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![1877 plan of northwest Belleville with certain properties highlighted in red.](https://www.cabhc.ca/en/news/resources/Caroline-Wallbridges-property-in-West-Belleville-1884.jpg)
Widows and Old Maids
Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 02:51 PM
Voting in municipal elections had been an entirely male affair until the election of 1884, when women were granted the vote for the first time. The franchise was still quite...
![Front page of the North Hastings Review of 5 March 1908.](https://www.cabhc.ca/en/news/resources/North-Hastings-Review-front-page-5-Mar-1908.jpg)
Madoc stories now online
Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2023 08:30 AM
The Community Archives recently partnered with the Board of the Madoc Public Library to digitize the microfilm of more than two thousand issues of the Madoc Mercury and the
![Detail of registration of Man Yee Jung in 1924.](https://www.cabhc.ca/en/news/resources/Registration-of-Men-Yee-Jung-detail.jpg)
The Chinese Exclusion Act in Hastings County
Posted on Monday, July 17, 2023 12:23 PM
The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923, commonly known as the Chinese Exclusion Act, restricted immigration of Chinese people and required existing Canadian people of Chinese...
![Detail of 1867 map of Trenton, Ontario.](https://www.cabhc.ca/en/news/resources/2023-057-01-detail.jpg)
Trenton at Confederation
Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 02:42 PM
Renovations to the Quinte West Public Library at Trenton have unearthed some interesting items. Among them was a 100cm x 150cm (40" x 60") plan of the settlement created in...
![House undergoing restoration of wooden siding and shingle roof.](https://www.cabhc.ca/en/news/resources/2023-047-01.jpg)
A Community Rescue
Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2023 12:08 PM
In 1984, a group of Belleville business owners clubbed together to purchase one of the city's oldest buildings: the property at 45 South Front Street. The house had...