Preserving and promoting awareness in the history and heritage of the Gatineau Valley since 1962
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Pat Evans Archives
Chelsea Library - downstairs
Inquiries about Archives materials and potential visits can be made by appointment by contacting the Society at info@gvhs.ca
Annual General Meeting
March 2025
further details in February 2025
Videos from recent speaker series posted on GVHS Facebook

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

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

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
Pat Evans Archives
Chelsea Library downstairs
By appointment
Contact info@gvhs.ca.
New on website
Tributes - Gatineau personalities and historical events
A selection of articles and stories by Ernie Mahoney on people and places in the Gatineau Valley.
Early Settlement of the Upper Gatineau Valley: The 1840s /
Les débuts de la colonisation de la Haute-Gatineau : les années 1840
by/par Martin Lamontagne Up the Gatineau! Volumes 50
A Shanty Cook: Yvette Saumure Bénard / Une cuisinière de chantier: Yvette Saumure Bénard by/par Louise Schwartz Up the Gatineau! Volumes 50
Publications of Local Interest
Past Event
November 15, 2024
Remembrance Day Ceremony
at the Chelsea Pioneer Cemetery and Cenotaph
Other past events.