Historical Marker Search

You searched for Postal Code: L2G

Showing results 1 to 4 of 4
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26Q4_wm-b-rankine_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
Built in 1901-05, it was the first Powerhouse on the Canadian side to produce electrical energy for commercial use and sale outside Niagara Falls. Its location takes advantage of the natural flow of the river which formerly entered here to flow a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26PV_the-niagara-parks-commission-commission-des-parcs-du-niagara_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
In 1885, the Province of Ontario established The Niagara Parks Commission as part of an international effort to preserve the natural scenery around Niagara Falls. Originally, the Commission included Colonel Casimir Gzowski, Chairman, John W. Lang…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM267F_nikola-tesla_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
Speaking about this monument, Canadian sculptor Les Drysdale says: "Tesla is as he would have appeared in 1896, age 39, about the time his inventions were being used to create hydroelectric power at Niagara Falls. As the story goes, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM267E_nikola-tesla_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
Nikola Tesla was born to a Serbian family in the village of Smiljan, Croatia. He was a brilliant child who when only 12 years old, upon seeing a lithograph of Niagara Falls declared that one day he would put a wheel under it and "power the w…
PAGE 1 OF 1