It’s a historical collection covering several decades of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s early days, includes hundreds of artifacts and details the life and times of one of Upper Canada’s most influential Loyalist families — a family whose fingerprints are all over the history of this town.
Historians believe that the town and part of the township may have been briefly named after Charles Lennox, an important member of the British government at the time.
The Queenston-Chippawa Hydro-Electric Plant was the first true mega hydroelectric project and the largest hydroelectric power station of its kind in the world.
This grand, two-storey estate that overlooked the Niagara River was an important and rare example of a Classic (Greek) Revival house in a picturesque setting in Ontario. Built in 1832, it was only seven years shy of hitting its 200-year-old anniversary.
