Welland in Niagara Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Artist - Miguel Albino "We Were Here First"

Canoe Art Project

Photographed by Kevin Westell, August 1, 2025

1. Artist - Miguel Albino "We Were Here First" - Marker

Inscription. A Public Art partnership with the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, City of Welland and Welland Recreational Canal Corporation. To celebrate the creative talents of community artist, the Welland Flatwater course and the Pan Am 2015 canoe and kayak games

Erected 2015.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Sports. A significant historical year for this entry is 2015.

Location. 42° 59.003′ N, 79° 15.183′ W. Marker is in Welland, Ontario, in Niagara Region. It is on Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 153 Lincoln St, Welland ON L3B 6E1, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe

and in Niagara Canada.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mizpah Mission/Italian Pentecostal Church 1917 (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Artist - Catharine Mills "Hockey" (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Steel Worker To Sculptor (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Remember Montreal - Souvenez Vous de Montréal - December 6, 1989 (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); The Reilly/Coulson House 1873 (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); 1873 The Reilly - Coulson House (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); The Hooker House 1856 (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Morwood House c1861 (approx. 0.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Welland.

Artist - Miguel Albino "We Were Here First" - Marker in context image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin Westell, August 1, 2025

2. Artist - Miguel Albino "We Were Here First" - Marker in context

Photo faces south from Lincoln Street. The marker and canoe are 10 metres from the road sidewalk, in front of the Welland Community Centre.

Canoe Art: "We Were Here First" image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin Westell, August 1, 2025

3. Canoe Art: "We Were Here First"

Credits. This page was last revised on September 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 3, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. This page has been viewed 53 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 3, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.