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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FUY_the-fourth-welland-canal_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
A tribute to Canadian engineering design and construction, the Fourth Welland Canal was built to permit passage of ships between Lakes Ontario and Erie, bypassing Niagara Falls. Constructed in the period 1913 - 1932 at a cost of $130 million, it i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FPB_the-first-welland-canal-1824-1833_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Lock number 6 of the original Welland Canal lies in the adjacent watercourse about 213 metres southwest of here. This first or "wooden" canal, constructed 1824-33 by the Welland Canal Company, ran from Port Dalhousie on Lake Ontario to Port Colbor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FPA_salem-chapel-british-methodist-episcopal-church_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Salem Chapel, built in 1855, was an important centre of 19th-century abolitionist and civil rights activity in Canada. Harriet Tubman, the famous Underground Railroad "conductor", lived near here from 1851 to 1858 and is traditionally associated w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FP9_richard-pierpoint-c-1744-c-1838_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
One of the first Black settlers in this region, Pierpoint was born in Senegal. At the age of about 16 he was imprisoned and shipped to America where he became the slave of a British officer. During the American Revolution he enlisted in the Britis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FP8_lock-24-first-welland-canal_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
A timber lock with inside dimensions of 33.7m (108 ft.) by 6.6m (22 ft.) was constructed on this site between 1824 and 1827. The lock walls consisted of earth filled cribs 5.2m (16 ft) thick and 7.6m (25 ft) deep. This was the 24th lock of 39 that…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FP7_harriet-tubman_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Born on a Maryland plantation, Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become one of the great heroes of the 19th century. The most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, she courageously led many of the people she rescued from American slavery…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FP6_harriet-tubman_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Harriet
Tubman
After the passing
of the USA 1850
Fugitive Slave Law
she said,
"I wouldn't trust
Uncle Sam with
my people no
longer: I brought
them all clear
off to Canada."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FP5_harriet-ross-tubman-c-1820-1913_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
A legendary conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman became known as the "Moses" of her people. Tubman was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation and suffered brutal treatment from numerous owners before escaping in 1849. Over the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FP4_bme-church_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
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The Salem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal Church was the first Black church in St. Catharines. Originally known as the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the name was changed to reflect their loyalty to the Bri…