2016 – Pinhey's Point Foundation

EXHIBITS

Summer on the River: Camping and boating at Pinhey’s Point a century ago (opens May 8)

Photographs reproduced from the E.L. Brittain family albums in the archives of the Canadian Museum of History depict the lazy days of summer at Horaceville at the turn of the last century. The park at Pinhey’s Point Historic Site continues to be a perfect setting for a picnic. Treat your Mom to a day on the river!

A black-and-white photo of two boats moored in the bay at Pinhey's Point with the Pinhey house and outbuildings and old St. Mary's Church in the background, c. 1900 (Original image in PPF Collections) — Boats moored in the bay at Pinhey’s Point, c. 1900 (Original image in PPF Collections)

A Treasured Past (opens May 8)

Discover family heirlooms throughout the house from a recent donation by a great-great granddaughter of Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey. Learn about life on the farm at Horaceville from her recollections of a visit here as a child. Come view two newly donated and splendidly-restored paintings by Pinhey grandson, the artist John Charles Pinhey, RCA (1860-1912).

A colour photo of artist John Charles Pinhey's framed oil portrait of his wife Amalia (PPF Collections, Gift of Juanita Snelgrove) — John Charles Pinhey’s oil portrait of his wife Amalia. (PPF Collections, Gift of Juanita Snelgrove). There are a number of works by this artist, a grandson of Hamnett and Mary Anne Pinhey, in the PPF collections.

Juanita Snelgrove’s Century (opens May 18)

This exhibit recounts, in her own words and through family photographs, the life of Pinhey descendant Juanita (Cronyn) Snelgrove, who first visited Horaceville in 1923. A gracious woman drawing strength from her faith, active in her community, and loved by family and friends, Juanita celebrated her 100^th birthday at Horaceville in May 2016.

A black-and-white photo of baby Juanita, born 1916 in England, with her mother Constance Hamilton-Jackson and grandmother Amalia Pinhey (Courtesy Daphne Snelgrove) — Baby Juanita, born 1916 in England, with her mother Constance Hamilton-Jackson (nee Pinhey) and grandmother Amalia Pinhey (Courtesy Daphne Snelgrove)

TRAVELLING EXHIBIT

The Pinhey Family at War, 1914-1918

Department of History, 4^th floor Paterson Hall, Carleton University, to September

TRAVELLING EXHIBIT

Remedies, Elixirs, and Medical Men

Drawing on documentation and objects of the Pinhey family and their circle, this exhibit examines health care in 19^th-century March Township and Bytown (Ottawa). Hamnett Pinhey himself apprenticed in London with a surgeon and though he never practised that profession he brought a ship apothecary kit and numerous medical books with him to Canada and assisted neighbours with medical problems on the frontier in the absence of physicians. The exhibit also explores the lives of Dr A.J. Christie of Bytown, Pinhey’s son-in-law Dr Hamnett Hill, and Christie’s grandson who had a pharmacy on Sparks Street in the 1870s and an aerated water factory.The exhibit sets these Ottawa biographies and a selection from Hamnett Pinhey’s 18^th and 19^th century medical books in the context of changing medical knowledge over the course of the 19th century.

Department of History, 4^th floor Paterson Hall, Carleton University, September–December.

This exhibit accompanies the Carleton University History Department’s annual Shannon Lectures Series, which this year has the theme Critical Care: Treatment of Body and Mind in Cultural and Social History.

A colour photo of the title page of "A Compleat History of Druggs", Vol. II, London (England), 1712 (PPF Collections). — A Compleat History of Druggs (London 1712) belonged to H.K. Pinhey’s great-great grandfather Hamnett Kirkes. An account of the medicinal uses of flora and fauna, the 400 copperplate engravings include fanciful creatures such as unicorns and an artist’s imagining of a beaver. (PPF Collections)

EVENTS

PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES: Archaeology

(Admission free. Refreshments will follow each lecture.)

Discovering archaeological heritage at Pinhey’s Point (Monday June 27, 7 p.m. at Pinhey’s Point Historic Site)

Photographs and archival sources indicate that a number of historical buildings and architectural features at Pinhey’s Point have disappeared over time. One such building is a carriage or drive shed, shown in an 1890s photo built against the barn. The results of public excavations of this building conducted in August 2015 and May 2016 and their interpretive value are presented and discussed.

Ian Badgley is an archaeologist with the National Capital Commission and a member of the Pinhey’s Point Foundation’s board.

Colour image of Ian Badgley, guest speaker in Pinhey's Point Foundation speaker series, summer 2016 (B.E.) — Ian Badgley (B.E.)

Ottawa archaeology in the age of the gentleman amateur (Monday July 25, 7 p.m. at Pinhey’s Point Historic Site)

Bytown surgeons Hamnett Hill and Edward Van Cortlandt founded the Bytown Mechanics Institute and promoted natural history and archaeology. Van Cortlandt’s 1843 excavation of an indigenous burial ground older than the Pyramids has prompted a recent reinterpretation of the Ottawa River’s cultural landscape.

Randy Boswell is a former Ottawa Citizen and Postmedia news writer and a professor of journalism at Carleton University. He recently co-authored several studies about Ottawa-area archaeology with Canadian Museum of History curator Jean-Luc Pilon.

A cropped colour photo of guest speaker Randy Boswell (Justin Tang, courtesy Carleton University) — Randy Boswell (Justin Tang, Courtesy Carleton University)

NON-FOUNDATION EVENTS

Unveiling of West Carleton War Memorial (Saturday June 18, 1:15 p.m., Falldown Lane, Carp)

Although the former West Carleton Township consisted of Fitzroy, Torbolton, and Huntley the memorial is to include the names of war dead from the former March Township, including Charles Hamnett Pinhey. The site design by South March architect Malcolm Wildeboer is impressive, as is the unusual and moving sculpture by Ron Cowle of Lanark of a sitting soldier reading a letter from home.

To view the Foundation’s current exhibits and events: Current

To view our other past exhibits and events: Exhibit/Event Archive