COMING EVENTS Our Society’s October 16 meeting looks back at the early days of Canadian film making with a focus on pioneer producer Frank Radford (‘Budge’) Crawley and Judith Sparks See the Events page. ANNOUNCEMENTS 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 Perth & District Historical Society recognizes that the subjects covered on this website took place on the unceded, traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation, and acknowledges their historical presence and long-standing stewardship and care of the land and waters.

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