Conestoga Wagon Trek Monument with the Upper Niagara River in the background

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Title
Conestoga Wagon Trek Monument with the Upper Niagara River in the background
Description
en-CA 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 and during the uneasy decades when the new republic was being formed. During the last two decades of the 18th century, many people, motivated by loyalty to the British Crown and fearing some aspects of the course being set by the new United States, sold prosperous farms in Pennsylvania and moved their possessions by conestoga wagon to Ontario. They entered the Niagara River at Black Rock, N.Y. and probably landed at or near this point. Many were German speaking people known as Pennsylvania Dutch. They came from Lancaster and neighbouring counties in Pennsylvania and settled in the Fort Erie area, Jordan, Vineland, the Markham area and Kitchener-Waterloo. Their unconquerable courage and inflexible faith, together with hard work and much sacrifice, helped to establish many of the churches and the farming and business enterprises in this and other areas of the province of Ontario. This marker was erected by persons who, in 1997, celebrated the 200th anniversary of their foreparents journey from Pennsylvannia to Ontario by re-enecting their trek.
Identifier
http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=362921
Creator
Rodman, Heather
Type
Still Image
Is Part Of
Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections
Medium
Colour Digital Image
Provenance
Donated by Heather Rodman
Date Copyrighted
20120205
Subject
Monuments
Niagara Parkway / Boulevard
Niagara River - Upper
Spatial Coverage
Canada - Ontario - Niagara Falls
Source
Niagara Falls (Ont.) Public Library
Date Created
2012-04-25
Date Modified
2012-04-25
Item sets
Historical Images Item Set
Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections
Images of a Century
Media
Conestoga Wagon Trek Monument with the Upper Niagara River in the background