A member of HMCS BELLEVILLE’s crew shows a guest the ropes during her adoption ceremony at Kingston, Ontario, 22 October 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy RCSCC QUINTE. (RTL-BB002) This photo of HMCS BELLEVILLE has been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, Warships Of The Bay Of Quinte, published by Dundurn Publishing in 2011.
HMCS BELLEVILLE
HMCS BELLEVILLE during adoption ceremony in Kingston on 22 October 1944. The corvette built in Kingston was unable to visit her namesake city, due to the shallow water in the Bay of Quinte. So many Belleville citizens traveled the 100 km to Kingston to adopt their ship. The Curator of the Naval Museum of the […]
Mariner’s Park Museum, PEC -Talk
Join Roger at the Mariners Park Museum in Prince Edward County for a talk on the Royal Canadian Navy ships named for the Bay of Quinte Region on 16 July 2017 at 11 am. Roger will focus on HMCS HALLOWELL, a frigate named for Prince Edward County, served extensively during WWII and later in the […]
Listen to Roger Litwiller Interview on Northumberland Radio 89.7 “Words on The Hills”
Tune into Northumberland Radio 89.7 on Sunday September 20 at 1 pm for Roger Litwiller’s interview on the radio show, Words On The Hills. This is a wonderful weekly program with hosts Felicity Sidnell and Gwynn Scheltema with local authors from the Northumberland area of Ontario. Roger will be discussing the stories he has gathered […]
Roger Speaks at the Hastings County Historical Society
On 20 November 2012, Roger was invited to be the guest speaker at the Hastings County Historical Society. Over 100 members and guests attended Roger’s talk on his book Warships of the Bay of Quinte and a presentation on his next book White Ensign Flying. Roger also discussed the importance of passing our history on […]
Roger Litwiller Addresses Belleville City Council -donates his research to the Local Archives
On 24 May 2011, Roger was invited by Mayor Neil Ellis, to address the council of the City of Belleville at the regular council meeting. At that time Roger turned over to the City’s Archive his research that has been collected to write the chapter on HMCS BELLEVILLE in his book Warships of the Bay […]
Warships of the Bay of Quinte Book Launch -Archives and Collections Society in Picton
On April 29, 2011 Roger’s book Warships of the Bay of Quinte was officially launched at The Victory building, home of the Archives and Collections Society in Picton, Ontario. Activities commenced at 1 pm with a brief welcome by the host Dr. Paul Adamthwaite. Beth Bruder, Vice-President of Dundurn Publishing then spoke on behalf of […]