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 Pembroke Daily Observer, July 2, 1957     "Hurricane Audrey, a female with a killer instinct, flipped the hem of her skirts at the Upper Ottawa Valley over the weekend,"

 Mary Ellen Boudreau, Pembroke Daily Observer     VALLEY PROFILE Lady Reeve Keeps Busy In Head, Clara, Maria By MARY ELLEN BOUDREAU Observer Correspondent "I decided lo run for the office of reeve because so many people from each of the communities of Deux Rivieres, ...

 KEN BONERT, Pembroke Daily Observer, July 27, 1995, p. 3     Hydro to Listen More to Water Level Worries By KEN BONERT Staff Writer HEAD, CLARA, & MARIA -- An Ontario Hydro official has promised to listen more carefully to people along the Ottawa River who complain of grossly uneven water ...

 Pembroke Daily Observer, September 29 1958     CUTTING THE RIBBON for the new Deux Rivieres bilingual separate school Sunday afternoon was Rene Houle. Behind Mr. Houle stands Rev. Brown, parish priest. Bilingual School At Deux Rivieres More than 100 interested spectators gathered at Deux ...

 Pembroke Daily Observer, February 15, 1970, p. 10     10 The Pembroke Observer Friday, February 13, 1970 Area Township Wants Wildlife Interpretive Centre MACKEY (Special) -- A resolution was passed at a recent council meeting of the Township of Head, Clara and Maria, that preference be given to ...

 Pembroke Daily Observer, January 21 1970     This clipping discusses the appointment of Mrs. Paul Senack to the position of clerk-treasurer for the township of Head, Clara and Maria following the retirement of Mrs. Elmer Donnelly.

      This Gypsie is said to have driven across the country, wore all the badges on his lapel and promoted himself as the "Hobo King".

      These men were in charge of cutting all the timber in preparation for the rising water levels caused by the building of the Swisha dam at Les Rapides Des Joachims. Left hand Corner of Photograph: Lucien Côte

      Ben and Anna McQuestion and son Victor. According to records, the McQuestion family was in the Upper Ottawa Valley as early as 1845. William E.Logan mentions a Mr. McQuestion while on his survey of Upper Canada in 1845. Ben McQuestion (McQuestein) appears in the 1871 census for the United Townships …

      Father Brown, Loretta and André Boissonneault.

      From Right: Bonnie Resmer, Diane LeClair, Candice Resmer, Trina Cotnam (little blonde girl), Diane Boissonneault (little one leaning on the helicopter), Andy Boissonneault. Pilot, unknown.

      This was the Boissonneault homestead. It was also the local post office, grocer, and automobile service station. This picture was taken after the building of the Des Joachims Dam (Swisha project). This one-stop-shop was built in 1947-1948. André Boissonneault bought his first truck and worked moving gravel for the construction …

      A crane with a wrecking ball idles next to St. Lawrence Parish, Deux Rivières.

      Father J.K. O'Brien and Andy Boissonneault pose for this picture. This was Andy Boissonneault's first communion.

      Father J.K. O'Brien, Marg(nee Cotnam)Resmer, Margaret Howard (Teacher in Deux Rivières), Wayne Resmer, and Andy Boissonneault. Church service was held at St. Lawrence Parish.

      Priscilla Boissonneault, Candice Resmer, Bonnie Resmer, Wayne Resmer, Andy Boissonneault, Ivan Boissonneault.

      This was the home of Ben and Ann McQuestion.

      A cedar post fence in the foreground with heavy equipment. In the background a road leading down to the Ottawa River and the Laurentian mountains (on the Quebec side) are visible across the river.

      A piece of the Red Ribbon from the Deux Rivières boat ramp opening ceremony.

      Financial records for St. Lawrence Church Deux Rivieres. The Bishop made entries in this journal when he came to Deux Rivieres for confirmations.