Grand Despatch

“A brief social history of Port Maitland Ontario, and the surrounding area”

Free to PMHA members,   $2.00 per printed copy

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The Grand Recorder

2020 Vol 1 Number 1 Spring 2020 – The Grand Recorder Goes Digital  The Grand Despatch 2019 Vol 7-A Number 4 Fall 2019 – DESPATCH goes DIGITAL Vol 7-A Number 3 Summer 2019 – PMHA taking Grand Despatch Digital  Vol 7-A Number 2 Spring 2019 – Obituaries From Our Past Vol 7-A Number 1 Winter 2019 – Sir John Coape Sherbrooke 2018 Vol 6-A Number 4 Fall 2018 – I saved Abe Lincoln Vol 6-A Number 3 Summer 2018 – Sinking of the Commerce 1850  Vol 6-A Number 2 Spring 2018 – Sir Frederick Haldimand  Vol 6-A Number 1 Winter 2018 – Mostly Mohawk Island 2017 Vol 5-A Number 4 Fall 2017 – Ten Years of the Grand Dispatch Completed!  Vol 5-A Number 3 Summer 2017 – From Very Real Fish Story to Reality! Vol 5-A Number 2 Spring 2017 – Carp – Who needs them? Vol 5-A Number 1 Winter 2017  – Royalty; Maybe – Maybe Not! 2016 Vol 4-A Number 4 – Fall 2016 – From Ferry Service to Louis Riel! Vol 4-A Number 3 – Summer 2016 – Scatterings of History and some Story Telling!  Vol 4-A Number 2 – Spring 2016 – Artists Preserve Our History! Vol 4-A Number 1 – Winter 2016  – Getting Ownership and Stories of Erosion Straight! – Not in this Issue! 2015 Vol 3-A Number 4 – Fall 2015  – Port Maitland Cairn Dedicated August 29, 2015 Vol 3-A Number 3 – Summer 2015 – The Excitement grows as does the Cairn at Port Maitland! Vol 3-A Number 2 – Spring 2015 – More Walking Down Memory Lane – Camp Kvutza  Vol 3-A Number 1 – Winter 2015 – Memories of Port Maitland and Mount Carmel 2014 Vol 2-A Number 4 – Special Nov 2014 – Commemorative Cairn at Port Maitland Vol 2-A Number 4 – Fall 2014 – Lower Grand River Land Trust and Ruthven’s Approach to Conservation Vol 2-A Number 3 – Summer 2014 – William Dickson acquires Sherbooke Township! Vol 2-A Number 2 – Spring 2014 – Connections and Even More Connections Vol 2-A Number 1 – Winter 2014 – Port Maitland; Name & Founding Still in the Dark 2013 Vol 1-A Number 4 – Fall 2013 – New Grand Dispatch Complete Year Vol 1-A Number 3 – Summer 2013 – Disappointing Result at Lock Vol 1-A Number 2 – Spring 2013 – Bicentennial Year for Port Maitland Vol 1-A Number 1 – Winter 2013 – Despatch Comes Back to Life 2003 through 2012 no issues published 2002 Vol 5 Number 4 – The Grand Dispatch is Taking a Sabbatical Vol 5 Number 3 – Memories of Visitors Past Vol 5 Number 2 – Our Piers Have Been Reconstructed Numerous Times Vol 5 Number 1 – Spiders Catching Fish and Dad Catches Me 2001 Vol 4 Number 4 – Mohawk Island Lighthouse Vol 4 Number 3 – When Mom Left Home Vol 4 Number 2 – Building of the Feeder Canal Vol 4 Number 1 – A Labour of Love 2000 Vol 3 Number 4 – Beckley Beach Corporation Vol 3 Number 3 – Grand River Naval Depot.pdf Vol 3 Number 2 – Siddall Family and Their Tugs Vol 3 Number 1 – Sacred Heart Chapel 1999 Vol 2 Number 4 – Rum Running Vol 2 Number 3 – Camp Teetonkah Vol 2 Number 2 – Those Sports Vol 2 Number 1 – Hurricane Hazel 1998 Vol 1 Number 4 – Fair View Hill Vol 1 Number 3 – Postcards Vol 1 Number 2 – Association Formed Vol 1 Number 1 – Maitland One