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      A lead bucket and metal ladle that are believed by some to have been used for making bullets. The ladle has a copper scoop and measures 35 cm long with a hook on the end. The bucket, with a metal handle, is stamped with what looks to be an A …

      A hand-made powder horn, dated approximately 1800, that is believed to have existed since 1790. Both the flask and the stopper are made wood. For more information, read “‘Scruples of Conscience’: The War of 1812 in the Sugarloaf Settlement” by Donald G. Anger, the Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum. …

      This large copper powder flask has a brass rim and spout at the top. Below the spout is marked "Dixon & Sons", the Manufacturer. The spout is marked: "DRAMS 4 1/2 4 1/2 4 3 3/4 3 1/2. Below the spout is a lever to open. There are also four …

      A small copper flask that was presumably used for gun powder. There is a brass rim at the opening and a metal lever to open it. The design on the face is the same on both sides: Trees, a hunter and a dog. For more information, read “‘Scruples of Conscience’: …

      A mill stone from the Zavitz Mill located near the Eagle Marsh Drain (western end of Tennessee Avenue and Lakeshore Road in Port Colborne). The Zavitz Mill was one of the first mills in the southern end of the Niagara Peninsula. Another stone is located near the Port Colborne Hospital …

      This set of four cannonballs were found at Gravelly Bay in Port Colborne. It is believed that the cannonballs were found here because of their proximity to Zavitz Mill. During the war, the mill would most likely have been protected with one or more cannons against possible marine attacks or …

      Cannonball that was found at the south end of Elm Street, near the lake, in Port Colborne. It is believed that military stores and munitions were often kept in the Sugar Loaf area and would be quickly buried or secreted to prevent their seizure by advancing American troops. This was …

      Two cannonballs, one smaller and lopsided was found in a backyard on Catharine Street in Port Colborne and the other larger one was found elsewhere in the city. It is believed that military stores and munitions were often kept in the Sugar Loaf area and would be quickly buried or …

      These five musket balls were found on Nickel beach at a home on Lakeshore Road East, Port Colborne Ontario. It is believed that during the War of 1812 many military stores and munitions were secreted or buried in haste to prevent their seizure by advancing American troops. This would most …

      Property stamp from the steamboat MAYFLOWER of Montreal.

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      "Illustrated with maps, and numerous engravings from original sketches." Some illustrations by Capt. James Van Cleve, treasurer of the company At head of title: Great Northern route. American Lines Includes folded map glued onto the recto of the frontispiece

      Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. H.M.S. CHEROKEE, 1842 This wood-built, paddle-driven, six-gun steam sloop-of-war (schooner rigged) was built at Kingston Dockyard and was the first regular naval vessel to use steam power on the Great Lakes.

 appeared in St. Catharines Standard, 21 Mar 2013, C20. Date of Event: March 13, 2013     Survivor(s): Bean, Ronald (son) City of Death: Port Colborne, Ontario Place of Burial: Pleasantview Memorial Gardens "predeceased by Bean, Quested T. "Buzz"(husband); predeceased by Bean, Arnold (son); cremation"

 appeared in St. Catharines Evening Journal, 27 Feb 1872, p. 3. Date of Event: February 27, 1872     Survivor(s): Fitzsimmons, B Mr. (father) City of Death: Port Colborne Place of Burial: St. Catharines Cemetery Age 2 years

 appeared in St. Catharines Standard, 6 May 2008, B6. Date of Event: May 3, 2008     Survivor(s): Aldridge, Barbara (wife); Berg, Patricia (step-daughter) City of Death: Port Colborne, Ontario predeceased by Aldridge, Jesse (mother); predeceased by Aldridge, Nelson (father); predeceased by a brother John and sisters Jean and Madelyn; He received his education as a design Engineer in California; He worked in Vancouver in that capacity; …

 appeared in St. Catharines Evening Journal, 6 May 1872, p. 3. Date of Event: May 5, 1872     City of Death: Port Colborne Place of Burial: Steele's Burying Ground Age 22 years; Funeral from her mother's residence, Port Colborne

 appeared in St. Catharines Evening Journal, 25 Jan 1873, p. 3. Date of Event: January 24, 1873     City of Death: Port Colborne Place of Burial: Quaker Burying Ground (Pelham) Predeceased by her husband John Gordon; Age 49 years

 appeared in St. Catharines Evening Journal, 10 Mar 1873, p. 3. Date of Event: March 9, 1873     City of Death: Port Colborne Place of Burial: St. Catharines Cemetery Predeceased by her husband Mr. Michael Drew; Drowned at Port Colborne last December

 appeared in St. Catharines Evening Journal, 26 Dec 1872, p. 3. Date of Event: December 25, 1872     Survivor(s): Higgins, Nicholas (husband) City of Death: Port Colborne Place of Burial: Overholt's Burying Ground