The Heritage Society was founded in January 1983, and affiliation
with the Ontario Historical Society was quickly established. Monthly meetings were initially held in members' homes, at the town council chambers, and at the Campbellford District High School library.

The Society had no permanent home until 1989 when the Town
Council of Campbellford generously gave the Society the use
of the stone building at 113 Front St. North for the purpose of
creating a heritage facility.

Campbellford-Seymour Heritage Centre
113 Front St. N. Campbellford

Open Each Wednesday 10 to 4 all year

Monthly meetings: 3rd Monday of the month at 7:30 pm
No meeting in July and August

2024 Summer Hours. July and August open 10 to 4 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays each week.  

Thanks to our great volunteers!!!!

Coming Events and Announcements

Regular October meeting on Monday, October 21, 2024
at 7:30 pm at the Centre.

All Welcome

113 Front St. N, PO Box 1294
Campbellford, Ont. K0L 1L0
705-653-2634
csheritage@persona.ca

 

NEWS RELEASE

TRENT HILLS SPORTS WALL OF HONOUR

ANNOUNCEMENT

The Campbellford Seymour Heritage Society is pleased to announce that
the Nomination Forms for the 2025 inductees into the Trent Hills Sports
Wall of Honour will be available September 23, 2024.

Those individuals or teams selected will be publicly announced in
January 2025 and a plaque honouring their achievements will be placed
 on the Sports Wall of Honour located in the new Sunny Life Recreation
and Wellness Centre in Campbellford.

The Nomination kit will be available online at www.csheritage.org
Hard copies will also be available at the Campbellford, Warkworth and
Hastings libraries as well as at the Trent Hills Municipal offices in
Campbellford.

For further information contact Jim Peeling at the Campbellford Seymour
Heritage center on Wednesdays at 705-653-2634.

VIEW AND DOWNLOAD

2025 NOMINATION KIT AVAILABLE NOW

Aims of the Campbellford-Seymour Heritage Society:

• To continue the study, preservation and communication of the heritage and history of Campbellford/Seymour, its environs
  and its people.
  

• To develop and maintain local archives.
  

• To assist in family and genealogical research.
  

• To collect and maintain artifacts of local significance.
  

• To co-operate with other heritage societies, institutions
  and agencies to contribute to the advancement and
  preservation of both local and Canadian history.

Cemetery Project 2016

In 2016, funded by a grant from the Campbellford-Seymour Community Foundation and inpartnership with the Mount Pleasant Cemetery Board, the Campbellford/Seymour Heritage Society updated the records of Mount Pleasant Cemetery including maps, burial records, transcripts of the stones and digital photos of all the tombstones with the creation of a searchable website for the cemetery. The website is Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

New plot owner maps and binders of the paper burial records were placed at the cemetery. This was the first time any new maps had been created since 194

The Heritage Society collects archival material and historical artifacts relevant to the Campbellford/Seymour area and also has a large
collection of genealogical and historical research material.

The Society hosts special events of historical significance, and participates in community events.
Guest speakers, dealing with topics such as genealogy and archival research, are featured at regular meetings.

In September, 2000, the Campbellford-Seymour
released a new publication, Gleanings: A History of Campbellford/Seymour, in an effort to preserve local heritage.

Renovations 2017

In 2017 the Municipality of Trent Hills received a Canada 150 Grant for renovations to the Heritage Barn and Heritage Centre. This included installation of extra support and public access to the second floor of the Barn, fresh exterior trim paint for both buildings and new windows for the Barn.

Renovations started in early April. With much volunteer help the Heritage Society managed to rearrange the Barn displays to host "Doors Open Northumberland" on the weekend of June 3 and 4th and then to clear out the two inside rooms of the Centre for renovations to continue inside.

The Centre received extensive plaster repairs to the front room and the research room (the cell), fresh inside paint, window repairs and new carpet. All was completed in late August. The Heritage Society is grateful for the renovations that have created a greatly improved appearance and will provide a much more enjoyable work and display space for time to come.

The Society has many dedicated volunteers who donate their time and efforts to projects that foster heritage preservation.

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Campbellford-Seymour Heritage Society * P.O. Box 1294 * 113 Front St. N. * Campbellford * ON * K0L 1L0
705-653-2634

The creation of this website was made possible by a grant from
The Campbellford/Seymour Community Foundation