Kentville Historical Society

08/24/2026

In addition to our September Speaker Meeting, our most popular event of the year is back! 🍂

Join us for the Oak Grove Cemetery Guided Walk as Laura Churchill Duke brings to life the fascinating stories of the people who helped shape Kentville’s history.

Everyone is welcome! Admission is by freewill donation to the Kentville Historical Society.

More event details can be found here: https://kentvillehistoricalsociety.ca/events/

We hope to see you there!

08/24/2026

Save the date for our next Speaker Event happening on Thursday, September 17th!

Details below:

08/13/2026

Yesterday at the Kentville Heritage Centre, a piece of our town’s history was brought back home. A ledger dated 1881, belonging to Calvin Bishop, of Kentville, was discovered in an Antique Shop in Charlottesville, Virginia and was personally presented to our Historical Society by Giselle Gautreau, an artist from that area. She had initially purchased the ledger to use in her art work, but when looking through it, realized it had significant historical value and reached out to our Historical Society to see if we would like to have it returned. So yesterday, Giselle and her husband, while vacationing in NS, presented it to our Heritage Centre. It was an exciting moment to actually read the many cash entries made by C. Bishop back in 1881, and a mystery as to how it ended up in Charlottesville, Virginia. Many familiar Kentville names can be found in the ledger. A special thanks to Giselle and her husband, for personally bringing it back home!

07/29/2026

Kentville’s famous “sand hill” 👀

07/29/2026

A post by Jerry Wood 〰

"If you lived in Kentville in the 1960s particularly in the west end of town you would most likely remember Gibsons Market or “Gibbies” as I remember most people calling it. It was located on the south side of the railway tracks on West Main Street across from Canada Foods. The owner was Ed Gibson and my dad Malcolm worked there with Ed for pretty well all the years it operated under that name from circa 1965-1978."

07/21/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our recent Speaker Event featuring Daphne Frazee, who shared stories about her grandfather, Charles H. Wright!

Attendees enjoyed learning about Wright's lasting impact on the Annapolis Valley as a builder and electric power pioneer.

His work included the Sealy Block in Kentville, several buildings at the former Kentville Sanatorium, and many beautiful stone churches, including those in Kentville and Wolfville. Daphne also spoke about his role in co-founding the Avon Electric Company with Roy Joudrey, helping bring electric power to the Valley.

Thank you, Daphne, for sharing your family's history and helping bring Charles Wright's legacy to life.

Stay tuned for details on our next Speaker Event happening in September!

07/16/2026

Tonight!

Mark your calendar for our next Speaker Event with guest speaker, Daphne Frazee!

07/05/2026

📣 Event Reminder! 📣

Mark your calendar for our next Speaker Event with guest speaker, Daphne Frazee!