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Exploring Photos: C&C Yachts Factory

Vintage Inns recently won a Biennial Design award for the Gardens at the Pillar and Post. This week’s aerial photo is a “before” image for that same block of land, showing the C&C

Exploring Photos: Chloe Cooley takes spotlight

Staff at the NOTL Museum were happy to consult on the development of Canada Post’s latest stamp, which features a local historical figure, drawing attention to her harrowing story. Chloe Cooley was enslaved

Exploring Photos: NOTL’s ‘coloured village’

Every February in Canada we celebrate the legacy of Black Canadians. Niagara-on-the-Lake has a significant connection to early Black history of this country and we look forward to incorporating some local stories in

Exploring Photos: Evans Cottage by RJR Pottery

RJR Pottery was produced in Niagara-on-the-Lake between 1950 and 1964 as a hobby and was mainly sold to friends. Each piece was a one-of-a-kind. The founding members were three close friends who used

Exploring Photos: Queen Street Christmas

This Christmas card of Queen Street shows former businesses Monika’s Coffees and the Greenbacks store. The former Customs House, c. 1825, is on the right. The Customs House was where the paperwork for

Exploring Photos: Shopping on Queen Street

The American tradition of Black Friday has now been adapted into Canadian culture. However, this post-American Thanksgiving ritual may not be as intense here as it sounds like our southern friends make it

Exploring Photos: Lt. William Wright

This week’s photo is a portrait of Lt. William J. Wright, a former principal of the Niagara High School (now the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum building). Wright felt a strong duty to enlist and he

Exploring Photos: Training for the trenches circa 1916

While training at Niagara Camp, soldiers practiced digging trenches. There were newspaper reports of intact trenches being maintained on the Mississauga Commons. The training site was equipped with sandbags, barbed wire, support trenches

Queenston Heights tourism, circa 1910

Brock’s Monument has always been a popular spot to get the best view of the lower Niagara River and to learn about the Battle of Queenston Heights. Here’s a photo from circa 1910

Exploring Photos: The Battle of Queenston Heights

Today, Oct. 13 is the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Queenston Heights. This engraving, circa 1880s, depicts the battle by showing American troops (in blue uniforms) crossing the Niagara River and landing

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