The Pontiac Archives Library offers an extensive collection of rare and out-of-print books that explore the rich history of Western Quebec and Eastern Ontario. This unique selection covers a wide array of topics, from early settler life to regional industries, genealogy, and cultural histories, providing valuable insights into the area’s past. Below, you’ll find a catalog of these titles, complete with author or publisher information and their location within the archives as of summer 2024, making it easier to explore and delve into the heritage of the Pontiac region.
| Title | Author | Location |
|---|---|---|
| A Basic Algonquin Grammar | Maniwaki | 126 |
| A Century of Unit | Basil Quaile | 53 |
| A Day in the Life of Canada | Atlas | Top shelf 249 |
| A Grand Adventure | Ron Corbett | 120 |
| A Hundred Years a Fellin | Charlotte Whitton | 143 |
| A Loving Legacy-Recipes | Eleanor Thomson | 48 |
| A Place Apart | Norma Geggie | 28 |
| A Poison Stronger than Love | Ojibwa | 129 |
| A Reminder of Familiar Faces | 194 | |
| A Tom Penny Adventure | 99b | |
| A Treasury of Historical Articles | 97 | |
| A L'Ombre du Moulin | Bernard Lacroix | 26 |
| Adventure in Service | Rotary International | 108 |
| Algonquin Museum | 132 | |
| Alligators of the North | 246 | |
| Allumettes Island: Descent + Desjardins Ville | 44c | |
| Allumettes Island: Descendants | 44a | |
| Allumettes Island: Railroads | 44b | |
| Allumettes Island: St. Joseph | 44d | |
| An Age of Barns | 75 | |
| An Anecdotal History of Fort Coulonge | 51b1 | |
| And We Paid to Do It | 248 | |
| Architectural History of the Pontia | 74a | |
| Archival Sources for the Study of Polish Canadians | 41 | |
| Around and About Leslie Rennie's Place | 221 | |
| Aylmer d'Hier / of Yesteryear | Lucien Brautt | 28f |
| Aylmer, Quebec | Diane Aldred | 28e |
| Bay of the North | 137 | |
| Beautiful Arnprior | 34a | |
| Beauty Found by the Wayside | 182e | |
| Beyond Rogues Harbour | Don Baron | 21 |
| Birchbark Canoe | David Gidmark | 128 |
| Bittersweet Land | Dutch | 25 |
| Black Flies and White Water | 220 | |
| Blue Binder of Poems | 209 | |
| Boats | 244 | |
| Bone Island | Chris McPherson | 159b |
| Booth's Rock Trail | 144 | |
| Boreal Express: Canada 1760-1810 | 230 | |
| Bryson | Winter Capers | 44e |
| Building the Rideau Canal | 73 | |
| By the Way-Phoebe McCord | 106 | |
| Bytown Gazette 1836-1845 | 18 | |
| Canada - A People's History | 233 | |
| Canadian Frontier | 246a | |
| Canadian Pacific | 152 | |
| Canadian Pacific in the East | Omer Lavallee | 152a |
| Canadian Quilts | Dorothy K. Burnham | 183 |
| Canadian Railroad Trilogy | Gordon Lightfoot | 152b |
| Canadian Sports Stories | Allan E. Marble | 213 |
| Capturing Women | Sarah Carter | 190 |
| Carleton Saga | Harry and Olive Walker | 31 |
| Cascades of Gatineau | Terrence Quinn | 28b |
| Castle on the Hill | Richard Gwyn | 235 |
| Cemeteries of Renfrew County | 34d | |
| Chapeau | Darlene and David Elder | 198 |
| Chateau Montebello | 28g | |
| Chemins de Fer en Outaouais | 27c | |
| Cheticamp Hooked Rugs | William L. Roper | 168 |
| Chichester | William Scott | 54a |
| Chip Wagon Cookbook | Judy Dempsey | 234 |
| Climbing the Hill | Audrey Alexander | 161 |
| Clinton | Patrick O. Byrne | 235a |
| Commonplace Dancing | Dorothy Overend | 219 |
| Community Memories | Elaine Brown | 198a |
| Constance Bay Story | Don Baxter | 35b |
| Contact with America | Eileen Dunne | 187 |
| Coureurs de Bois | 134 | |
| Crossing the Ottawa | J.R. Kennedy | 150 |
| Curious Quebec | Alan Hustak | 28c |
| Dairy Farmers of Canada | 81 | |
| Dance to Remember | Frank Morrison | 105 |
| Dear Juliette | Juliette Gaultier | 121 |
| Deep River Story | Richard N. Haddon | 34b |
| Destination Algonquin Park | George W. Sears | 246b |
| Devil's Half Acre | Mervin Stanton | 185 |
| Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadienn | Cyprien Tanguay | 169 |
| Directory of Ontario Historical Societies | 33 | |
| Do You Remember? | Margaret Ann Schryer | 58 |
| Dominion Forestry Branch | 74 | |
| Don’t Let Them Fall | Ottawa Valley Quilters | 183a |
| Down the Unmarked Roads | Hugh MacLennan | 206 |
| Dragonflies | 157 | |
| Dream of Nation | Susan Mann Trofimenkoff | 152c |
| Driftwood and Daisies | Hilda M. Stewart | 207 |
| Druillettes Pioneer Priest of Old Oregon | Sister Mary Kevin | 170 |
| Dumoine River Expedition | 145 | |
| Folklore of Canada | Edith Fowke | 144 |
| For Singing and Dancing and All Sorts of Fun | Harry Hosen | 115 |
| Fort Coulonge | Mrs. Tremblay | 208 |
| Founding Families of the Pontiac | Bylthefield and Broughton | 32 |
| France and the Iroquois | 130 | |
| Frome Hall | 226 | |
| Gazetteer of Renfrew County | 107a | |
| Ghost Stories of Ottawa and Surrounding Areas | 186 | |
| Ghosts of Ottawa | Brett Clarkson | 68 |
| Glimpses of the Past Vol. 1 | 202 | |
| Glimpses of the Past Vol. 2 | 91 | |
| Gordon Graham Plaque | 252 | |
| Gordon Graham: Rayson | 56 | |
| Gracefield Community Hall | 44f | |
| Greetings from Canada's Capital | Harry Hosen | 205 |
| Greetings of Stonebridge | L. J. Whiting | 23 |
| Heritage Pathway | 31 | |
| Heritage Perth | 231 | |
| Historical Walks | C. R. Lambton | 161 |
| History of Daniel's County MRC | 241 | |
| History of Mansfield Township | 89a | |
| History of the Canadian Ottawa River | 214 | |
| History of the Village of Wakefield | 29a | |
| How Quyon Came to Be | James Robinson | 99 |
| Hull | Aylmer | 28 |
| Hull - Alymer's Pines | Cilmour and Hutchison | 152 |
| I Always Wanted to Please My Mother | Harris | 50c |
| Indian Dilemma | 134 | |
| Indian Guilds Names | 13 | |
| Indians in Canada | 7 | |
| Irish Place Names | James B. Elliot | 2 |
| It was Warm and Sunny When We Set Out | Audrey Alexander | 190.d |
| Jack of All Trades | 227 | |
| J.R. Booth - Lumber King | 141 | |
| Kashubia to Canada | Shirley Mak Connoll | 35 |
| Kingston: Celebrate this City | Upstairs 190.a | |
| L' Autre Outaouais (old bookcase) | 225 | |
| La Grande Chute Tourist Centre | 171 | |
| La Vie Historique d'un Bucheron | 218 | |
| Lanark Legacy | 19 | |
| Laughing All the Way Home | 185 | |
| Le Nord de L'Outaouais | 142 | |
| Le Patrimoine Architectural du Pontiac | 74 | |
| Le Village de Pontiac et la Pointe Mondion | 57.b | |
| Life Along the Opongo Line | 192 | |
| Logging on the Schyan | 146 | |
| Look! The Land is Growing Giants | 183 | |
| Looking for a Turnout Upstairs | 190.c | |
| Lumbering Songs | Edith Fowke | 113 |
| Mankind's Last Chance | 199 | |
| Maison Bryson House | 158.n | |
| Member of Distinguished Family | 40 | |
| Memories of Norway Bay | Mary Gamble Calvert | 51 |
| Memories of Zion Hill Group | 222 | |
| Mon Livre | 219 | |
| MRC Heritage Circuits | 240 | |
| Municipality of Mansfield and Pontefract | 51b.2 | |
| Museums-Guide | 42 | |
| My Heart, My Hands - Volunteer Clubs | B. Steele | 109 |
| My Life and Times in the Bush | J. Edgar Boyle | 150 |
| My Organic Gardening | 175 | |
| Nat. Capital Region Town and Villages | 34.c | |
| Native People of Quebec | 122 | |
| News from Wilno Heritage Society | 38.a, 38.b | |
| Non, à la Phase 11 de la Baie James | 133 | |
| North Shore Legacy | 92 | |
| Norway Bay and Beyond | 51.a | |
| Norway Bay Calendar | 250 | |
| Off the Beaten Track | V. Crawford | 159.a |
| Olden Days | 24 | |
| On Stony Ground | Brenda Lee Whiting | 22 |
| One Last River Run | 81 | |
| Ottawa Waterway | 102.a | |
| Our Seniors Remember | Muriel Davies' Class | 71 |
| Outaouais | 233 | |
| Pastures Green | 65b | |
| Picanoc Map (The Polish Hills) | 39 | |
| Pickanock | Bertal Heaney | 54 |
| Pioneer History of the County of Lanark | 20 | |
| Pioneers of the Pontiac County | Lucy Wyman Edey | 208.c |
| Pioneers of Upper Ottawa | 33 | |
| Poems and Ballads - Blue | 204.b | |
| Poems by John Baird | 201 | |
| Poetical Attempts | N. Kilgour | 208.b |
| Polish Binder | 44 | |
| Pontiac and The Bryson | M. DeLombard (Coil Binding) | 157 |
| Pontiac County - Tourist Info | 57 | |
| Pontiac's Famous People of the 20th Century | C. I. R. Bowie | 72 |
| Portage du Fort | 58 | |
| Preservation Pays | 234 | |
| Prehistoric Creatures of the Deep | 182.b | |
| Province de Qué | Lindy's | 239 |
| Quebec in Your Car | 98 | |
| Quyon Millennium 1875-2000 | 60.a | |
| Quyon Onslow Centennial | 60 | |
| Recherches Faites sur les Indiens du Pontiac | 123 | |
| Rocher Feudu Park | (No specific location mentioned) | |
| Recipes of Yesterday | Bryson House | 156 |
| Repertoire de conférenciers et personnes-ressource 1985 | 235 | |
| River Race | 99.a | |
| Rivers of the Upper Ottawa Valley | H. Wilson | 77 |
| Rivière Dumoine | Hap Wilson | 76 |
| Rural Heritage | Pontiac 61 | |
| Scotland Through the Looking Glass | 8 | |
| Sea Serpents, Snapping Turtles | 165.b | |
| Shanty Rusty Leach | 216 | |
| Shawville '73 | 65 | |
| Shawville Historical Walking Tour | 62 | |
| Shawville/Clarendon Fire Dept. | E. Black + P. Heins | 64 |
| SinceTime Immemorial - Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg | 125 | |
| Some of the Stories I Told You Were True | 187 | |
| St. Brigids | 2.a | |
| Tales of the Québec Bush | 259 | |
| Stanley Park Legends | 180 | |
| Tell Me Another Story | 193 | |
| The Algonquin Nation | 127 | |
| The Atlantic Migration | 104 | |
| The Back Forty | 84 | |
| The Brysons | 158.a | |
| The Champlain Road | 135 | |
| The Dog Who Wouldn't be Left Behind | 190.b | |
| The Extra Mile | N. Geggie | 28.a |
| The First People's in Quebec | 230.a | |
| The Harness in the Parlour | 105 | |
| The History of Canada | 138 | |
| The Hudson's Bay Company | 136 | |
| The Lidek Revolution | James Stark | 159.c |
| The Lumberjacks | 140 | |
| The McCabe Lists - Early Irish in the Ottawa Valley | 5 | |
| The Melted Year | 155 | |
| The Moose that Walked on Stumps | 176 | |
| The Mother-In-Law Book | 204 | |
| The Mouse | Tamerl 77 | |
| The Nor' Westers | 139 | |
| The Ottawa Country | 228 | |
| The Ottawa Valley Portfolio | 243 | |
| The Poems of Kenneth Leslie | 203 | |
| The Polish Canadians | William Kulek | 37.a |
| The Polish Hills | 166 | |
| The Saga of the Kashub People | Aloysius Rekowski | 36 |
| The Scottish Tradition in Canada | 13 | |
| The Sphere of Time | 197 | |
| The Story of our Country | 211.a | |
| The Turbulent Square Timber Era | 34.g | |
| The Upper Ottawa Valley | Clyde Kennedy | 100 |
| The Watershed Collection | Upstairs 190.c | |
| Waltham | 66a | |
| Weathering the Thirties | 116 | |
| Well Remembered | 117 | |
| When 2 or 3 are Gathered Together | 242 | |
| Whiskey and Wickedness | Larry Cotton | 34.f |
| White Lake | 21.a | |
| Who's Where - Township of Rideau | 17 | |
| William Logan - 1845 Survey | 212 | |
| Winning Shorts | 103 | |
| Wintering Over | 190 | |
| Witches, Ghosts and Loups Garous | 191 | |
| Wolfe Island | 16 | |
| Xavier Gauthier - Modéliste | 90 |
