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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IFN_stranded-scow_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
On August 6, 1918, this dumping scow broke loose from its towing tug about 1.6 kilometres (1 mile) upriver, with Gustav F. Lofberg and James N. Harris aboard. The men opened the bottom dumping doors and the scow grounded in the shallow rapids. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FOO_conestoga-wagon-trek_Fort-Erie-Ontario.html
The border between Canada and the United States of America has witnessed many migrations of people. At two times, however, the migration was primarily from south to north. That was in the troubled days just prior to the American Revolutionary War …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FON_the-old-welland-canal_Batavia-Ontario.html
Originally conceived in 1818 by its promoter, William Hamilton Merritt, to divert trade from the Erie Canal and New York and built under private auspices, the canal was opened to traffic in 1829. After additional work in 1833, the canal with its 4…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1905_the-old-welland-canal_Thorold-ON.html
Originally conceived in 1818 by its promoter, William Hamilton Merritt, to divert trade from the Erie Canal and New York and built under private auspices, the canal was opened to traffic in 1829. After additional work in 1833, the canal with its 4…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM103I_bridgewater-mills_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
In the late 1790's the river flowed swiftly around these islands. The Bridgewater Mills, a water powered saw and grist mill and an iron foundry, where the first bar iron was made in Canada, were located here. The Mills were burned by the retreatin…