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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTGJ_laura-ingersoll-secord_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
[Front side of Monument]:
This monument has beenerected by theGovernment of CanadatoLaura Ingersoll Secordwho saved her husband's lifein the battle on these heights,October 13th, 1812,and who risked her ownin conveying to Capt. Fitzgibbon,infor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQTO_nikola-tesla_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
The St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, Niagara Falls, in partnership with the Niagara Parks Commission, have erected this monument to Nikola Tesla. Physicist, inventor, electrical engineer. Tesla developed the world's first hydroelectric system u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOW4_st-vincent-de-paul-church-1835_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
The Parish of St. Vincent de Paul is the direct successor of the many and often interrupted endeavors in the Niagara area since 1626. At first concerned with native peoples, later French and then English-speaking priests came as chaplains for the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOT6_sir-casimir-s-gzowski-1813-1898_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
First chairman of the Niagara Parks Commission (1885-93) Gzowski was born in Russia of Polish parents. Forced to emigrate, following participation in the Polish Rising of 1830, he came to Canada in 1841. An exceptionally able engineer, he first se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNQ2_louis-hennepin-1626-c-1705_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
{The west/city marker side, in English:}Born and educated in Belgium, Hennepin was ordained a Recollet (Franciscan) friar in France. He was an adventurer at heart and undertook priestly duties in several European countries before being sent to New…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNFY_to-the-memory-of-burrell-hecock_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
Tothe memory ofBurrell HecockofCleveland OhioAged 17 YearsWho lost his life in anheroic attempt to rescueMr and MrsEldridge Stantonof Toronto Ontariowhen the ice bridge inthe gorge immediatelybelow was swept downthe Niagara Riverand into theWhirlp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNCL_william-kirby_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
In English:Born in England, Kirby came to Canada in 1839 and began work as a tanner in the vicinity of Niagara-on-the-Lake. There he developed his literary talents and soon after moving into the town in 1848 embarked on a long and prolific career …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN9Y_niagara-glen_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
The Falls of Niagara were here about 7000 to 8000 years ago, three separate cataracts, about .8 kilometres (.5 miles) apart, fed by drainage from Lake Erie. Then suddenly, other lakes began to pour into Lake Erie, thereby increasing the outflow to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGC0_niagara-apothecary_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
Acquired by the Ontario Heritage Foundation in 1969, the Niagara Apothecary is a fine example of a Confederation era commercial establishment and pharmacy. Although the building probably dates to the 1820's. It was extensively renovated in 1866 wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGBE_niagara-on-the-lake-historical-district_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
(Left side is in English)In 1778, Loyalist refugees began crossing from Fort Niagara to settle the west bank of the Niagara River. A town was laid out in a grid pattern of four-acre blocks and grew quickly, gaining prominence as the first capital …