Exploring Photos: Troops landing in Niagara, 1915
In the lead up to Nov. 11, we are featuring photographs from our military collection. Today we have a photo of soldiers disembarking from the SS Corona, circa 1915, arriving for military training
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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: 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
I’ma leave the door open: Heritage sites welcome visitors for free
The welcome mat is being laid down again at many Niagara-on-the-Lake heritage sites and businesses for the return of the provincewide Doors Open program on Saturday, Oct. 22. Doors Open is led by
Exploring Photos: Virgil from above, in 1947
Here’s a great aerial shot of Virgil in 1947. The village of Virgil grew rapidly after the First and Second World Wars. During the 1950s and 1960s the community had five churches, four
Exploring Photos: Six Nations doll circa 1820
This c.1820s Six Nations doll was donated in 1909 and is reputed to have belonged to a Chief’s daughter on the Grand River. It is made of painted carved wood and is dressed
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
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
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