations: Rueben Sherwood & the Surveyors’ Story [2022]

Rideau Ferry Road - 1966 Article [2022]

Bathurst Independent Examiner [2023]

The Fraser Reminiscences - Donald Fraser (1841-1933) [2023]

Slaves, Statues & Street Signs - Naming the Legacy of Slavery [2023]

In A Wood Open In All Directions, Perth’s Burying Grounds [2023]

Radio Craze [2023]

The Curlers [1955] - A short film on the Perth Curling Club of the 1950s, depicting the importance of curling in a small Canadian town of the era, through a (somewhat fanciful) story bringing disagreeing neighbours together as cooperative team players. An interesting trip back to the club and parts of Perth of the 1950s. Source – National Film Board; Director William Davidson. See:  www.nfb.ca/film/curlers/

Perth Courier Article about the NFB Curling Film (see above) - December 5, 1954 [2023]

Automotive Homecoming - William L. McLaren’s 1910 Russell-Knight Model-22 [2023]

Genesis of a Hospital - The Great War Memorial Hospital of Perth & District [2023]

The Woodyard - Perth’s Fuel Committee 1917-1932 [2023]

Hollywood North - A Tale of What Might Have Been [2023]

Lanark Members of Parliament since Confederation [2023]

Lanark County Court House - text of a 1973 speech by Judge Edward McLeod Shortt [2023]

History of the Perth Fair [2023]

No Yankee Gingerbread Machine - History of the Perth Town Clock [2023]

McLaren Perthshire Stock Farm [2024]

Perth In The Year 1833 [2024]

Early Perth Courier Articles (1963-64) by Historian Clyde Bell [2024]

Perth Courier 1962 - Early History of Perth [2024]

SEMI-ELLIPSOIDAL LANDMARK - Perth’s Water Tower [2024]

Bowling Since 1857 [2024]

Perth Courier 1916 Articles on History of Perth [2024]

The English Game - The Perth Cricket Club [2024]

Perth Municipal Airport - An Idea That Didn't Fly [2024]

The Gaelic Sermon [2024]

Blair & Son Funeral Home - Two Centuries, Two Families [2024]