The Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley is the official publication of the Trent Valley Archives.
Current Issue
April 2025 | Volume 30 | Number 1
As the new Editor of the TVA Heritage Gazette, I am thankful to President Maddie More for allowing me to help tell the fascinating stories of Peterborough’s history. I grew up in Omemee and Peterborough, left for 13 years, but I’m back to help research the strange and lesser-known people and events in the Trent Valley. Our authors continue to uncover inspiring, beautiful, unknown, and extraordinary stories about the Trent Valley area. The stories in this issue prove that “diamonds in the rough” exist to be discovered in the Trent Valley Archives and archives across Ontario. For example, the Captain John Deserontyon (Odeserundiye) letter gives readers a glimpse into the life of an indigenous soldier during the Seven Years War and War of Independence. I am thankful to writers in the community who paint the picture of their memories for the Heritage Gazette. In this issue, Mike Parnell beautifully crafts a visual of Kelly’s Island through the vivid imagery of his memories. We are thankful to researchers who find historical hiccups, such as Christine Fisher’s deep dive into the misidentification of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill in two portraits. This issue also contains the background of how Ed Schroeter came up with the stories, real and imagined, for the play Crossing Over, coming to the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in May, a wonderful mini-biography of James W. Fitzgerald by Elwood Jones and Dennis Carter-Edwards, and the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Activity Haven in Peterborough.
As Peterborough gears up for the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the Peter Robinson settlers in August, we hope everyone gets out to enjoy some of the amazing events organized by the local Nine Ships committee and Ballyhoura development in County Cork, Ireland. If you have any stories of your “nine ships” family history that you would like featured in the Heritage Gazette, send them in!
As we plan the summer edition of the Heritage Gazette,, we wish you a happy, sunny, and fun 200th anniversary. We hope you make friends with the tourists from Ireland (and elsewhere) who visit our city. This summer in Peterborough will be history in the making!
Alicia Bertrand, M.A.
Editor-in-Chief, Trent Valley Archives Heritage Gazette
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