St. Catharines in Niagara Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Spring Tooth Cultivator

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 27, 2014

1. Spring Tooth Cultivator Marker

Inscription. After a vineyard has been disked, a cultivator is used to break the earth into smaller pieces for a leveller finish. This one, from the Vansickle Road farm of Jim Brown in St. Catharines, was used from about 1900 until 1980 when it was given to the Johnson family. From Art Johnson, St. Catharines Museum, 1998-432.

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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Agriculture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1900.

Location. 43° 9.329′ N, 79° 11.668′ W. Marker is in St. Catharines, Ontario, in Niagara Region. It can be reached from Welland Canals Parkway. Marker is along the front wall garden of the St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1932 Welland Canals Parkway, St Catharines ON L2R 7K6, 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,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and 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 walking distance of this marker: The Welland Canals and the St. Lawrence Seaway System (a few steps from this marker); Horse Drawn Grape Hoe (a few steps from this marker); Shipbuilding in Niagara (a few steps

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from this marker); International Shipmasters' Association (a few steps from this marker); Early Welland Canals (within shouting distance of this marker); Global Irish Famine Way (within shouting distance of this marker); Welland Ship Canal (within shouting distance of this marker); Bollards & Fairleads (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Catharines.

Also see . . . St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canal Centre. (Submitted on August 15, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)

Spring Tooth Cultivator and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 27, 2014

2. Spring Tooth Cultivator and Marker

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 27, 2014

3. Spring Tooth Cultivator Marker

southward

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 27, 2014

4. Spring Tooth Cultivator Marker

Northward towards Museum entrance.

Entrance to St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 27, 2014

5. Entrance to St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre Building

Credits. This page was last revised on September 27, 2019. It was originally submitted on August 15, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 481 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 15, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.