Des Collines Health Foundation Christmas Craft Fair

Saturday, November 8 and Sunday, November 9
Centre Vorlage, Wakefield, Quebec

The Christmas Craft Fair is a fundraiser for local health care hosted by the Des Collines Health Foundation in collaboration with Ski Vorlage. The Gatineau Valley Historical Society will again have a table at his event for the display and sale of its publications.

Inauguration and Special Remembrance Ceremony
for the New Cantley Veterans Monument

Saturday, November 8 at 10:30 am
at Parc Mary-Anne-Phillips (47 ch. Summer)

Everyone is welcome; no registration required. Please invite veterans you know.

Ceremony’s musical accompaniment: bagpiper Dougal Rattray, singer Robert Watt, and the Saint Elizabeth Church choir (Director, Suzanne Steiner).

For more information, contact: info.cantley1889@gmail.com

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Remembrance Day

Tuesday, November 11

Chelsea Pioneer Cemetery

Gatineau Valley Historical Society
Speaker Series 2025

The Tenàgàdino Zibi Talks

Saturday, November 15 (note date change)
Larrimac Golf Club, 1124 Rte. 105, Chelsea Quebec
from 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

In the context of Chelsea's 150th anniversary, join the GVHS and members of the Tenagadino Alliance for a program of multimedia presentations on the indigenous and contemporary history of the Tenàgàdino Zibi / Gatineau River.

Speakers:Gilbert Whiteduck, Rita Jain and Marc Cockburn

Film by KZA Productionsin collaboration with Mike McKay, award-winning filmmaker and cimetographer.

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Chelsea Wall of Fame

Louise Schwartz, Publications Director, was inducted to the Chelsea Wall of Fame as a community builder on October 18th at the Meredith Centre in Chelsea. Looking on is grandson Nolan & son Graeme.

Videos from recent speaker series

posted on GVHS Facebook

April 26, 2025
A Thousand Years in a Word: An Interactive Journey Through Irish Language and History

April 9, 2024
The Irish of the Gatineau and Ottawa Valleys

November 22, 2023
Tessouat, Chief of the Kichsipperinin Algonquin-Anishinabe Nation

October 24, 2023
An Ancient Cultural Landscape in the Heart of the Capital Region

September 27, 2023
Challenges in the Protection and Conservation of Archaeological Resources In the National Capital Region