On May 24, the Friends of Fort George and Parks Canada are providing a rare glimpse of the interior of Fort Mississauga. This fort, built on Mississauga Point, is located at the mouth

This postcard from circa 1910 shows what the former Queenston Heights Restaurant looked like. In the background, there is a sign off to the left that shows the direction to the dining room.

Recognize this building? It has a long history of serving up delicious treats. It is the Niagara Home Bakery building at 66 Queen St. The red brick structure, shown here in 1900, was

The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum recently discovered a series of photographs of Niagara Camp taken by George A. Bash from Canton, Ohio. Although the exact location on the Commons is unknown, it is possible that

This photograph shows the ice jam pressing against the wharf and range light house while an unidentified man and boy are standing on the ice in the foreground. In the annual report for

This piece is titled, “A mounted view of Niagara fort taken by Sir William Johnson on the 25th of July 1759.  Drawn on the spot, 1758.” It is a print of the original

Shoemaker George Flynn built this house circa 1860 at 22 Johnson St., on land given to him by his mother, who operated a recess (a liquor store by today’s standards) next door on

In the late 1600s, the Servos family was living in the German Palatinate area. The patriarch of the North American family arrived in the province of New York on the Charlotte River in

This co-operative was organized and received its charter in March 1937. The co-operative movement in Canada originated when barn raising and other co-operative activities were commonplace. Traditionally, the co-op would buy bulk fruit

Before Margherita Howe became known as an environmental champion and the co-founder of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Conservancy, she enlisted on Jan. 2, 1942, to help serve her country during the Second World War. She

On Clarence Street, in the village of Queenston, stands this monument, placed by His Royal Highness, Edward Albert, Prince of Wales, on Sept. 18, 1860. The inscription on the north face reads “near

Happy Valentine’s Day. Enjoy the beautiful handmade lace valentine above from 1845. And for your reading pleasure, a Valentine’s Day poem from the collection that was written circa 1832 from John Blake to

In 2023, we commemorated the 230th anniversary of the 1793 Act to Limit Slavery and the Chloe Cooley incident with an exhibition titled, “Bound and Determined.” We also hosted the first annual event

The Whale Inn, shown in this 1960 photograph (before its restoration), was built in 1835 to cater to sailors and merchants arriving at the Melville Street harbour. The Whale Inn is also known

This photo postcard shows Lake Ontario from Chautauqua at One Mile Creek. The wooden stakes leading into the water were the remnants of the former steamship docks that were located there. Built on

Here is the 1911-1912 class standing out front of the Railroad School at 1416 Line 3 Rd. The teacher behind the students is Elizabeth Dornan Ferguson. This was the new school built after

This 1870 view of the south side of Queen Street shows, from right: John Lees Alma’s upscale grocery and wine store, originally built in 1825 for dry goods merchant John Daly; an early