The Cayuga regularly docked in NOTL as it did the day this image was captured. Known as “the ship of romance,” it once brought millions of passengers to NOTL between 1906 and 1957.

Niagara-on-the-Lake once played host to a most splendid military ball in the 1890s, at the elegant home of the Woodruff family in St. Davids or at the distinguished Queen’s Royal Hotel.

Built around 1915 as the Kitchener Theatre, the Royal George Theatre originally hosted vaudeville performances for soldiers stationed at Niagara Camp.

Niagara-on-the-Lake’s winter sculpture tradition was first captured in image during the First World War, when Polish soldiers stationed at Niagara Camp crafted playful snow figures in Simcoe Park.

“Hockey here wasn’t just a pastime — if we are to believe local lore, it was also a place for innovation.”

“Winter has certainly made itself at home this month, and when the frost isn’t nipping at our noses, there’s nothing better than heading outdoors to enjoy a few classic winter activities.”

In 1960, Blanche Quinn started working at the flight desk, though she knew very little about flying. But that didn’t last long. She spent 28 years of her life working with the Niagara Airport Commission.

Following the Second World War, the federal government gave up part of the Niagara Commons for special housing as a way to honour local veterans returning home.

From the ultimate sacrifice to lost limbs to survivor’s guilt to shell shock, generations to come would feel the severe after-effects of the Great War.

After playing with the Tigers, Pud became a local war hero in Niagara-on-the-Lake. During the First World War, he went overseas with the 92nd Highlanders.

This week’s photograph shows soldiers at Niagara Camp during the First World War getting their obligatory inoculations of smallpox and typhoid.

Matthew Charles Lowrey bought the original 42 acres in 1888 and established a successful fruit-growing operation on this land. Fruit farming became profitable in the 1880s, largely because railways opened up new markets for farmers.

The ordnance boundary stones were erected around the perimeter of four properties in Niagara-on-the-Lake owned by the British military starting in 1823.

This week’s photo for Exploring History is a glass lantern slide that features a single horse-drawn cart riding the beach surf along Lake Ontario.

In these blueprint plans from the mid-19th century, the NOTL Museum focuses on the area where the Niagara Harbour and Dock Company buildings and the businesses that supported them were located.

The total cost to build the Wellington Street hospital, including new equipment, was $222,943,82. A majority of the revenue came from community donations.

“As you start this new chapter, your parents are starting a new one, too. If they want to take a cheesy photo of you with a wooden chalkboard documenting your annual life decisions, let them,” writes the NOTL Museum.

It is the last week of summer for many families as school is back in session on Tuesday. This week’s photo is of NOTL youth hanging out on the docks as the steamship, the Cayuga, pulls away.

Held annually in the early 1900s in August, the Gymkhana welcomed cyclists from all parts of America for some fun competition.

It is that time of year when the farmers bring their tasty peaches to the Old Town district to celebrate the peach harvest.