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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…
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…