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Merrickville Legion 223 Main St. W., Merrickville, ONThe Merrickville and District Historical Society invites you to the first lecture of the 2025 Lecture Series on Tuesday, February 25, at 7 pm at the Merrickville Legion. Please join us for a presentation about a former landmark in the Merrickville area: “The Rideau Correctional Treatment Centre 1947-2004” with Jim Empey. Jim will provide us with the history of the facility, how it converted from minimum to medium security in 1985, the day-to-day operations of a prison and stories that occurred during his ‘watch’.