Exploring Photos: Shepherd Boats circa 1950
Here is a circa 1950s aerial photograph of Shepherd Boats along the Niagara River. The Niagara-on-the-Lake Sailing Club basin is located along the left side where the row of boathouses is located. Today
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Exploring Photos: NOTL Coronation Parade, 1953
In honour of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, this week’s picture shows a snippet of the Coronation Parade that was held in Niagara-on-the-Lake on June 2, 1953. Members of the Reid family
Exploring Photos: Polo on Commons with the 1st King’s Dragoons
If you ever wondered what the historical connection of hosting polo matches on the Commons in Niagara-on-the-Lake might be, all you have to do is look at the Dragoons who trained at the
Exploring Photos: The NOTL farmerettes
As we drive by all the fruit trees, we sometimes think about the young women who came from out of town during the Second World War to work on the farms. These young
Exploring Photos: Shark class sailboat was built in NOTL
Yet again there is another historical tie to the Canada Summer Games on now in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The sailing competitions are happening this week out of the NOTL Sailing Club. Austrian-born boatbuilder George Hinterhoeller
Exploring Photos: Remembering tennis in NOTL
With the Canada Summer Games tennis matches happening right here in our hometown, we have the privilege of witnessing some of Canada’s future Olympians compete. To see the best tennis 135 years ago,
Calling all sleuths: Museums’ scavenger hunt coincides with Summer Games
See yourself as a summer sleuth? Join the NOTL Museum’s scavenger hunt NOTL Museum Special to The Lake Report Summer is the perfect time for reading that great mystery novel, but it’s also time
Exploring Photos: Riley Family Homestead
Aug. 1 marked Emancipation Day in Canada, the day on which the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act came into effect. This year it coincided with Simcoe Day in Ontario, a day named in honour of
Exploring Photos: Peach graders, 1948
Peach season has arrived! This sketch by John D. Shawe features fruit growers from 1948 preparing the peach harvest for market. Peaches were shipped from NOTL’s docks to Toronto on the Canada Steamship
Museum lecture explores Indigenous connection to Niagara River
Indigenous Peoples’ relationship with the Niagara River – its significance, influence and history – will be the focus of an in-person lecture at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum on Thursday, July 21. Travis Hill, of
Exploring Photos: Paradise Grove Ferry – The Albino
The Niagara wharf and marina was used by more than just the Canada Steamship Lines passenger ships. Locals were very enterprising when it came to profiting from the thousands of visitors to Niagara-on-the-Lake
Exploring Photos: Diving in the Niagara River, circa 1950
This new addition to the NOTL Museum’s photographic collection shows a diver near the mouth of the Niagara River in the 1950s. The apparatus on his head is known as a diving bell
Exploring Photos: ‘A Birds Eye View’
This bookplate is titled, “A Birds Eye View or Map of the Country from Lake Erie to Queenston. Exhibiting the Chasm formed by the Retrograde Movement of the Falls of Niagara.” It was
Exploring Photos: Thayendanega-Rousseaux powder horn
June 21 was National Indigenous Peoples Day and this week we are featuring an artifact from our collection. This powder horn is beautifully decorated with birds, leaves, plants and animals. The leaves and
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: The Negro Burial Ground 1831-1878
This week’s image is not one from our collection. Unfortunately, there are no images of the former Baptist Church nor the cemetery during its existence. The church was established through community support by
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Memorial clock tower 100th anniversary
This photograph shows the memorial clock tower in the 1920s with a perspective looking toward King Street. Note the rail crossing sign on the left for the railway that went along King Street. The memorial clock
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Battle of Fort George, May 27, 1813
This watercolour depicts the War of 1812’s Battle of Fort George on May 27, 1813. It is a view toward the mouth of the Niagara River from Lake Ontario, with Fort Niagara to the
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: The village of Queenston
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
Walking into history: Museum’s treks return for summer
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum’s popular Historic District walking tours are returning. The guided walks will take place every Saturday and Sunday from June to September, starting the weekend of June 4. The tours begin
Museum’s latest exhibition explores waterfront history
Barbara Worthy NOTL Museum For thousands of years Niagara’s waterfront has been a witness to a changing world. Traditional hunting and gatherings, warring nations, settlers and refugees, traders, tourists, and pleasure seekers have
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Queenston Heights “Port Folio”
This print is from the American magazine “Port Folio,” published in Philadelphia 1809-1827. The magazine included engravings and aquaprints that are among some of the earliest images of North American that were available to the
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Niagara Wharf, 1935
This 1935 photograph was taken from the balcony of the King George III Inn (later the American Hotel) at 61 Melville St. It shows how busy the Niagara Wharf at the marina was with
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Fort George golf course, 1902
Many of you are itching to get out on the golf course now if you haven’t already. Here is a 1902 plan of the former Fort George golf course on the Niagara Commons.
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: The Ing family home and business
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
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: The Bicycle Gymkhana
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
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