St. David’s Buried Gorge
…to feed the Sir Adam Beck Hydro-Electric Power Plant, it was forced to bring the tunnels to the surface while crossing the St. David’s Buried Gorge. This was necessary because…
Hogg Island
…to deepen the channel and in the process created this island. The island is believed to have been named after one of the construction workers, Thomas Hogg. The island remained…
The British Settlement in Niagara
…between Fort Niagara and Fort Schlosser at Niagara Falls. It provided safe refuge for British soldiers and citizens in an increasingly hostile environment. Fort Demler consisted of a log storehouse…
The American Revolution in Niagara
…born in colony. One such loyalist was John Butler. Butler and his family were residents of the Mohawk Valley in New York before they were forced to flee to the…
Philip Bender & Family
…American Revolution forced them to seek refuge with the British in Niagara. Bender had joined Butler’s Rangers and provided loyal service for five years. Upon his discharge, and as a…
Early Commerce In Niagara
…the “crossroads”. The National Hotel was later renamed the Prospect Hotel. In 1799, Forsyth sold this hotel to J. Buchner. In 1827 Buchner sold this hotel to Harmanus Crysler. In…
The Battle of Lundy’s Lane
…the Niagara River at Queenston. Brown ordered General Winfield Scott to march towards Queenston with a brigade of soldiers in an attempt to force the British to withdraw. The movement…
The Michigan Central Railway Steel Arch Bridge
…for the building of this bridge. Mr. Olaf Hoff was the projects consulting engineer. The bridge was completed and opened without ceremony February 21st 1925. The Cantilever Bridge was dismantled…
The Rainbow Bridge
…after, the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission formed a plan to finance, construct and operate new bridge over the Niagara Gorge to replace the Honeymoon Bridge. The new bridge was to…
The Second Queenston-Lewiston Suspension Bridge
…approximately 1000 tons. Of this, nearly 800 tons of structural steel for this bridge had been salvaged from the dismantled Upper Suspension Bridge. The second Queenston – Lewiston Suspension Bridge…