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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FVB_in-honoured-memory-of-the-men-of-the-township-of-grantham_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
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In honoured memory of the men of the Township of Grantham who gave their lives in the Great War.
1914 1918 Canada
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Their name liveth for evermore.
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Vimy Ridge
Passchendaele
Amiens
Arras
Drocourt
Dury
Bourlon Wood
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FV8_niagara-district-united-empire-loyalists-memorial_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
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This boulder was on the half-way mark, between Niagara-on-the-Lake and Queenston
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This memorial is erected in proud memory of pioneer ancestors and to commemorate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of their arr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FV7_lance-corporal-fred-fisher-v-c_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Born in St, Catharines, Fred Fisher abandoned his studies at McGill University when World War I broke out and served with the 13th Battalion, First Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Fisher was awarded the Victoria Cross for his exceptional c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FV5_the-founding-of-st-catharines_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Before this region was settled, several Indian trails intersected here at a ford in Twelve Mile Creek. They were improved by early settlers and a church was erected at the crossroads by 1798. A tavern soon followed and a settlement, known as St. C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FV4_lafayette-road_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
When it became obvious that the Federal Army of the Cumberland was about to cut the supply lines from Atlanta, the Confederate Army was forced to withdraw from Chattanooga without a fight. The primary line of retreat was south through Rossville Ga…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FV3_early-welland-canals_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
The modern Welland Canal is actually the fourth version to be built since 1829. Unlike the later government-operated canals, the First Welland Canal was built by a private company.
The outline on the ground represents a typical lock from the First…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FV2_cannon-barrel_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
In 1960, the Lincoln Historical Society (now the St. Catharines Historical Society) recovered this cannon barrel from the banks of Twelve Mile Creek, formerly the route of the First and Second Welland Canals. It had been buried in the area under t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FV1_bollards-fairleads_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Bollards and Fairleads are used to control the lines (rope and cables) used to tie up a ship.
Bollards are steel or concrete posts, on land and on a ship, used to secure a vessel. Vessels travelling through the Welland Canal are tied up in each lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FV0_bollard_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Bollards, used to secure ropes from a ship, are found all along the canal. Most were plain and serviceable. This bollard, made from polished carved limestone and placed on a base, was a prototype for possible use along the present canal. Though ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FUZ_anglican-church-st-catharines_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
On this site stood the Anglican chapel, St. Catharines (1795 - 1836), the first public building in the community. The name St. Catharines became associated with the community and the church. By 1797 a log school house was situated just east of thi…