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The Ontario Gymnastic Federation was incorporated in 1974 for the purpose of promoting the sport of gymnastics, the training of coaches, the organization of competitions, and the training of judges and officials. The origins of the Ontario Gymnastic Federation date to the formation of gymnastic clubs at the German Harmonie Club and at the Sokol Club in Toronto, which initiated the formation of the Central Ontario Branch of the Amateur Athletic Union. Around 1967 the gymnasts of Ontario began to put together their own association, the Central Ontario Gymnastic Association. By November of 1968 the name was changed to the Ontario Gymnastic Association.

The Ontario School Trustee Council has seven member associations with a combined membership of about 1,500 school systems. The Council deals with various issues related to public school education including effectiveness and remuneration of teachers, financial difficulties of expanding school systems and adequacy of the curriculum in a changing society.

Colonel William Nisbet Ponton, born in 1856 at Belleville, Ont., was educated at Upper Canada College, the University of Toronto, B.A. 1877, M.A. 1878, and Osgoode Hall. He practised law in Belleville where he apparently specialized in the administration of property and estates, and served for 27 years on the Belleville Board of Education in addition to acting as Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce.

Colonel Ponton was an executive of the Associated Boards of Trade of Ontario. Registrar of the Canadian Bar Association, President of the Ontario Bar Association, a member of the Council of the Canadian Red Cross, Grand First Principal of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada A.F. & A.M., a Fellow and Vice-President of the Royal Empire Society, a Senator of the University of Toronto, Vice-President of the Old Boys' Association of Upper Canada College, and a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. He commanded the 15th Battalion, Argyll Light Infantry, from 1892 to 1901. He was also a member of the Belleville and Bay of Quinte Historical society.

The township of Portland is situated on the south shore of Big Rideau Lake. First settled in the early nineteenth century, it was one of the earliest settlements along the Rideau. The community’s original seven houses, informally known as “The Landing” became a transfer point for settlers traveling from Brockville and continuing by barge to the Perth area.

With the completion of the Rideau Canal waterway in 1832, steamboats and barges carrying raw materials such as cordwood from the clearing of forests, maple syrup, potash, cheese, tanned hides and salt beef were a common sight. Portland became a thriving village of trade with Kingston, Montreal and Ottawa. In 1843, the village was a booming commercial centre and adopted the name Portland after the third Duke of Portland. By the 1860's, the settlement had expanded considerably to require five hotels and, by the early 1900's, cottages were springing up around the lake and the tourist trade had begun. Advances in rail and road travel and increasing tourism offset a decline in the role of agriculture.