Interested in local history?

If you’re interested in learning about Stirling-Rawdon’s history, check out our local history database, Stirling-Rawdon Past & Present, and follow us on our library Facebook page for Throwback Thursday posts every Thursday for fun little tidbits about Stirling’s history, like the following…

 

After nearly 100 years Train No. 93 made its last run from Belleville to Toronto via Stirling and Peterborough in 1962. At the height of the railway’s popularity in Stirling in the 1930s there were 4 passenger trains arriving each day, operating between Belleville and Lindsay. ~Stirling News Argus, February 6, 1962