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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G1U_welland-ship-canal_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
This plaque erected to mark the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Welland Ship Canal to world shipping on August 6, 1932, commemorates the significant role this historic waterway and our inland fleet play in Canadian national life.
This cana…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G1F_the-welland-canals-and-the-st-lawrence-seaway-system_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
The Welland Ship Canal is the fourth in a series of successively larger canals that were built to join Lakes Ontario and Erie - the first being completed in 1829. The present Canal was opened in 1932. It forms part of the St. Lawrence Seaway/Great…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G1D_vertical-lift-bridges_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Twenty vertical lift bridges were constructed to cross the Welland Canal at the time of its opening in 1932. Of the eleven original vertical lift bridges, only three remain in use.
This sheave (a grooved wheel that forms part of a pulley) was rem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G05_spring-tooth-cultivator_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
After a vineyard has been disked, a cultivator is used to break the earth into smaller pieces for a leveller finish. This one, from the Vansickle Road farm of Jim Brown in St. Catharines, was used from about 1900 until 1980 when it was given to th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G03_shipbuilding-in-niagara_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Shipbuilding has a long association with the Niagara Peninsula, and is especially linked to the Welland Canals. Russell Armington established this important industry with the launching in 1828 of the WELLAND CANAL. St. Catharines quickly became th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FXK_william-hamilton-merritt-1793-1862_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Born of a Loyalist family in the State of New York, Merritt became a pioneer merchant and industrialist on Upper Canada's Niagara frontier. In 1818 he began to promote construction of the Welland Canal, of which he became the first general manager…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FW1_international-shipmasters-association_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
The maritime professionals who sail the ships on the Great Lakes are celebrating the 100th anniversary of their fraternal organization, the I. M. S. A. whose purpose is stated in the Association's constitution, "The purpose of this association's c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FVM_horse-drawn-grape-hoe_St.-Catharines-Ontario.html
Grape hoes would be drawn by horse through a vineyard, either by pulling the earth away from the grapes or mounding it up to them in order to remove the weed growth. Modern grape hoes perform the same function today.
Niagara Grapes and Wines Many…
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…