This circa 1903 photograph of Queenston looks south down Queenston Street. The South Landing Inn, on Front Street, is just left of centre in the far distance (not the buildings in the immediate

Besides this being their family home, the Ing family operated a laundry service out of the basement and also sold tickets for the Niagara streetcar here. Today, you can head into this building and

As spring is slowly making its way here there are more and more cyclists on the roads. Today we feature the prize winners, c.1900, of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s own Bicycle Gymkhana. Cyclists from all parts of

Girl Guide cookies will be on sale in April, so make sure to pick up a box and support our local unit. Here’s a photo of our 1939 Brownies unit marching down King Street

This watercolour was painted by landscape artist George R. Bruenech. It features a red brick home with a figure of a woman seated on the porch. The house was formerly located in the

Many local history enthusiasts are familiar with the Moseby affair of 1837. However, few may know the story of Sally Carter. She helped to organize 200 to 300 supporters from Niagara’s Black community

Here is a 1921 photograph of the Laura Secord school in Queenston. The Niagara Township had 11 school sections and Queenston’s school was known as SS#4 since 1842. This red brick building replaced

Are you ready for some football? Well, the Buffalo Bills aren’t playing in the Super Bowl this weekend, so no. However, if you’re referring to what we like to call soccer and the Canadian

Seeing the community come together to build and maintain the skating rink in Virgil had us thinking of when rinks were created in Simcoe Park or along Lake Ontario and, in some locations, on

This is an interesting landscape watercolour of the “Fog Bell,” below Mississauga Point, showing the wooden “groyne” (breakwater) on the right that was constructed to prevent erosion. The painting features a nice contrast of rocky cliffs

The NOTL Museum has a wonderful art collection depicting the community of Niagara-on-the-Lake. Here is a watercolour of the Queenston Heights landscape and a view down the Niagara River by Philip John Bainbrigge

Being stuck at home during the pandemic has motivated many of us to renovate our living spaces. Several decades ago, many would have visited the Harrison & Sons Hardware Store and Lumberyard for

Many of us enjoy the Christmas shows that the Shaw Festival is back presenting this year. The Courthouse Players, the forerunner to our beloved Shaw Festival, started in 1962 and featured a Christmas show