The Opeongo Line

Stationkeepers MV Kitchen Party

A rousing Sunday afternoon celebration as the Stationkeepers MV reopen its Barry's Bay Railway Museum with the joyous sounds of the Yo-Yo Mammas and the Stationkeeper Singers as they entertain an enthusiastic audience with local and Canadian fiddle classics.

Pike-pole Sketches on the Madawaska

The Opeongo Readers' Theatre proudly presents the world premiere of Sir Gilbert Parker's long-lost 'Pike-pole Sketches on the Madawaska,' four short-stories written in the 1880s about some imaginary folks who once worked upon one of the great rivers of the Ottawa Valley.

The Last Laird of McNab

Jeff Bowman, Cathy Chapeskie, Karen Filipkowski and Lynn Stewart, all members of the Opeongo Readers' Theatre present a 200-year-old story, somewhat true and sometimes fiction, of Archibald McNab, Renfrew County's very own feudal countryman of Robbie Burns.

The Mayor’s Levee

In honour of a very old Canadian tradition established in 1646, the new Mayor of the Township of Madawaska Valley, Mark Willmer, sat down with Opeongo Line host, Sean Conway, on this New Years Day and discussed matters of municipal interest.

Christmas with Ms. Montgomery I

The Opeongo Line's annual Christmas show with Jeff Bowman, Cathy Chapeskie, Karen and Rob Filipkowski, Carol and Brian Peterson, Lynn Stewart and Mark Woermke, all members of the Opeongo Readers' Theatre. This year they present eight short stories, all about Christmas in Canada, by Lucy Maud Montgomery. 

Christmas with Ms. Montgomery II

The Opeongo Line's annual Christmas show with Jeff Bowman, Cathy Chapeskie, Karen and Rob Filipkowski, Carol and Brian Peterson, Lynn Stewart and Mark Woermke, all members of the Opeongo Readers' Theatre. This year they present eight short stories, all about Christmas in Canada, by Lucy Maud Montgomery. 

The Boys of Autumn

Three personal essays written and read by Barry Conway including "On McAuley Lake Road," "The Back Forty." and "The Big Eddy," all memoirs of growing up in the Upper Madawaska and Opeongo River Valleys in the 1960s.

Renfrew County & the 1917 Khaki Election

The Bromley Historical Society hosted Sean Conway, a former Ontario cabinet minister, who spoke in Cobden recently about the federal election of 1917 and the atypical results in Renfrew County due to the Conscription issue.

Buck Hill & Other Stories

The Opeongo Readers' Theatre present its annual Halloween show including an ancient tract about Irish Banshees, a wild story about a town drunk who dies and comes back to run for office, a curious tale of Siberian magic and,  finally, a disturbing story about our local area's most haunted places, Reds and Buck Hill.

Algonquin Voices II

Anne K. Wilde brings us a special Thanksgiving gift, a unique hour of Algonquin songs, folktales and legends provided by several Indigenous women who live along the York River in the Hastings Highlands near Algonquin Park.