Title

Steps of the Old Ferry Niagara [after Cockburn]

Date

ca 1829 (original)

ca 1975 (reproduction)

Creator

Campbell, Donna Marie

Extent

28.02 x 22.44 cm

Is Part Of

Watercolour Collection

Description

en-CA Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Government of Canada Local Initiatives Grant AK 2403-9 1974 - 1975 ; Artistic recreation based on the orignal by James Cockburn at the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto ; Research by George Seibel ; " On May 24th 1795 Mrs Simcoe wrote in her diary "Mr Pilkington was desired to place ladders to form a stairway down the bank". This recreation of Cockburn's sketch of the ladder shows how the original might have been. The ladder was fastened securely to a tree by hoopsof iron and anchored firmly amid rocks at the lower end." excerpted from "Niagara Falls Canada : a History" published 1967, page 281"

Type

Still Image

Medium

Watercolour

Subject

Streets

Niagara Gorge

Niagara River - Lower

Location

Canada - Ontario - Niagara Falls

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=102616

locator

WC 174

Publisher

Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation

Date Created

2005-02-04

Date Modified

2005-02-04