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  • Tender for Lime for James Thompson, 1825
    Tender for Lime for James Thompson, 1825
    Text       Stamford Township was a township in Upper Canada (later Ontario)on the Niagara Peninsula. The first survey took place around 1776, and twelve families came to settle in the area. As the second township in the region surveyed, it was named Township #2, and later Mount Dorchester for Sir Guy Carleton …
    Text     Stamford Township was a township in Upper Canada (later Ontario)on the Niagara Peninsula. The first survey took place around 1776, and twelve families came to settle in the area. As …
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  • Lease Indenture between Hugh Alexander, Peter Thompson, Archibald Thompson, James Cooper and James Thompson for Lot No. 16 in Stamford, 1816.
    Lease Indenture between Hugh Alexander, Peter Thompson, Archibald Thompson, James Cooper and James Thompson for Lot No. 16 in Stamford, 1816.
    Text       Stamford Township was a township in Upper Canada (later Ontario) on the Niagara Peninsula. The first survey took place around 1776, and twelve families came to settle in the area. As the second township in the region surveyed, it was named Township #2, and later Mount Dorchester for Sir Guy …
    Text     Stamford Township was a township in Upper Canada (later Ontario) on the Niagara Peninsula. The first survey took place around 1776, and twelve families came to settle in the area. …
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  • Journals of Ransom Goring, 1867-1869
    Journals of Ransom Goring, 1867-1869
    Text       The author's grandfather Francis Goring (born in England in 1755) worked as a clerk in the fur trade in Niagara area where he settled permanently and raised a family. One of his children was Abraham Hamilton Goring (1795-1875) who married Sarah Secord (1805-1875) and had a family including a son …
    Text     The author's grandfather Francis Goring (born in England in 1755) worked as a clerk in the fur trade in Niagara area where he settled permanently and raised a family. One …
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  • Boys Scout Motif for Floral Clock, 1955
    Boys Scout Motif for Floral Clock, 1955
    ImageText       Boys Scout motif is featured because of the eighth World Scout Jamboree taking place at Niagara-on-the-Lake, August 18-28, 1955.
    ImageText     Boys Scout motif is featured because of the eighth World Scout Jamboree taking place at Niagara-on-the-Lake, August 18-28, 1955.
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  • Ontario Hydro's Floral Clock
    Ontario Hydro's Floral Clock
    ImageText       The Floral Clock at Queenston was built by Ontario Hydro in 1950 but since 1977, the floral clock has been displayed and maintained by the Niagara Parks Commission.
    ImageText     The Floral Clock at Queenston was built by Ontario Hydro in 1950 but since 1977, the floral clock has been displayed and maintained by the Niagara Parks Commission.
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  • Falls View Bridges - History and Collapse. 
Niagara Ice Bridges - Past and Present.
    Falls View Bridges - History and Collapse. Niagara Ice Bridges - Past and Present.
    ImageText       Full title: Falls View and Niagara Ice Bridges by James G. Morden(Secretary, Lundy's Lane Historical Society) Collapse of Falls View Bridge and Ice Jam of 1938 by W. Bruce Leslie Book (p. 24) containing black and white photographs by: Frank H. Leslie, "Bud" Burnett (of "Niagara Falls Evening Review") and …
    ImageText     Full title: Falls View and Niagara Ice Bridges by James G. Morden(Secretary, Lundy's Lane Historical Society) Collapse of Falls View Bridge and Ice Jam of 1938 by W. Bruce Leslie …
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  • Tourist Guide and Souvenir of Niagara Falls
    Tourist Guide and Souvenir of Niagara Falls
    TextImage       stapled, with slightly damaged cover
    TextImage     stapled, with slightly damaged cover
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  • The Indispensable Tourist's and Wheelman's Guide to the Niagara District
    The Indispensable Tourist's and Wheelman's Guide to the Niagara District
    TextImage       Mr. C. H. Mitchell, town engineer, Niagara Falls, Ont., prepared rough-draft maps.
    TextImage     Mr. C. H. Mitchell, town engineer, Niagara Falls, Ont., prepared rough-draft maps.
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  • The Canada Southern Railway at Niagara, c. 1870
    The Canada Southern Railway at Niagara, c. 1870
    Image       The Canada Southern Railway was a railway in southern Ontario, Canada, founded on February 28, 1868 as the Erie and Niagara Extension Railway. It adopted the Canada Southern Railway name on December 24, 1869.
    Image     The Canada Southern Railway was a railway in southern Ontario, Canada, founded on February 28, 1868 as the Erie and Niagara Extension Railway. It adopted the Canada Southern Railway name …
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  • Welcome to Laura Secord School Open House
    Welcome to Laura Secord School Open House
    TextImage       Program of Laura Secord School open house in 1976 with a list of school staff (Brockview and Laura Secord schools) and acknowledgement of various firms participating in school renovations.
    TextImage     Program of Laura Secord School open house in 1976 with a list of school staff (Brockview and Laura Secord schools) and acknowledgement of various firms participating in school renovations.
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  • Lease Indenture between Trustees of the Presbyterian Congregation of the Township of Stamford and Bartholomew Crannell Beardsley.
    Lease Indenture between Trustees of the Presbyterian Congregation of the Township of Stamford and Bartholomew Crannell Beardsley.
    Text       Bartholomew Crannell Beardsley (October 21, 1775 – March 24, 1855) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada and New Brunswick. He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1775, the son of John Beardsley, chaplain in a loyalist regiment, and he came north with his family to …
    Text     Bartholomew Crannell Beardsley (October 21, 1775 – March 24, 1855) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada and New Brunswick. He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York …
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  • Lease Indenture between Thomas McMicking, Peter Thompson and James Cooper (Trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Stamford) and Rheddy Cusack of Township of Stamford.
    Lease Indenture between Thomas McMicking, Peter Thompson and James Cooper (Trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Stamford) and Rheddy Cusack of Township of Stamford.
    Text       Handwritten indenture for leasing lots in Township of Stamford, between Thomas McMicking, Peter Thompson and James Cooper (Trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Stamford) and Rheddy Cusack. Document: 2 pages; size: 25.5cm x 39.5cm
    Text     Handwritten indenture for leasing lots in Township of Stamford, between Thomas McMicking, Peter Thompson and James Cooper (Trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Stamford) and Rheddy Cusack. Document: 2 pages; …
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  • Indenture between Matthew Otchy and Gilbert McMicking.
    Indenture between Matthew Otchy and Gilbert McMicking.
    Text       Indenture between Matthew Otchy and Gilbert McMicking signed on April 1, 1833 and confirmed by two witnesses (Richard Dixie and Stephen Butler Jr. This 1833 deed transfers ownership of Lot No. 12 and 33 in Township of Stamford to Gilbert McMicking. The previous owners of this land were: Rheddy Cusack, …
    Text     Indenture between Matthew Otchy and Gilbert McMicking signed on April 1, 1833 and confirmed by two witnesses (Richard Dixie and Stephen Butler Jr. This 1833 deed transfers ownership of Lot …
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  • Drummond Hill Cemetery Transcriptions
    Drummond Hill Cemetery Transcriptions
    TextImage       - A sample of the original Drummond Hill Burying Ground Records as recorded by William Dalton in 1910 is found on page 6. - A picture of William Dalton appears on page 12 - Maps of the cemetery appear on pages 15 and 16
    TextImage     - A sample of the original Drummond Hill Burying Ground Records as recorded by William Dalton in 1910 is found on page 6. - A picture of William Dalton appears …
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  • Goat Island and Prospect Point in winter.
    Goat Island and Prospect Point in winter.
    Image       There is a handwritten note indicating winter 1962-3 which is probably wrong. In 1954 a large rock fall occurred at the observation platform at Prospect Point and nearly 200,000 tons of rock fell down into the gorge. In the Fall of 1958, construction began on a 282 foot tall steel …
    Image     There is a handwritten note indicating winter 1962-3 which is probably wrong. In 1954 a large rock fall occurred at the observation platform at Prospect Point and nearly 200,000 tons …
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  • Great Ice Jam Threatens to Destroy Maids of the Mist
    Great Ice Jam Threatens to Destroy Maids of the Mist
    ImageText       From Armstrong family collection
    ImageText     From Armstrong family collection
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  • Observations and suggestions by Niagara Tourist at Palm Beach
    Observations and suggestions by Niagara Tourist at Palm Beach
    Text       Arthur D. Armstrong was son of William Armstrong of Queenston
    Text     Arthur D. Armstrong was son of William Armstrong of Queenston
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  • Mr. David M. Walker
    Mr. David M. Walker
    Text  Niagara Falls Evening Review (Niagara Falls, Ontario. Canada19141005)     Alexander Malcolm Manson (1883 – 1964)was a British Columbia judge and politician in the Liberal Party. Positions he held included Speaker, Minister of Labour and Attorney General. He was later appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia and served from the 1930s until he retired in 1961.
    Text  Niagara Falls Evening Review (Niagara Falls, Ontario. Canada19141005)   Alexander Malcolm Manson (1883 – 1964)was a British Columbia judge and politician in the Liberal Party. Positions he held included Speaker, Minister of Labour and Attorney General. He was later …
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  • Niagara Falls Museum Latest Illustrated Guide of Niagara Falls and Points of Interest
    Niagara Falls Museum Latest Illustrated Guide of Niagara Falls and Points of Interest
    TextImage       Niagara Falls Museum was a museum most notable for being the oldest Canadian museum (1827), as well as for having housed the mummy of Ramesses I [or Ramses] for 140 years before its return to Egypt in 2003. It was founded by Thomas Barnett of Birmingham, England and underwent a …
    TextImage     Niagara Falls Museum was a museum most notable for being the oldest Canadian museum (1827), as well as for having housed the mummy of Ramesses I [or Ramses] for 140 …
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  • Ice jam havoc spreads to down-river sector
    Ice jam havoc spreads to down-river sector
    TextImage       On January 27, 1938 an ice jam caused a collapse of the Falls View Bridge.
    TextImage     On January 27, 1938 an ice jam caused a collapse of the Falls View Bridge.
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