Statue of William Hamilton Merritt overlooking Twelve Mile Creek in St. Catharines
item
- Title
- Statue of William Hamilton Merritt overlooking Twelve Mile Creek in St. Catharines
- Description
- Niagara Falls, Upper Lakes, waterway, 1824
- en-CA Twelve Mile Creek was part of the early ship canals that bypassed Niagara Falls, and opened the Upper Lakes for navigation ; St. Catharines was no more than a hamlet, when Merritt conceived the idea for the first waterway canal that started in 1824 ;
- Identifier
- http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=101266
- Medium
- Black and white photograph
- Extent
- 6.5" x 9.5"
- Is Part Of
- Francis J. Petrie Collection
- locator
- 418107
- Subject
- Monuments
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Welland Ship Canal
- Creeks and Streams
- Spatial Coverage
- Canada - Ontario
- number
- D418107
- Format
- Photograph
- Date Created
- 2004-05-21
- Date Modified
- 2005-05-31
