Famous Visitors @ Niagara

Peace Bridge, Fort Erie, Ontario

The Peace Bridge in Fort Erie taken from the Canadian side of the Niagara River.

Peace Bridge, Fort Erie, Ontario

The Peace Bridge in Fort Erie taken from the Canadian side of the Niagara River.

Ball's Falls Conservation Area, Jordan, Ontario

The river and falls at Ball's Falls.

Ball's Falls Conservation Area, Jordan, Ontario

The river and falls at Ball's Falls.

Ball's Falls Conservation Area, Jordan, Ontario

The river and falls at Ball's Falls.

Ball's Falls Conservation Area, Jordan, Ontario

The gorge and river at Ball's Falls.

Ball's Falls Conservation Area, Jordan, Ontario

The gorge and river at Ball's Falls.

Flour and Grist Mill, Ball's Falls Conservation Area, Jordan, Ontario

Pencil etching of the Flour and Grist Mill at Ball's Falls Conservation area.

The Secord Cabin, Ball's Falls Conservation Area, Jordan, Ontario

Pencil etching of the Secord cabin at Ball's Falls Conservation area.

The Blacksmith Shop, Balls Falls Conservation Area, Jordan, Ontario

Pencil etching of the Blacksmith Shop at Ball's Falls Conservation area.

Niagara Regional React

Niagara Regional React practicing a rescue situation. Yellow hat- Al Winney, Man holding child- Richard Harris, Child- Mark Harris

Car Accident at St. Paul St. and Mountain Road, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Car accident in which two people died at the corner of St. Paul St. and Mountain Rd.

Niagara Gorge Trips Raft Recovery on the Niagara River at the Whirlpool

A thirty-seven foot long air inflated rubber and nylon raft belonging to Niagara Gorge River Trips Inc. (owned by George Butterfield of Toronto) carrying twenty-seven tourist and two pilots capsized in the Whirlpool Rapids throwing everyone into the wild churning white water. Three passengers died from drowning. Twenty-six survived this ordeal. The accident occurred during the 11th trial run of this raft tour through the Niagara River rapids. The raft had departed from the Maid of the Mist dock at the base of the Prospect Point Tower and was about two mile downstream of a five mile route to Lewiston, New York. The three dead persons were identified as: Julia Martinez, age 30 of Toronto; David Ross, age 37 of Toronto and Anthony Sawczyk, age 24 of Niagara Falls, New York. Three of the survivors were admitted to the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center with serious injuries. Each of the passengers had paid fee of $20 for this journey. The youngest passenger was 16 years old and the oldest was 52 years old. Four of the passengers were women. To further add to this tragedy, one man, piloting a 22 foot - 250 horsepower jet boat died of a heart attack while attempting to recover this raft from the Whirlpool

Niagara Parks Commission Snowplow Falls Through the Pavement south of Table Rock, Niagara Falls, Ontario

A Niagara Parks Commission snowplow fell through the pavement south of Table Rock above the tunnels to the International Railway Company's Generating Plant (now Demolished).

Truck Accident at Garner Rd. and Chippawa Creek, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Truck rolls over at the corner of Garner Road and Chippawa Creek.

Truck Accident at Valleyway and Willmott St., Niagara Falls, Ontario

Truck hits the front of a house at Valleyway and Willmott Streets.

Truck Accident on Q.E.W. Highway, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Truck in the ditch on the Q.E.W. near the Niagara-on-the-Lake exit going towards Niagara Falls,

Car Accident at Main St. and Ferry St., Niagara Falls, Ontario

Car hits a light pole at Main and Ferry Streets.

Car Accident on Q.E.W. Highway, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Several cars in an accident on the Q.E.W. at Portage Road.

Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Decorated trees and Noah’s Ark lighting display at Dufferin Islands.

Fonthill Real Estate Building, Fonthill, Ontario

Pizza Delight, Fonthill, Ontario

Prior to 1980 the Imperial Bank of Canada was at this location.

Gretsinger Furniture Store, Fonthill, Ontario

The Old Gretsinger Furniture store was at this location. Photograph taken after 1970.

Tank Cars in a Field, Pelham, Ontario

Tank railway cars lying in a field

Tank Car in a Field, Pelham, Ontario

Tank railway car lying in a field

St. John's Conservation Area, Fonthill, Ontario

Dirt road running through St. John's Conservation area with a farm in the background.

Threshing Wheat, Pelham, Ontario

Men threshing wheat using a harvester.

Beckett's Mill, Effingham, Ontario

From "The History of Quakers in Canada"

Canboro Road, Fonthill, Ontario

Canboro Road looking east.

Maple Avenue, Fonthill, Ontario

Maple Avenue in Fonthill.

Fonthill Public School, Fonthill, Ontario

Fonthill public school with new addition

A. Damude & Co. Store, Fonthill, Ontario

A Damude and Co. store in Fonthill.

Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Bird landing in water animated lighting display at Dufferin Islands.

Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Two rams head-butting in an animated lighting display at Dufferin Islands.

Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Animated whale and dolphin lighting displays at Dufferin Islands

Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Whales, dolphins and Noah's Ark animated lighting displays at Dufferin Islands

Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Deer, bears, decorated trees and other lighting displays at Dufferin Islands

Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Lighting displays including dinosaurs and deer at Dufferin Islands.

Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Lighting displays including Disney animations at Oakes Garden Theatre and Queen Victoria Park as seen from River Road and the Niagara Parkway near Clifton Hill.

Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Lighting displays along the Niagara Parkway

Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Trees decorated with lights in front of the Floral Showhouse, as seen from the Niagara Parkway.

Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls, Ontario

"Canada welcomes you" light display and lighted trees along the Niagara Parkway near the Falls parking lot.

Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Lighting displays including Disney animations at Oakes Garden Theatre and Queen Victoria Park, seen from River Road and the Niagara Parkway near Clifton Hill

Maple Avenue, Fonthill, Ontario

Maple Avenue, south with the Imperial Bank of Canada on the corner.

Canboro Road, Fonthill, Ontario

Canboro Road looking east.

Canboro Road, Ridgeville, Ontario

East Canboro Road

Canboro Road, Fenwick, Ontario

Canboro Road looking east, residential section.

Maple Avenue, Fonthill, Ontario

Horse and carriages on dirt road.

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Fonthill, Ontario

Church dates back to 1859.

Warren Travel Centre Building, Fonthill, Ontario

In the 1930's, 1940s, 1950's and 1960's The Kinsman General Store was at this location.

Gretsinger Furniture Store, Fonthill, Ontario

This was formerly Overholt's tavern in the Short Hills of St. John's

Steamboating in Muskoka 1866-1959, Gravenhurst, Ontario

Plaque Text: Steam navigation on the Muskoka Lakes began in 1866, when the paddle vessel "Wenonah" went into service. Built at Gravenhurst, she was owned by A.P. Cockburn (1837-1905), who served as the federal member of parliament for Muskoka, 1872-82, and for North Ontario, 1882-87. The "Wenonah" was the first of a line of ships known after 1872 as the Northern Lakes Navigation Company, and after 1949 as the Muskoka Lakes Line. Its ships were among many which contributed to the early and rapid development of Muskoka as a lumbering and resort region. The steamboat gradually gave way to the automobile, and the last two, "Segwun" (1887) and "Sagamo" (1906) ceased operation in 1958. The burned hull of the ship "Sagamo" can be seen in the background.

Court House and Gaol 1817-1866 Plaque, Niagara on the Lake

Plaque Text: Here stood the court-house and gaol of the Niagara District. Erected in 1817, they were considered to be among the finest public buildings in the province. Robert Gourlay, the radical reformer, was imprisoned and tried for sedition here in 1819. In 1837 an escaped American slave, Moseby, threatened with return to his master, was forcibly rescued here by local negroes abetted by other residents of Niagara. The courts moved elsewhere in 1847, and the gaol closed in 1866.

Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe Memorial Plaque, Queenston Heights

Plaque Text: On October 13, 1812, following Isaac Brock's death in a preceding assault, Major-General Sheaffe assumed command and led a successful attack which dislodged an invading American force from Queenston Heights. Born in Boston, Mass., Sheaffe was commissioned in the British army in 1778 and fought in the American Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Arriving in Upper Canada in 1812, he served as Administrator of the province 1812-13, and returned to England in the latter year. He was created a baronet in 1813, attained the rank of general in 1838 and died in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Plaque commemorating residence of Sir Peregrine Maitland, St. David's Hill

Located on St. David's Hill, this monument serves to indicate the former home of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada in the early 1800s (appointed in January of 1818). Plaque Reads : Stamford Park In this vicinity was Stamford Park, the 425 acre country estate of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, 1818-1828. Hr was a son in law of the Duke of Richmond and a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. "stamford Cottage" was begun about 1822 and when completed occupied twenty two rooms 'luxuriously furnished". Maitland preferred to live in the quiet atmosphere of this regency style residence rather than at York; Upper Canada's capital. During his stay at "Stamford Park" Maitland contributed to the building of nearby St. John's Anglican Church. In 1828 he came Lieutenant-Govenor of Nova Scotia. The estate was sold in 1833. Archaeological and Historical Sites Board of Ontario

Chief Earl W. (Buck) Embleton Memorial, Firemen's Park, Niagara Falls

The plaque reads: Chief Earl W. (Buck) Embleton Memorial To Commemorate the services of the volunteer fireman in the township of stamford who served their communityas members of Falls View Hose Brigade Lundy's Lane Volunteer Firemens' Association Stamford Centre Volunteer Firemens' Association Erected 1982 The 60th anniversary of the Stamford Centre Volunteer Firemens' Association

Cairn in Memory of the Battle of Fort George, 1813, Niagara-on-the Lake

Cairn commemorating the battle of Fort George, erected by the National Historic Monuments Committee at Niagara on the Lake on August 16, 1923

Burrell Hecock Memorial Plaque, Niagara Falls

The memorial marker reads: "To the memory of Burrell Hecock of Cleveland Ohio aged 17 years who lost his life in an heroic attempt to rescue Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Stanton of Toronto Ontario when the ice bridge in the gorge immediately below was swept down the Niagara River and into the Whirlpool Rapids, February 4th, 1912".

Ball's Grist Mill, Town of Lincoln

Plaque Text: By 1809 John and George Ball had constructed a four-storey grist-mill here on Twenty Mile Creek. Equipped with two run of stones, the mill provided flour for British troops during the War of 1812. It was expanded during the 1840's and by the end of the decade was part of a complex which included sawmills and woollen factories. About that time George Peter Mann Ball laid out a village plot named Glen Elgin. His plans for an industrial community were thwarted, however, when the Great Western Railway by-passed the site in the early fifties. By 1900 the industries had declined and the grist-mill had been partially dismantled. Closed in 1910, the mill was acquired from the Ball family in 1962 by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority.

Plaque commemorating residence of Sir Peregrine Maitland, St. David's Hill

Located on St. David's Hill, this monument serves to indicate the former home of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada in the early 1800s (appointed in January of 1818). Plaque Reads : Stamford Park In this vicinity was Stamford Park, the 425 acre country estate of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, 1818-1828. Hr was a son in law of the Duke of Richmond and a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. "stamford Cottage" was begun about 1822 and when completed occupied twenty two rooms 'luxuriously furnished". Maitland preferred to live in the quiet atmosphere of this regency style residence rather than at York; Upper Canada's capital. During his stay at "Stamford Park" Maitland contributed to the building of nearby St. John's Anglican Church. In 1828 he came Lieutenant-Govenor of Nova Scotia. The estate was sold in 1833. Archaeological and Historical Sites Board of Ontario

Unveiling of cairn for Indian Ossuary and Maitland Estate at St David's Hill

500 Queen Street - Niagara Falls Federal Building and Post Office

Dedication of the LaMarsh Room at the Victoria Avenue Public Library

Sarah Foster presents flowers to Judy LaMarsh at the dedication of the LaMarsh Room at the Victoria Avenue Public Library.