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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17XG_ebenezer-community_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
In 1852 this was the site of the Ebenezer religious community of 800 people. It had log houses, a wharf, store, blacksmith shop, sawmill, woolen mill, flour mill, cannery, cabinet shop and a communal dining hall. Their best known product was high …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17XF_niagara-river-remedial-action-plan_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
Niagara's beauty has been an inspiration for today's environmental movement. Early conservationists such as George Catlin and Frederick Olmstead, who invented the concept of national parks, came to view its wonders. Nurtured by such visions and en…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17XE_the-destruction-of-the-caroline-1837_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
On the night of December 29-30, 1837, some 60 volunteers acting on the orders of Col. Allen Napier MacNab, and commanded by Capt. Andrew Drew, R.N., set out from Chippawa in small boats to capture the American steamer "Caroline". That vessel, whic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17XB_the-boundary-waters-treaty_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
"It is further agreed that the waters herein defined as boundary waters and waters flowing across the boundary shall not be polluted on either side to the injury of health or property of the other." Widely regarded as the first environmental ag…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1753_brock-dead-house_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
During the War of 1812, the Brock Dead House was owned by Patrick McCabe. The fa?ade was oriented in an easterly direction, facing the Niagara River. Courtesy Brock University Library,Special Collections and Archives Brock Dead HouseOn 13th …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14BU_zimmerman-fountain-pond_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
This beautiful fountain takes its name from Samuel Zimmerman who came to Canada from Pennsylvania in 1842. He amassed a fortune through a series of lucrative contracts involving the building of the second Welland Canal and various Railway Lines, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14AV_to-the-memory-of-the-pioneers_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
Genesee Methodist Conference met here July 1820.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14AU_charles-green_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
"If the captain wants me, he may come himself and if he does I will shoot him." With these words, Charles Green refused induction into the N. Jersey rebel militia. Imprisoned, he escaped and joined the "King's Rangers" a loyalist unit. He "suff…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14AS_bertie-street-ferry-landing_Fort-Erie-ON.html
Over the centuries there have been many ferry landings along the Niagara River. Some were built by local merchants and some as government licenced landing points. The longest operating ferry dock was here, near the foot of present-day Bertie St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14AR_fort-erie-ferry-landings_Fort-Erie-ON.html
Throughout the 1800s there were many ferry landings competing for business along the Niagara River. The map below is a compilation of some of these locations. Ferry leases were granted to:Col. John Warren Sr.,John Warren Jr.,Nelson Forsyth,Kenn…
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