To date, this project has digitized and made searchable over 210,000 newspaper pages dating back to the nineteenth century, as well as over 2,000 photos of the Lost Villages.
Author of the article: Francis Racine
Publishing date: May 03, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 3 minute read • Handout Not For Resale The long-awaited SDG newspaper online archive was officially launched on Monday, May 3, 2021/ It contains a total of 210,566 scanned pages of SDG newspapers and can be accessed by visiting https://archive.sdgcounties.ca/ Handout/Cornwall Standard-Freeholder/Postmedia Network Supplied
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Avid history buffs in Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry have a reason to rejoice starting on Monday morning the long-awaited SDG newspaper online archive was officially launched.
The brainchild of local MP Eric Duncan, the online newspaper collection which can be accessed at archive.sdgcounties.ca contains a total of 210,566 scanned pages.
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By Nick Seebruch
CORNWALL, Ontario – On Monday, May 3, Stormont, Dundas, South Glengarry MP Eric Duncan announced the launch of the SD&G Online Archives, a two year project to digitize historical documents as well as many of the newspapers, both past and present, that covered the United Counties of SD&G.
“It is very exciting to finally launch the online archives website after years of work,” said Duncan. “The support for the project from the various newspaper ownership teams, local historical archives and organizations, and from County Council was fantastic. This material is a gift to researchers, and the residents of SDG who now have an online gateway to their history.”