The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum's final lecture of the year will provide an intimate look at a time in history when Niagara's farmers were planting the seeds for the ever-growing agricultural landscape that exists today.
For cavalry units, polo was more than a spectator sport. It was a useful training tool that allowed riders to hone their skills on horseback while carrying a mallet in one hand, rather than a sword.
The School of Restoration Arts at Willowbank is celebrating 20 years since its foundation in 2006, with plans to invite the public onto its 13-acre property to tour the 19th-century Willowbank Estate.
"As you start this new chapter, your parents are starting a new one, too. If they want to take a cheesy photo of you with a wooden chalkboard documenting your annual life decisions, let them," writes the NOTL Museum.
The latest discovery includes the original concrete pedestal and a section of curved rail once used to guide bridge wheels as locomotives spun on the turntable.
It is the last week of summer for many families as school is back in session on Tuesday. This week's photo is of NOTL youth hanging out on the docks as the steamship, the Cayuga, pulls away.
To date, 19 of the original 37 stones have been located. These originally marked four distinct reserves: Simcoe Park, Queen’s Royal Park, the Commons and the present-day NOTL Golf Club.
One demonstration, the perfect volley, attracted the largest crowd. Its firing includes a line of soldiers shooting their muskets at the same time to create one loud and simultaneous shot.
Charles Frederick Worth revolutionized fashion in Paris, France and formed what's widely considered the world's first true couture house and is credited with many prominent fashion innovations.
The town has salvaged a few key pieces of the Glencairn Hall property for their heritage significance and wants to use them in a commemorative display to honour the building's legacy.
Using stone that is cut, shaped and installed with the same technique employed in 1856, a full team of people in town are working to revive the site at Turntable Way and River Beach Drive.
Until the 1920s, a horse and carriage was still the primary mode of transportation for many in Niagara. The Town of Niagara had a few livery stables such as Michael Greene (and later Jack Greene) on King Street and Daniel Waters on Prideaux.
To see the best tennis 125 years ago, you would have headed to the Queen’s Royal Hotel, now the site of Queen’s Royal Park off King Street in the Old Town district.
During the Second World War, the Niagara District Airpot was home to a flight school where military pilots completed their training in Tiger Moth biplanes before going on to serve in the war.
Historical storyteller Daryl Learn said he hopes to continue spreading awareness through events like Fort George’s — an attitude expressed by other re-enactors involved in the U.S. sneak attack demonstration.
The three-story, wedge-shaped brick complex on Ricardo Street, known as King's Point, contains the remnants of history that go back more than a few millennia. The lecture is set for July 17 at 7:30 p.m.
The garden party will once again be held at one of NOTL's most distinctive heritage homes — the Georgian-style residence at 83 Gage St., owned by Peter Howe and Judy McLeod.
Who won the War of 1812? That will be the big question when American historian Donald Hickey and Canadian Ronald Dale meet each other on a panel at the NOTL Museum on July 12.
"Not only did we defend our borders from our neighbours to the south and distinguish ourselves from them, but we also demonstrated to Britain that the settlers here in the colony had true grit to defend our homes," writes the NOTL Museum.
“It’s fascinating to me what Canada did in both world wars, particularly the Great War,” said Richard Moncrief, a re-enactor who travelled from Virginia to take part in the weekend's event. "It's worth the trek."
Eight fathers had the chance to get in uniform and learn how to launch a cannon, before getting to do it themselves in front of an audience — who cheered them on.
The Niagara branch of the United Empire Loyalists got its name from Col. John Butler, a Loyalist who led a group to fight Americans on behalf of the British: "Were it not for him, there may not be a Canada."
