October 8, 2005:

Photos by Al Lewis, taken on October 5, 2005.
We also visited Prescott on the St. Lawrence River.

Spencerville is within the area covered by the Leeds and Grenville Historical Society.
It is a picturesque village about a half hour drive south of Ottawa. The South Nation
River flows through the center of the village. This river, which is only about 15 
miles north of the St. Lawrence River, flows eventually into the Nation River at
Casselman and makes its way to the Ottawa River at Plantagenet.

Sandra Robertson who belongs to the historical society (above) has written a book 
documenting the historic UEL cemetery at Johnstown. Some of the names in the cemetery 
are familiar as early land-grant holders in Bytown and Nepean Townships.

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church at Spencerville


The Mill at Spencerville, 2005


Geese at Spencerville, below the dam
                             

Wendy Millar is researching her Millar ancestors in this area 
(James Millar and Mary Byers).

April 1, 2008:
Map of the Village of Spencerville, Ontario in 1879
Source: McGill University Digital Maps


June 2, 2008:

Spencerville was founded in 1810 by Peleg Spencer who built the first mill.
Photo Source: Reflections of the South Nation Watershed / Histoire Illustrée de la Nation Sud, page 61