Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum. Archives

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: First light on the lake

The first lighthouse on the Great Lakes was erected on Mississauga Point, in 1804, more than 200 years ago. The Assembly of Upper Canada, in...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Soldiers lunch at Queenston Heights

This First World War photograph is from an album owned by the family of Niagara Camp Commandant Lt.-Col. William A. Logie. Soldiers are resting...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Lawn bowling green

This is a photograph of the former lawn bowling green that existed on the corner of Johnson and Regent streets in the heritage district of...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: The water tower

This photograph shows the former water tower on King Street, which was located beside Jack Greene’s Livery Stable. At the bottom of the picture, you...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: The steamer ‘Canada’

This is a print of the steamer "Canada" that was built in Niagara-on-the-Lake for the Great Western Railway in 1853. From the 1830s through to...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: House fires prevalent in 1800s

In Upper Canada during the early 19th century, metal plaques were provided by fire insurance companies to homeowners who had purchased insurance coverage. This...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Irrigation systems

We are all patiently waiting for the tasty fruit season to begin in Niagara. We know our unique geography makes this area one of...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: April ice jam of 1909

Here’s a photo of the Niagara River ice jam that occurred in April 1909. This photo was taken in Queenston looking south from the...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Chautauqua ampitheatre

This is the only known photograph of the interior of the former amphitheatre that was part of the Chautauqua grounds in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The Chautauqua...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Late 1800s road work

This is a late 1800s photograph of a group of unidentified men, possibly in Queenston, working on the road systems in our community. Early road...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: A bird’s-eye view

Here is a postcard, dated circa the First World War, printed by a local publisher named Frank H. Leslie. It is a bird’s-eye view,...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Gordon Walker

Here is Gordon Walker, playing with his bow and arrow on Platoff Street in the Heritage District, circa 1950. The garage to the left...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Gibson’s general store

This photograph, circa 1950s, shows the front door and gas pumps of George Gibson’s General Store, which was formerly located at the corner of...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Behind the courthouse

This photograph from 1957 shows the former municipal public works sheds that were located in the Market Square area of Niagara-on-the-Lake.This was directly behind...

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