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

Artist - Stacey Thomas "Paddles"

Photographed by Kevin Westell, August 1, 2025

1. Artist - Stacey Thomas "Paddles" - 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: Sports • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 2015.

Location. 43° 0.915′ N, 79° 14.909′ W. Marker is in Welland, Ontario, in Niagara Region. It can be reached from the intersection of Niagara St N and Woodlawn Rd, on the right when traveling north. The marker and canoe are at Welland's Seaway Mall, at an entrance mid-way along its west side (the Niagara Street side), near the CIBC and Shopper's Drug Mart. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 800 Niagara St N, Welland ON L3C 5Z4, 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,

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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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Brick Archways 1913 (approx. 1.6 kilometers away); The Haun-Kenney House c. 1860 (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Welland Canal History (approx. 2.1 kilometers away); William Hamilton Merritt (approx. 2.1 kilometers away); Thomson Mateka House c 1855 (approx. 2.1 kilometers away); Artist Sarah Beattie "Ship Saudades" (approx. 2.1 kilometers away); Bridgetender's House c.1855 (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); 1855 The Bridgetender's House (approx. 2.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Welland.

Regarding Artist - Stacey Thomas "Paddles". Of the 16 art-canoes that were created during Welland's 2015 canoe-art project, 9 remain on public display in 2025.

Art Canoe "Paddles" image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin Westell, August 1, 2025

2. Art Canoe "Paddles"

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 56 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 3, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.