Crew's Notes
Welcome to the Ship's Blog
Welcome to the Crew’s Notes, an on going blog by the committee members of the Nine Ships 1825 Inc. This page will feature their blog entries that relate to the Peter Robinson Emigration. This will include suplimentary information, book reviews, personal experiences throughout the bicentennial, and more!
Stay tuned to keep up with biweekly book reviews by blogger Elwood Jones and other important developments as we celebrate our rich Irish heritage and the bicentenary of the settlers’ arrival.
The Peterborough Examiner – Opinion | Peter Robinson and my golfing life an article by Paul Hickey
Click the link below to be taken to opinion article by Paul Hickey (Aug. 20, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.)...
MEDIA RELEASE: Nine Ships 1825 Places Memorial Plaque and Stone at St. Peter’s Cemetery
©nine ships 1825 Inc Media Release – August 8, 2025 Nine Ships 1825 Places Memorial Plaque and Stone at St. Peter’s Cemetery to mark Peter Robinson Settlers and Descendents' Grave. Nine Ships 1825 Board of Directors is pleased to announce that a memorial plaque and...
MEDIA RELEASE: Visit the Bicentennial Heritage Fair!
Media Release – August 5, 2025 Visit the Bicentennial Heritage Fair as part of the Nine Ships 1825 Bicentennial Week Events. ...
Letter: Office of the President of Ireland
Heritage Fair – Artist Feature: Elizabeth Doucette
About Elizabeth Doucette Elizabeth Doucette is a watercolour artist based in Peterborough, Ontario. Drawing inspiration from local landscapes, native flora, and her Irish-Canadian heritage, she creates vibrant paintings that reflect the relationship between nature and...
Nine Ships Chair Brendan Moher at the Canada Ireland Foundation Chair’s Reception March 2025
Nine Ships Chair Brendan Moher (middle) at the Canada Ireland Foundation Chair's Reception held in Toronto March 28th lining up interviews to spread the word for Nine Ships with broadcasters Ken Tracey of Irish Radio Canada (left) and Hugo Straney of CHIN Radio...
British Emigration History Book Review by Elwood H. Jones
Helen I. Cowan, British Emigration to British North America: the first hundred years, Toronto, U of Toronto Press, 1961, Pp. xi, 321, illustrations, endnotes, bibliography Helen Cowan’s study of British emigration remains the gold standard work on the subject. She had...
The Naming of Peterborough by Elwood H. Jones
Peterborough, named in 1825 to honour Peter Robinson, has a more intricate origin than commonly understood. Public lore often misrepresents the naming process, which, while a tribute to Robinson, was also influenced by Hon. Zacheus Burnham’s New Hampshire background…
Valley of the Trent Review by Elwood H. Jones
Edwin C. Guillet, ed., The Valley of the Trent, Ontario Champlain Series, Toronto, 1957, PP. lviii, 474, includes footnotes Edwin Guillet’s volume on the Valley of the Trent remains one of my favourite books on local history. It has a fascinating introduction that...
Ireland on the Eve of the 1825 Robinson Emigration by Elwood H. Jones
A book review of David Dickson's Old World Colony by Elwood H. Jones David Dickson, Old World Colony: Cork and South Munster 1630-1830, Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 2005 David Dickson studied the historical records of southern Ireland over 200 years from...