Christine Jackson is Rollin' on the River with Captain Dan in Pembroke

On Wednesday 29 March Christine Jackson is the guest speaker at the AGM of the Ottawa Valley Historical Society.

 "The 400th anniversary in 2013 of Samuel de Champlain’s voyage up the Ottawa River prompted Christine Jackson’s research into a pioneering Canadian family with deep roots in England, who gave their name to the Champlain Park (Ottawa) street on which she has now lived for 30 years―Cowley Avenue."

In Rollin' on the River with Captain Dan: The Ottawa Valley's Pioneering Cowley Family, Christine will trace the early Ottawa Valley history of the entrepreneurial and pioneering riverboat captain, Captain Daniel Keyworth Cowley (1817–1897)—or “Captain Dan” as he was to become known.
She will recount what she has learned about the life and experiences of Capt. Cowley and his family in the Clarendon/ Bristol, Arnprior and Nepean areas. Included will be his brush with what is now thought by some to be Champlain’s lost astrolabe and the family’s role in the history and economic development of the Ottawa Valley—plus their great contribution to our national winter game! ("Cowboy" Bill Cowley 1912–1993).
A long-time family historian and active member of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa and the Historical Society of Ottawa, Christine Jackson is a retired federal public servant (Elections Canada) and former freelance editor and writer. She has previously presented and published her research on the Ottawa Valley’s pioneering Cowley Family, as well as her own family history from deep in the English County of Sussex."

The meeting starts at 7pm at the Champlain Trail Museum and Pioneer Village, 1032 Pembroke St. East, Pembroke, ON  K8A 6Z2 (Ph: 613-735-0517)  - www.champlaintrailmuseum.com  

If you're not able to get to that presentation it will be given again, somewhat modified, at OGS Conference 2017.