In honour of this month, here’s a photograph from the Second World War of the Newark chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE). These hard-working women held weekly

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

John Waters was one of the most successful Black men to live in Niagara-on-the-Lake. He was a successful farmer but was also a local businessman who had tavern and grocery businesses and also

Following up on last week’s image about the new Canadian stamp featuring Chloe Cooley, here is a newspaper advertisement for a runaway in 1795. Although the 1793 Act to Limit Slavery was the

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

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

An important early watercolour in the NOTL Museum is a “View of Fort Niagara” by Anglo-Canadian artist John Herbert Caddy (1801-1883).  Born to a military family posted at Quebec City, Caddy enrolled as

This photograph features David Seitz and Bill O’Brien peeling potatoes for the troops at Niagara Camp here in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Here I thought peeling potatoes for my Irish brood was exhausting. Imagine peeling potatoes

I have not seen a photograph like this one before and I was surprised when I realized it was actually a Queen Street building. Can you pick it out without driving by or

Here is beautiful pencil drawing, coloured with watercolour, that was created by a fomer local artist Francis H. Granger. It portrays the foot of King Street in 1856. The buildings in the drawing

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

While training at Niagara Camp, soldiers practised 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

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

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