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• Construction workers digging a sewer in front of Port Robinson's School
• Samuel Zimmerman - Founder of Clifton
• Welland River in Port Robinson
• Port Robinson United Church

  Built 1851, demolished 1973 ;
• St Paul's Church in Port Robinson
• Port Robinson Community Centre, formerly a schoolhouse
• Bridge over the Welland River in Port Robinson
• Jamie Touhil - Mechanical Foreman & Fire Chief (at Cyanamid ?)
• Egerton Ryerson - Considered to be the Father of Public Education
• Mayor Wayne Thompson (Left)

  B&W photograph
• Steamship "Lakeside" leaving Port Dalhousie Harbour
• John George Lambton - 1st Earl of Durham, Governor-General of British America, 1838
• Lock One of the old Welland Ship Canal in Port Dalhousie

  Photograph from a stereograph
• Sports field at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie, spectators watching a ball game
• Steamship "Cumberland" in Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Honorable Sir Oliver Mowat, G.C.M.G., LL.D.

  Prime Minister of Ontario, 1872-1896
• Steamship "Dalhousie City" bringing passengers from Toronto to Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Port Dalhousie harbour
• Don Wilson, General Manager of NPC, Centre, Sharing a Joke with 2 Chinese Visitors on the right

  B&W photograph
• Steam ship entering Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Row boats on the Beach at Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie
• Ken Barton on Horseback

  horse, horses
• Paddle Boats at Lakeside Park Beach in Port Dalhousie
• Retirement of Mr. Critelli from Chippawa's Seperate School
• Severin William Portraying Colonel John Butler

  Colonel John Butler was the founder of the first settlement on the West bank of the Niagara River
• Yacht Club at Port Dalhousie
• Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie
• Paul Natals (Left) at the Father Joseph O'Brien Centre
• Sports field at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie
• Rowers on Twelve Mile Creek in Port Dalhousie
• Steam ship "Dalhousie City" pulling into Port Dalhousie Harbour
• William Hamilton Merritt

  The man who dreamed up the first Niagara Suspension Bridge, also planned and promoted the first Welland Canal
• Herb Pew - Captain of the Yacht Athena
• Mel Swart in the Sandy Swamp

  " x 8.25" B&W photograph
• William Kirby (1817-1906)

  Author - Annals of Niagara (1896); reprinted 1972
• Mayor O'Laughlin (Niagara Falls New York), and James Allan (Niagara Parks Commission)
• Elizabeth Simcoe

  B&W photograph of a sketch
• Niagara Falls Hydro Electric Commission

  B&W photograph
• Captain Benjamin D. Foulois, Commander

  B&W photograph
• Ridgeway - Audrey Marr, Beeshy's China Shop
• Reverend Percival Mayes - 4th President of the Lundy's Lane Historical Society (1951)
• Beach at Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie
• Tug Boat J. D. Schofield docked in Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Port Dalhousie Harbour from the foot of Lock Street
• Ships in Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Sports field at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie
• Beach at Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie, lighthouse in background
• Sports field at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie

  Electric Streetcar right side of photo ;
• Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie
• Sports field and carousel at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie

  A distance view of the park ; the outer perimeter houses many small buildings ; large crowds of people are wandering around the park ; the carousel is in the centre (background) ;
• George Keefer, Esq. - First President of the Welland Canal Company
• Water Slide at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie
• Mr. Morphy (?)

  Negative available
• Port Dalhousie and the harbour
• Port Dalhousie and the harbour
• Lock One of the old Welland Ship Canal in Port Dalhousie
• Entrance to Port Dalhousie Harbour

  Rutland Transit Company Ship in foreground ;
• Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie

  The Beach and Lake Ontario are just behind the trees in the background ;
• Relaxing at the Beach at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie
• Chief Fireman Dave Kemp
• Beach at Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie, lighthouse in background
• Sunbathing at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie
• Port Dalhousie beach at Lakeside Park
• Chief Fireman S. C. Thomson (On Desk) & Chief Fireman Dave Kemp (Seated)
• Bishop Strachan
• Elizabeth Merriam Putnam

  aged 102 years, 10 months and 6 days old
• Port Dalhousie harbour and surrounding buildings
• Port Dalhousie harbour
• Steam ship in Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Steam ship "Georgetown" headed into Port Dalhousie Harbour

  The Steamer "W. B. Morley" is leaving Port Dalhousie Harbour at left side of picture, to rear of the "Georgetown " ;
• Charles Morrison

  Born in Stamford, Ont.
• Steamships "Georgetown" and "W. B. Morley" in Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Steam ships docked at Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Steam ships docked at Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Maple Leaf Rubber Company in Port Dalhousie
• Beach at Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie
• Turkey Supper

  Left to Right: L. Morningstar, Don Shanks, Bob Chagnon
• Steam ship Dalhousie City entering Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Ruth McKenzie - Author of "Laura Secord: The Legend and the Lady"

  Laura Secord: The Legend and the Lady
• Private Victor A. Kennedy
• Private Guy Bernard Kennedy

  Died on October 29, 1918 at the age of 22; Son of Abram and Letitia Kennedy, of Niagara Falls, Ontario
• Laura Secord

  Negative available
• Sod Turning - George Burkator (Left) and John Clements (Right) Both Holding Shovel
• Water Slide at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie, lighthouse in background
• Port Dalhousie harbour
• Steam ship leaving Port Dalhousie Harbour and Welland Canal entrance
• Lock One of the old Welland Ship Canal in Port Dalhousie
• Niagara, St Catharines & Toronto Railcar leaving Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie
• Mr. McNab

  B&W photograph
• An Electric Streetcar travelling through Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie, Lake Ontario in the background
• Ships docked in Port Dalhousie harbour

  Ship on left is Rutland Transit Company
• Ann Murray

  wife of Chief Justice Powell
• Steam ship Cayuga approaching Port Dalhouise harbor
• Steam Ship passing the NS&T Railway Station in Port Dalhousie

  The Niagara, St. Catharines, & Toronto Railway & Navigation Company building in left of photo
• William Lyon MacKenzie - The Little Rebel
• Steam ship in Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Lakeside Park at Port Dalhousie
• Park in Port Dalhousie
• Port Dalhousie harbour entrance
• Port Dalhousie