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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM196H_niagara-park-greenhouses_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
These greenhouses were erected in the year 1946 as a part of the design of the Niagara Parks Commission to develop the natural magnificence of this historic district and to display its charms for the benefit not only of those who are residents of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM196F_niagara-falls-park-and-river-railway-powerhouse_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
The Niagara Falls Park and River Railway Powerhouse, built on this site in 1892, was the first hydraulic powerhouse to use water from the Canadian side of the Niagara River. It generated 2100 hp of direct current electricity for the electric railw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM192F_indian-ossuary_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
200 yards north west of the highest point was situated thelargest Indian Ossuary yetdiscovered in the Province. First discovered in 1828.Bones and sand removed in 1908.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM192E_stamford-cottage_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
200 yards north east of this point stood"Stamford Cottage" later known as"Stamford Park" the home ofSir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant Governorof Upper Canada from 1818 to 1828.The property was purchased in 1822 andconsisted of a 'cottage' and gat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1908_lock-24-first-welland-canal_St.-Catharines-ON.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/HM1905_the-old-welland-canal_Thorold-ON.html
Originally conceived in 1818 by its promoter, William Hamilton Merritt, to divert trade from the Erie Canal and New York and built under private auspices, the canal was opened to traffic in 1829. After additional work in 1833, the canal with its 4…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18ZT_the-first-welland-canal-1824-1833_St.-Catharines-ON.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/HM18ZS_niagara-land-purchases_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
To obtain land on which to settle Loyalists and dispossessed members of the Six Nations of the Iroquois, Guy Johnson in May 1781 and John Butler in May 1784 negotiated treaties with representatives of the Mississauga and Chippewa of this region. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18ZR_john-graves-simcoe_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
Simcoe was born in Northamptonshire and educated at Oxford. He joined the British army in 1771, and from 1777-81 commanded the Queen's Rangers, a Loyalist corps in America. After the Loyalist influx had led to the creation of a separate province o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18ZO_conestoga-wagon-trek_Fort-Erie-ON.html
The border between Canada and the United States of America has witnessed many migrations of people. At two times, however, the migration was primarily from south to north. That was in the troubled days just prior to the American Revolutionary War …