Welcome to Newboro & Area Heritage Society
Celebrating History, Building Community
Welcome to Newboro & Area Heritage Society
Celebrating History, Building Community
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Special event!
June 20, 2025 | Newboro Hall
Doors Open at 7 pm
Dinner until 9 p.m. Enjoy a delicious dinner served by the Rideau Lakes Indigenous beading group, who are generously hosting a full dinner of chili, bannock, wild rice, cedar tea, and blueberry cake. There will be a giant basket to raffle off for all who have purchased a ticket, as well as original beading art by the artists.
$20 per person
Special exhibition. Opening night June 21 | 7PM
June 21, 2025 | Newboro Hall
Welcome to the official opening of The History of Indigenous Peoples in Rideau Lake: An Archaeological Approach on June 21, 2025, at 7 pm, with a presentation by exhibition researcher and writer Ted Stewart, a respected local archaeological technician. Ted will guide guests through 10,000 years of Indigenous presence in our region—from the Paleo and Archaic periods, through Woodland, Contact, and into the present—offering a deeper understanding of a history too often untold.
Free Admission
Presentation by historian Diane Haskins
Postponed for the federal election
Please stay tuned for our updated presentation date, and then we invite you to join historian Diane Haskins as she shares the story of Villa Dale, also known as The Poplars Resort. Stephen Knowlton Bresee, a successful Syracuse entrepreneur with deep local roots, once owned this property. Bresee built Villa Dale in 192
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