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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G05_spring-tooth-cultivator_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
After a vineyard has been disked, a cultivator is used to break the earth into smaller pieces for a leveller finish. This one, from the Vansickle Road farm of Jim Brown in St. Catharines, was used from about 1900 until 1980 when it was given to th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G03_shipbuilding-in-niagara_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Shipbuilding has a long association with the Niagara Peninsula, and is especially linked to the Welland Canals. Russell Armington established this important industry with the launching in 1828 of the WELLAND CANAL. St. Catharines quickly became th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FZX_louis-shickluna-1808-1880_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
A prominent Canadian shipbuilder, Shickluna was born in Malta, where he worked before emigrating to North America. By 1835 he was engaged in ship construction at Youngstown, NY. Three years later, attracted by the traffic stimulated by the Welland…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FZC_ridley-college_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
One of Ontario's most prominent independent boarding schools, this college, named for a 16th century Christian martyr, was opened in 1889. It was established by Anglican churchman to provide boys with a sound preparatory education and to instill i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FZB_rev-anthony-burns-1834-1862_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Born a slave in Virginia, Burns escaped from servitude in 1854 and fled to Boston, where he was arrested under the Fugitive Slave act of 1850. Abolitionists came to his defence and serious riots ensued. This was the last trial of a fugitive slave …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FXO_this-statue-of-the-honourable-william-hamilton-merritt_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
has been erected by his grandson William Hamilton Merritt of the City of Toronto, son of William Hamilton Merritt Jr. of St. Catharines, as a tribute to the father of Canadian transportaion who through initiatory steps in first waterways and railw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FXM_william-hamilton-merritt-1793-1862_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
A pioneer in the field of transportation, Merritt was born in Bedford, New York and settled at Twelve Mile Creek (St. Catharines) with his Loyalist family in 1796. He served with the provincial cavalry during the War of 1812, then operated mercant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FXK_william-hamilton-merritt-1793-1862_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Born of a Loyalist family in the State of New York, Merritt became a pioneer merchant and industrialist on Upper Canada's Niagara frontier. In 1818 he began to promote construction of the Welland Canal, of which he became the first general manager…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FW1_international-shipmasters-association_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
The maritime professionals who sail the ships on the Great Lakes are celebrating the 100th anniversary of their fraternal organization, the I. M. S. A. whose purpose is stated in the Association's constitution, "The purpose of this association's c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FVM_horse-drawn-grape-hoe_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Grape hoes would be drawn by horse through a vineyard, either by pulling the earth away from the grapes or mounding it up to them in order to remove the weed growth. Modern grape hoes perform the same function today.
Niagara Grapes and Wines Many…