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• Henley stamp fitting honor for continent's top course

  Canada Post / Stamps / Royal Canadian Henley Regatta / Rowing
• Heroine's Chippawa home for sale

  Secord, Laura Ingersoll
• Town sprange from humble beginnings
• Fort Erie Track - 85 Years of Racing : Special trains carried eager bettors

  Fort Erie Jockey Club / Racetrack / Horseracing
• At Fallsview : Shrine to peace began as humble parish church

  Our Lady of Peace Shrine
• Prominent Drummondville citizens spurred Stamford Collegiate

  Stamford Collegiate
• Historic Portage Road worn well
• Old newspapers provide glimpses into our past
• Begun in war, daylight time 64 years old

  Daylight savings
• Welland Canal key element in Niagara peninsula growth
• Oneida familiar Niagara name

  Oneida Community Ltd. / Oneida Tower
• Incorporated March 13, 1882 : Niagara Falls Village retains original vitality
• Stamford Presbyterian Church : First congregation formed in 1784
• 65 Years Later : Scow rescue tale still exciting
• Four Lived, Three Died : No mercy for stunters who incur fury of Falls
• Recent Blast to Reopen Access : Terrapin Point first tower site
• In 1783, first settlers arrived at site of future Port Colborne
• 'Uncle Tom' - Famous Canadian saga began near Fort Erie : The dramatic story of the escaped slave who led his people to freedom in Canada

  Henson, Josiah / Slavery / Underground Railroad / Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Pilot's error doomed sub chaser

  Sunbeam / subchaser / Shipwreck
• Famous cupola destroyed in 1938 fire at Loretto
• Clifton Hotel : Booze flowed at famous fire
• Criger's Garage was landmark in city's downtown business area

  Criger's Garage and Machine Shop
• Mothers' pleas led to Sunday school building

  Sunday school / Union Sunday School
• Leading citizens backed City of the Falls project

  Forsyth, William / Fallsview
• 1909 Niagara River ice jam was greatest ever : Electricity was shut off for three days
• Moved 3 Times In 95 Years : Mowat gate welcomes tourists
• Point Abino Lighthouse : 65 years reassurance for boats on L. Erie

  Fort Erie Review
• Erie and Niagara Railroad line gave tourism boost in Niagara

  Paddy Miles Express
• Buckley well-known name in city

  Buckley, Morton M. / Buckley, Morton Havelock / Buckley, Philip / Buckley, Ernest / Buckley, Emma
• Crystal Beach started as religious resort : Founder planned assemblies on camp meeting ground
• A Landmark In Niagara Falls : Rail station begins second century of service

  Canadian National Railway / VIA station / Bridge Street
• Fire at parole office revives memories of original building
• NPC school 40 years old : Roses plus history equals spectacle
• City of St. Catharines now officially 100 years old
• Dr. Haggai Cook's : Another Landmark Makes Way For Main St. Hotel

  Cook, Haggai G. A.
• Used During War of 1812-1814 : Site of Greater Niagara Boating Club Was Once Fortified Military Reserve

  Weishuhn
• Destruction of The Caroline

  Mackenzie, William Lyon
• History in the news : Niagara's Whirlpool Rapids
• Built 97 years ago : Falls railway station: symbol of the steam age
• 90 years ago today : Champion swimmer perished trying to swim raging rapids

  Webb, Matthew
• Town sprang from humble beginnings
• Wrecked subchaser 'Sunbeam' was big tourist attraction
• Buckley gave his money and his name to historic city street

  Buckley, Morton Major
• Visiting From Australia : Tragic death of 17-year-old still remembered

  Strachan, William E.
• Ship building started at Niagara-on-the-Lake in 1832
• Laying of school cornerstone marked first Dominion Day

  Dominion Day / Canada Day
• First Upper Canada count was taken 1782 at Niagara

  Census
• Pan-American exposition was a dazzle of lights
• St. Andrew's celebrates 125th anniversary
• Reverse gear was the best way for Tin Lizzie to climb hills

  Ford Motor Company / Model T
• Forerunner to 57th Regiment helped Brock capture Detroit

  57th Field Artillery Regiment / Niagara Rangers / Merritt, Thomas / Merritt, William Thomas
• The Battle of Lundy's Lane commemorated
• Upper Suspension Bridge opened on New Year's Day, 1869

  Upper Suspension Bridge
• Whirlpool bridge aged 75 today
• Northumberland cruised Lake Ontario 30 years until disastrous fire in 1949
• History in the news : Niagara area part of Quebec for 17 years
• Falls envied for train
• Weekend storm recalls big fall of March 17, 1936

  Snowstorms
• New Maid Carries on the Tradition: Maids of the Mist began as stagecoach ferry

  includes 1892 postcard photo of the Maid of the Mist No. 2
• 1873 Fort Erie Station Becomes Museum Price : Quaint station will get final resting location

  International Railway Bridge
• Armoury unchanged since opening 70 years ago
• Optimists, U.S. industrialists helped bring Club to Niagara
• Location of cairn at issue : 1813 battle still being fought

  Battle of Beaverdams
• 125 years old, Maid of the Mist began as a ferry
• LaSalle spent much time in Niagara area
• First train crossed 120 years ago today

  Roebling, John / Michigan Central Railway
• Battle of Queenston Heights was start of war

  Brock, Isaac
• Our Indian relics were exported to Buffalo in sand shipments

  Indian Artifacts / Grimsby
• River Road built to link two forts, to view the gorge and for defence

  Frey, Bernard / Jones, Augustus
• Built during revolution, barracks to be restored

  Butler's Barracks / Butler, John Col.
• Normally fine climate has had its run-ins with Mother Nature

  American Can. Company / Lewis Avenue / cyclone
• Maid IV inches toward river

  Maid of the Mist / Modern Crane
• Laura Secord's part recognized : Park to commemorate Battle of Beaverdams

  Battle of Beaverdams / Fitzgibbon, James Lt. / DeCou, John Capt.
• New book has wealth of UEL lore

  United Empire Loyalists / Green Family / Mika, Nick & Helma
• Now relics, buildings housed prosperous businesses

  St. Jude Mission / Park Street
• Flu killed 150 residents during pandemic in 1918

  Influenza epidemic
• Ship was blockade runner, cruise craft, barge

  The 'Chicora' / Riel Rebellion / Milloy, M. / Canada Post / Lord Dufferin
• Homestead restored at Stoney Creek (No Date)

  Battlefield House / Gage family homestead
• Victoria Day in yesteryears at Niagara (No Date)

  Queen Victoria / Lundy's Lane Museum
• Historical society preserved famous peninsula landmark (No Date)

  Battlefield House / Gage House / Gage, James & Mary
• Niagara's 'benefactor' built stone home for pioneer clan (No Date)

  Howard Johnson Hotel / Zimmerman Samuel / Victoria Ave
• Historic landmark finds new life as restaurant

  Niagara Falls Milling Company / Old Stone Inn / Clark Street / Robinson Street
• Beaverdams Methodist Church 1832 : Church is 150 years old

  Beaverdams United Church / Swayze, Hiram / Eastmen, Daniel Ward
• History in the news : The bridges at Chippawa (no date)

  Welland River / Chippawa / King's Bridge
• WWI Memorial Chosen in Referendum : Clock tower remains focal point of Lake town (No date)

  Carnochan, Janet / Niagara Falls Historical Society / fallen soldiers
• Lean days come to lake park where hundreds once played (no date)

  Lake Side Park / Port Dalhousie / Brookson, Sydney
• Lord Durham's recommendations felt in Niagara by 1844 (No Date)

  Lord Durham / govenor general / Lord Durham's Report / Drummondville
• Table Rock House history spans more than 100 years (no date)

  Table Rock House / Davis, Saul / Barnett, Thomas
• R.P. Slater was responsible for growth of Glenview (no date)

  Slater, Robert Peter / Silvertown / Glenview
• Once site of bloody battle Drummond Hill manse is razed

  Drummond Hill Presbyterian Church / McGarry Dr. / Battle of Lundy's Lane
• History in the news : The old town hall (no date)

  Drew, John / Latshaw, John / Town Hall
• Spent 10 days here : Dickens raved about Niagara Falls (no date)

  Dickens, Charles
• Library site the city's 5th (no date)
• Five-corners landmark gone (no date)

  Hope's Restaurant / Hope, Earl / demolition
• Both sides still claim victory in Battle of Lundy's Lane (no date)

  Battle of Lundy's Lane
• Replaced by gas station lot : Old Stamford CVI watering hole is being torn down after 48 years

  Niagara Falls Grocery Co. / Lundy's Lane / Drummond Road / demolition
• Newest theatre opens Thursday : First city cinema built in 1913 (no date)

  The Queen / The Seneca Theatre / Queen Street Huttlemayer, Albert
• On St. Patrick's Day 45 years ago : Worst snowstorm ever gripped Niagara (No Date)

  Winter storm / residents stranded
• William Lyon Mackenzie, the notorious publisher who hated a government (no date)

  MacKenzie, William Lyon / printing press / Colonial Advocate / Mackenzie House
• Dufferin Islands was the site of first industry (no date)

  Bridgewater Mills / Burch, John / Butler's Rangers