CABHC

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Welcome to the Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County

The Community Archives collects and shares information about the history of Belleville and Hastings County region of Ontario through the records of its people, businesses and local governments.

The archives is located in the Belleville Public Library building at 254 Pinnacle Street, Belleville, Ontario.

Opening hours: Monday to Thursday, 10am-1pm and 2pm-4pm

Closed on statutory holidays: check our calendar for closure dates.

Car on Stirling's Mill Street

Hotel Quinte in Belleville

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Front page of King James Bible of 1701

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Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County

March 4 04:32 PM

Looking forward to warmer days: a Dickie Dee ice cream tricycle from around 1970 for #TransportTuesday

March 11 04:03 PM

We take to the water for #TransportTuesday with a photo of the ship, City of Belleville, taken by Allen Montgomery at the Government Dock in Belleville, in 1948.

March 10 03:04 PM

It's #InternationalBagpipeDay! Here are members of Belleville band, The Kilties, with the Belleville station in the background in 1909. flic.kr/p/xCL6JU You can read more about The Kilties through our online catalogu ...

March 6 05:30 PM

#ThrowbackThursday to a visit by Mayors of US cities called Belleville on September 30th, 1969. The four mayors helped to celebrate Belleville Week by competing in a frog (toad?) pentathlon in Belleville's Market Square ...

March 4 04:32 PM

Looking forward to warmer days: a Dickie Dee ice cream tricycle from around 1970 for #TransportTuesday

March 11 04:03 PM

We take to the water for #TransportTuesday with a photo of the ship, City of Belleville, taken by Allen Montgomery at the Government Dock in Belleville, in 1948.