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The Welland Canals Historical Markers
The Welland Canal connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Now in its fourth incarnation, the canal has operated from 1829 to the current day. INCLUDED in this Series are the construction and operations of the canal and related features (bridges, tunnels, ships), related activities, and impacts on business near and far.
Schooners
By the 1840s, farming had transformed the western frontier into America's breadbasket. Moving grain to national and worldwide markets required a vast number of specialized ships. In the age of sail, purpose-built canal schooners . . . — — Map (db m278080) HM
Fortuitous geography, local engineering ingenuity, and American business acumen were to combine to assure Buffalo a pivotal role in the forwarding of grain to national and international markets. After the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, . . . — — Map (db m85392) HM
Buffalo was the leading wheat market in the United States for the first three decades of the twentieth century. However, by the 1930s, Buffalo's strategic position in the grain trade weakened as U.S. and Canadian grain began to bypass the port's . . . — — Map (db m85484) HM
Lifting Buffalo to World Renown. In 1924 Buffalo led the world in handling grain. 300,000,000 bushels passed throught Buffalo harbor, unloaded, lifted, stored, and reloaded by the grain elevators that still stand tall along the banks of the . . . — — Map (db m84694) HM
A variety of sailing vessels have come into our port. The steamboat Ontario visited the Genesee in 1817 on her maiden voyage. The sighting of a ship far off on the horizon and following her into port, a ship like today's Stephen B. . . . — — Map (db m90721) HM
For early travelers coming up the Niagara River on their way from Lake Ontario to the other Great Lakes, this area - known as the Lower Landing - marked the beginning of the Niagara Portage, the shortest and most accessible route around Niagara . . . — — Map (db m66302) HM
In 1915, Peter A. Porter calls the Old Stone Chimney, "the oldest masonry in the State of New York, west of Albany," with the exception of the French Castle at Old Fort Niagara.
The Portage
Rivers are great for easily moving people and . . . — — Map (db m96612) HM
Dewitt Clinton dreamed of "a Great Canal" to solve the problem of access to the natural resources of the mid-west. Of the two routes considered - a canal across the state to Buffalo and a canal to Lake Ontario at Oswego - the Buffalo proposal won at . . . — — Map (db m86367) HM
Andrew Lodde was working on fish tugs by the time he was sixteen in 1888. He started with the Van Ells in Port Washington, then off of Jones Island and back to Port when the fish company relocated here. In 1913 Andrew formed a partnership with the . . . — — Map (db m88899) HM
[English] Completion of the Sault Canal opened up an all Canadian waterway from Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean. The waterway was formed by a series of eight canals which provided uninterrupted passage for . . . — — Map (db m272597) HM
6:1 | The Story of the Anchor With the projected opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway being built to allow larger ocean-going vessels direct access to the upper great lakes scheduled for 1959, the need for larger vessels and other innovative . . . — — Map (db m280017) HM
The Founding of Dunnville
The construction of a dam and canal designed to feed water
from the Grand River to the new Welland Canal fostered the
development of a settlement here during the late 1820s. A
town plot, named Dunnville . . . — — Map (db m255042) HM
In 1845 the Feeder Canal was extended from Stromness (once called "Broad Creek") to the nearby Port Maitland Lock. This allowed ships to navigate from both the Welland Canal and from Lake Erie to the Upper Grand River. The Feeder Canal brought a . . . — — Map (db m255176) HM
From the beginning of the 19th century, settlers were attracted to this region by the power of water cascading over the Niagara Escarpment. But it was not until 1896 that five Hamilton businessmen known as "The Five Johns" (John Dickenson, John . . . — — Map (db m248393) HM
Elgie Log House, Original Building Built: c. 1865, Middlesex County Con. 7, Lot 24, West Nissouri Township
While the builder of this house has never been identified, it is known that the Log House was the boyhood home of Michael Elgie. . . . — — Map (db m285285) HM
The passage of the first two vessels from lake to
lake was achieved in 1829. After "stemming the
broad and strong current of the Niagara", the
vessels reached Black Rock where they were met
with bursts of applause and honoured by the
discharge . . . — — Map (db m279128) HM
Following the cession of the east bank of the Niagara River to the United States in 1783, the British authorities felt compelled to transfer the portage road around Niagara Falls to the west bank of the river. Opened in 1789 by a . . . — — Map (db m283072) HM
Considered to be one of the founding
fathers of Niagara Falls, Samuel
Zimmerman moved to Niagara from
Pennsylvania in 1842 as "a poor man with
a shovel on his shoulder," as he liked to
say. However, he had plenty of ambition
and some knowledge . . . — — Map (db m282222) HM
In 1792-94 a village grew up near Fort Chippawa on Chippawa Creek at the end of the new portage road from Queenston. In 1793 the creek was renamed the Welland River, but the village, where a post-office was opened before 1801, remained "Chippawa". . . . — — Map (db m54124) HM
This beautiful fountain takes its name from Samuel Zimmerman who came to Canada from Pennsylvania in 1842. He amassed a fortune through a series of lucrative contracts involving the building of the second Welland Canal and various Railway Lines, . . . — — Map (db m283500) HM
The Erie and Ontario Railway line, constructed in 1854, was built
to compete with the Welland Canal for transporting goods and
passengers across the peninsula. The railway stopped carrying
passengers after 1945 and eventually rail service was . . . — — Map (db m283198) HM
At or near this spot in the year 1795 or earlier
William Read UEL and a band of British subjects amidtst the pine forest erected the first Anglican chuch in the district of Nassau (Niagara) in which divine service was held by the rev Robt. . . . — — Map (db m275532) HM
Following the loss, after the American Revolution of the Niagara River's east bank, a new portage around Niagara Falls was established in the 1780s' with Queenston its northern terminous. Wharves, storehouses and a block-house were built. Robert . . . — — Map (db m51621) HM
This plaque has been erected
to honour the memory of all
those citizens of Port Colborne
who gave their lives in the construction
of the Welland Canals.
First Canal completed 1829
Second Canal completed 1848
Third Canal completed 1887 . . . — — Map (db m279617) HM
Crossing The Canal - "The Hopkins Swing Bridge"
When a canal divides a town, the citizens rely heavily on the bridge which joins the
two sides. In the early years, before the present-day lift bridges of the fourth canal,
the . . . — — Map (db m281739) HM
This point where Old and New Canals meet,
was renamed Derek Point and dedicated
to the memory of Derek K. Zavitz,
lost at sea December 5, 1996
off the coast of Australia.
The dedication to this proud young native
of the Port Colborne . . . — — Map (db m281763) HM
This Earth Scraper, which was used on the construction of the Welland Canal, was restored in 2008 by Elam Sauder of Elmira, through a generous donation from the North Shore Coalition in 2006 — — Map (db m279688) HM
In 1831 the Welland Canal Company selected Gravelly Bay as the southern terminus of their waterway connecting Lakes Ontario and Erie, and in 1833 asked the permission of Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Colborne to name the site "Port Colborne". The . . . — — Map (db m284462) HM
This hand operated winch is the last of many used on the 2nd Welland Canal to open and close the wooden lock gates. Capable of hoisting 2½ tons this winch, once located near Clarence Street, was donated by Gary King of Lowbanks in memory of his . . . — — Map (db m279618) HM
Memorial
to
John Hansen
Cons't. Sup't. for A. G. Creelman Co.
1925-30
Complete Lock # 8
Weir, Jack-Knife & Wier Bridges
& Highway
Gift to
The City of Port Colborne
by daughters
Edna, Aldith, Edith and Irma
Aug. . . . — — Map (db m279610) HM
Old Meets New - A walk across History
This pedestrian bridge was constructed to allow users of the multi-use trail to cross the weir,
which was the original shipping channel of the first, second and third
Welland canals . . . — — Map (db m281783) HM
Settlement Begins - Port Colborne's Early Inhabitants
First Nations people inhabited this Lake Erie shoreline long before the arrival of the European
settlers in the 1780s. The area was covered by a mature Carolinian forest . . . — — Map (db m281735) HM
In 1833, four years after it had been opened, the Welland Canal was extended to Gravelly Bay to provide a more direct route between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The first ship to transit this extension was the schooner “Matilda” of Oakville. Its . . . — — Map (db m282882) HM
Now in its fourth configuration, the canal runs, in its entirety, 43.5 kilometers (27 miles) from
Port Colborne, Ontario on Lake Erie to Port Weller (St. Catharines), Ontario on Lake Ontario.
As part of the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Canal Allows . . . — — Map (db m279609) HM
In 1824 businessman William Hamilton Merritt formed the Welland Canal Company, so named because of his plan to dig a "ditch" that would carry water from the Welland River to his mills in St. Catharines. With the Erie Canal opening in . . . — — Map (db m284464) HM
Serving the marine trade since 1833
West Street came into existence when the first Welland Canal was extended directly through to Lake Erie in 1833. Many buildings that you see on West Street today were originally built in the . . . — — Map (db m279646) HM
Bollards, used to secure ropes from a ship, are found all along the canal. Most were plain and serviceable. This bollard, made from polished carved limestone and placed on a base, was a prototype for possible use along the present canal. Though . . . — — Map (db m283504) HM
Bollards and Fairleads are used to control the lines (rope and cables) used to tie up a ship.
Bollards are steel or concrete posts, on land and on a ship, used to secure a vessel. Vessels travelling through the Welland Canal are tied up in . . . — — Map (db m283507) HM
In 1960, the Lincoln Historical Society (now the St. Catharines Historical Society) recovered this cannon barrel from the banks of Twelve Mile Creek, formerly the route of the First and Second Welland Canals. It had been buried in the area under . . . — — Map (db m283510) HM
The modern Welland Canal is actually the fourth version to be built since 1829. Unlike the later government-operated canals, the First Welland Canal was built by a private company.
The outline on the ground represents a typical lock from the . . . — — Map (db m283511) HM
This site is part of the Canadian section of
the National and Global Irish Famine Way.
The Global Irish Famine Way extends from the
National Famine Way in Ireland to follow the journeys
of all the Irish Famine emigrants around the . . . — — Map (db m284809) HM
For more on the history of the Welland Canals, please visit our galleries inside the Museum.
A lock is a bit like a watertight bathtub with gates on both ends.
To fill the lock chamber, water is let in from the upper channel through an . . . — — Map (db m283609) HM
For more on the history of the Welland Canals, please visit our galleries inside the Museum.
Operations
The Welland Canal is operated by the Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Seaway Corporation. The Canal is mostly operated from the control . . . — — Map (db m283546) HM
A timber lock with inside dimensions of 33.7m (108 ft) by 6.6m (22 ft) was constructed on this site between 1824 and 1827. The lock walls consisted of earth filled cribs 5.2m (16 ft) thick and 7.6m (25 ft) deep. This was the 24th lock of 39 that . . . — — Map (db m283091) HM
A prominent Canadian shipbuilder, Shickluna was born in Malta, where he worked before emigrating to North America. By 1835 he was engaged in ship construction at Youngstown, New York. Three years later, attracted by the traffic stimulated by the . . . — — Map (db m283522) HM
Decew Falls is named after John DeCou, an early landowner who settled in the Townships of Thorold and Grantham in about 1788. John DeCou was the son of a United Empire Loyalist and
"purchased one man's right to a hundred acres for an axe and an . . . — — Map (db m280029) HM
This work by sculptor Yves Trudeau was created for the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the first Welland Canal in 1829.
It was unveiled September 7, 1979, by the federal Minister . . . — — Map (db m275177) HM
Shipbuilding has a long association with the Niagara Peninsula, and is especially linked to the Welland Canals. Russell Armington established this important industry with the launching in 1828 of the Welland Canal. St. Catharines quickly became . . . — — Map (db m76279) HM
St. Catharines became an important part of the shipping industry due to the building of the Welland Canals and its location between two Great Lakes. Louis Shickluna, a shipbuilder who emigrated to St. Catharines to Malta, began working as a . . . — — Map (db m283597) HM
Lock number 6 of the original Welland Canal lies in the adjacent watercourse about 700 feet south-west of here. This first or "wooden" canal, constructed 1824-33 by the Welland Canal Company, ran from Port Dalhousie on Lake Ontario to Port Colborne . . . — — Map (db m283493) HM
A tribute to Canadian engineering design and construction, the Fourth Welland Canal was built to permit passage of ships between Lakes Ontario and Erie, bypassing Niagara Falls. Constructed in the period 1913 - 1932 at a cost of $130 million, it . . . — — Map (db m283502) HM
This is the site of Locks 16-21 of the Second Welland
Canal. These interlocking cut stone blocks were built
in the vicinity of wooden Locks 22-30 from the First
Welland Canal. This tightly grouped series of locks
overcame the 85 foot height of . . . — — Map (db m284071) HM
For more on the history of the Welland Canals, please visit our galleries inside the Museum.
The Great Lakes: Our Fresh Water Seas
The Welland Ship Canal is one of Canada's foremost examples of engineering and a product of over 200 . . . — — Map (db m283604) HM
The Welland Ship Canal is the fourth in a series of successively larger canals that were built to join Lakes Ontario and Erie - the first being completed in 1829. The present Canal was opened in 1932. It forms part of the St. Lawrence Seaway/Great . . . — — Map (db m76328) HM
In 1871 a canal commission recommended an enlarged and
uniform series of locks for the St. Lawrence and Welland
Canal Systems. Work on the Third Welland Canal commenced
in 1874 and was completed in 1887, allowing for a navigable
depth of 14 . . . — — Map (db m281317) HM
Twenty moveable bridges were constructed to cross the Welland Canal at the time of its opening in 1932. Of the eleven original vertical lift bridges, only three remain in use.
This sheave (a grooved wheel that forms part of a . . . — — Map (db m283529) HM
History of Malcolmson Eco-Park
In the early 1900s, the area was a tree nursery and maintenance yard for the Welland
Ship Canal Company. The glass greenhouse was built by the Lord & Burnham Company in 1930. The Federal Government . . . — — Map (db m294517) HM
History of Malcolmson Eco-Park
In the early 1900s, the area was a tree nursery and maintenance yard for the Welland
Ship Canal Company. The glass greenhouse was built by the Lord & Burnham Company in 1930. It is still in use, and has . . . — — Map (db m294559) HM
History of Malcolmson Eco-Park
In the early 1900s, the area was a tree nursery and maintenance yard for the Welland
Ship Canal Company. The glass greenhouse was built by the Lord & Burnham Company in 1930. The Federal Government . . . — — Map (db m294567) HM
History of Malcolmson Eco-Park
In the early 1900s, the area was a tree nursery and maintenance yard for the Welland
Ship Canal Company. The glass greenhouse was built by the Lord & Burnham Company in 1930. The Federal Government . . . — — Map (db m294574) HM
History of Malcolmson Eco-Park
In the early 1900s, the area was a tree nursery and maintenance yard for the Welland
Ship Canal Company. The glass greenhouse was built by the Lord & Burnham Company in 1930. The Federal Government . . . — — Map (db m294583) HM
This plaque, erected to mark the 40th. anniversary of the opening of the Welland Ship Canal to world shipping on August 6, 1932, commemorates the significant role this historic waterway and our inland fleet play in Canada's national . . . — — Map (db m283532) HM
Born of a Loyalist family in the State of New York, Merritt became a pioneer merchant and industrialist on Upper Canada's Niagara frontier. In 1818 he began to promote construction of the Welland Canal, of which he became the first . . . — — Map (db m283516) HM
The Rotary Reflecting Pool is dedicated to the Rotary Club of St. Catharines and
to the historical significance of the original Welland Canal which was located
nearby. Rotary's support for this place of tranquility and creative reflection . . . — — Map (db m303042) HM
Shipbuilding and shipping is in our city's DNA! The Welland Canal has shaped the city's landscape and the canal's
modern operation is a daily reminder of the importance of this engineering marvel. Observe the massive ships in
todays' Welland Canal . . . — — Map (db m281143) HM
On November 12, 1831, Bishop Alexander Macdonell of Kingston, Ontario, blessed and opened on this site the first Roman Catholic parish church in the Niagara peninsula. This pioneer wooden church was built and often served by priests from . . . — — Map (db m280747) HM
Before this region was settled, several Indian trails intersected here at a ford in Twelve Mile Creek. They were improved by early settlers and a church was erected at the crossroads by 1798. A tavern soon followed and a settlement, known as St. . . . — — Map (db m280753) HM
has been erected by his grandson William Hamilton Merritt of the City of Toronto, son of William Hamilton Merritt Jr. of St. Catharines as a tribute to the father of Canadian transportation who through initiatory steps in first waterways and . . . — — Map (db m283519) HM
A pioneer in the field of transportation, Merritt was born in Bedford, New York and settled at Twelve Mile Creek (St. Catharines) with his Loyalist family in 1796. He served with the provincial cavalry during the War of 1812, then . . . — — Map (db m283517) HM
A series of locks in the Welland Canal system allows ships to safely ascend and descend the Niagara
Escarpment and bypass Niagara Falls. Merritton Bill Wiley Memorial Parkette is located on top
of a portion of the Second Welland Canal where . . . — — Map (db m294893) HM
This memorial honours the 138 men who were killed while building the current
Welland Canal. Thousands of workers were employed in Niagara during the Canal's
construction, which lasted from 1913 to 1935. They were from 16 countries, many
new to . . . — — Map (db m275153) HM
In 1844, this land was sold to the Board of Works. It was used to establish a portion of the "Government Gate Yard" which contained buildings, tools, machinery and the necessary implements to construct, maintain and repair the Second and later Third . . . — — Map (db m281327) HM
Wineries, breweries, and distilleries were generally exempted
from prohibition in Ontario (1916-1927) and were allowed to produce alcohol for export purposes. Rum runners took
full advantage of alcohol production in Ontario to cover up
their . . . — — Map (db m280057) HM
This stone lock served as Lock One of the Second Welland Canal, the canal's northern terminus and the key to the development and growth of the village of Port Dalhousie from 1848 to 1882. A grand and handsome achievement of skilled stonemasons, . . . — — Map (db m260772) HM
This stone lock was the Welland Canal's important northern terminus from 1882 to 1930, and played a central role in the life of the village of Port Dalhousie. The last of the three entry locks of the early canals located in Port Dalhousie, it . . . — — Map (db m261411) HM
In 1859, the steam powered Welland Railway was completed between Port Dalhousie on Lake Ontario and Port Colborne on Lake Erie. The railway was built because the canal was too small to handle the "new" loaded lake ships. The company was organized . . . — — Map (db m283664) HM
The comings and goings of schooners and steamboats, captains and crews of sailors, towboys and their teams
of horses - all these were common scenes here at the site of the harbour lock, the first Welland canal's northern terminus from 1828 to 1847. . . . — — Map (db m280058) HM
Five Muir brothers built and repaired ships on this harbour site from 1850 until 1946.
This Muir family left Ayrshire, Scotland in 1834 and settled in Howick, Quebec. The eldest brother, James, remained there with his parents and four . . . — — Map (db m272645) HM
This sculpture is a tribute to towhorses and their significant role in the history of the Welland Canals. During the construction of the canals, both
human and animal workers suffered injuries and casualties.
The sailing ships of the early . . . — — Map (db m272643) HM
The nearby waterway, a part of the first Welland Canal
constructed in 1824-29, is the course used for the
annual Royal Canadian Henley Regatta. Competitive
rowing became popular in Canada during the 1860's and
1870's, and in 1880 the Canadian . . . — — Map (db m272641) HM
In 1977, the "Welland Canals Preservation Association" (WCPA) was formed by a citizens group to
transform part of
the abandoned canal system into useable public space. This initiative included repurposing lock one of the second
Welland Canal, . . . — — Map (db m281323) HM
Au début des années 1900, l'entrepreneur Charles Ansell quitte l'Angleterre pour venir s'installer au Canada. Il lance sa carrière dans le secteur bancaire mais rejoint rapidement les rangs des cadres du chantier naval de Muir Brothers . . . — — Map (db m275035) HM
Cette hélice fut acquise par le Club Rotary de St. Catharines - Lakeshore en 1999.
Elle a été transportée des chantiers des cales sèches de l'autre côté du Canal
Welland au parc Charles Ansell à l'Écluse no 1.
Retraçant l'histoire . . . — — Map (db m283662) HM
Depuis le debút du 19° siècle, la construction et la réparation rue intégrante de la riche histoire maritime de navires fait partie intégrante de la riche histoire maritime de la region de Niagara. Entre 1913 et 1932, lors de la . . . — — Map (db m275037) HM
The Welland Ship Canal Construction Railway was built expressly for the construction of the Welland Ship Canal, known locally as the Fourth Canal, and was operated by the federal Department of Railways and Canals on behalf of various contractors . . . — — Map (db m283651) HM
On Jan 30 2023, St. Catharines City Council renamed the northernmost part of Malcolmson Eco-Park as Williamson Point.
In 1946, Cyril (Cy) Williamson, who previously served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War, became the . . . — — Map (db m274079) HM
The History of Lock 25
Lock 25, located in the Battle of Beaverdams Park in downtown Thorold, is one of the 27 stone locks of the 2nd Welland Canal, which were constructed between 1841 and 1845 to replace the 40 inferior wooden locks . . . — — Map (db m279932) HM
Construction of the Welland Canals
The Welland Canals have long provided an important navigation link between Lake
Ontario and Lake Erie, which helped foster the growth of trade, industry, and cities around the Great Lakes. . . . — — Map (db m284320) HM
This house of Captain John DeCou (the name was variously spelled by his relatives and descendants and latterly as DeCew) was the Headquarters of the British outpost under Lieut. James Fitzgibbon to which came Laura Secord through the woods and . . . — — Map (db m279974) HM
Lock 25, constructed from locally quarried limestone
between 1841 and 1845, is the only Second Welland
Canal mountain lock in Thorold that remains visible
today. Demonstrating its engineering and functional
design, it is part of the built . . . — — Map (db m274971) HM
This Edwardian brick structure with many fine features,
built by the Lynch brothers, has a commanding location
in relation to the Welland Canal. As tradesmen and
tending locks on the canal, the Lynchs were all involved
in the early years of . . . — — Map (db m275386) HM
Built by Hugh Keefer overlooking the 2nd Welland
Canal, this outstanding landmark was designed by
C.W. Mulligan in dramatic Richardsonian-Romanesque
style, and built of red Grimsby sandstone and gray
limestone from Queenston. It replaced the . . . — — Map (db m275428) HM
A sawmill built in 1792 on nearby Twelve Mile Creek by Benjamin Canby, an early entrepreneur, formed the nucleus of a settlement, which by 1799 was called St. Johns. Other enterprising businessmen, notably John Darling and John Street, developed . . . — — Map (db m284317) HM
During the construction of the original Welland Canal, 1824-1829, a number of communities sprung up along its length. Here, on land belonging to George Keefer, a village known as Thorold had developed by 1828. A large flouring mill was built on the . . . — — Map (db m54088) HM
Believed to have been one of Upper Canada’s largest flour mills, this substantial limestone structure was erected in 1846-47 by Jacob Keefer. It was constructed on the Second Welland Canal, a channel which has since been filled in, and . . . — — Map (db m284409) HM
This was the site of the Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway (NS&T) Thorold Station. The NS&T was an electric freight and passenger railway serving communities primarily along the Welland Canal corridor plus Niagara Falls. It was an . . . — — Map (db m260650) HM
Celebrating 200 Years of the Welland Canal
On November 30, 1824, near this site,
the first shovel went into the ground to
begin the construction of the
First Welland Canal.
George Keefer, President of the Welland
Canal . . . — — Map (db m278630) HM
Originally conceived in 1818 by its promoter, William Hamilton Merritt, to divert trade from the Erie Canal and New York and built under private auspices, the canal was opened to traffic in 1829. After additional work in 1833, the . . . — — Map (db m283010) HM
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