Historic 1000 Islands Village Foundation

Published purpose

This project will implement Phase 2 of the Gananoque Archive Collections Project. Phase 1 was initiated in 2021 with the support of LAC. It focused on making a minimum of 50% of the Town of Gananoque’s archival collection accessible and improving the preservation standards for the collection. Following the successful implementation of Phase 1, Phase 2 will continue the process of opening up the community’s extensive documentary heritage for research, exhibitions, programming, and online opportunities. Phase 2 will concentrate on parts of the collection that are not digitized and require preventative conservation actions to meet professional archival standards. These parts of the collection are still largely inaccessible to the public as a result of outdated and incomplete documentation and lack of digitization. They are at risk of further degradation and potential loss. This project will digitize, preserve and document the remaining two-dimensional (2-D) items, multi-page documents, and the oversized record book collection.