The Niagara Freedom Trail
…the 1840’s, 1850’s and 1860’s, the Underground Railroad operated at its peak. The Underground Railroad was a series of safe houses located throughout America and Upper Canada where run away…
Pelham, Ontario
…is primarily an agricultural area where many farms abound. Orchards of tender fruit and grape vineyards are plentiful. The Fonthill area has undergone a building boom over the past dozen…
The Power Plant
…grid. Suddenly a loud rumble was heard from behind the wall and the wall began to collapse. One of the workers died. Employee, Richard Draper of Lewiston was killed. The…
Lincoln Beachy
…piloting an aircraft to attend the joint United States – Canadian International Carnival at Buffalo and Fort Erie. The airplane was a Curtiss biplane and was piloted by Lincoln Beachy…
Robert Overacker
Robert Overacker, a 39 year old man challenged the mighty Horseshoe Falls at on October 1st 1995. He planned on riding on a single jet ski until he reached the…
Biddle Staircase
…viewing portals to allow visitors a view of the Falls and the Niagara Gorge from differing heights as they traveled along the staircase. In 1847, a rock fall caused a…
Cedar Island
…named after the white cedar trees originally found on this island. Throughout the years, the island was also known as Swayze’s Island, Long Island and Crescent Island. This island was…
The River Railway Power Station
…Queenston and Chippawa. The 2,100 horsepower powerhouse, built in 1892 by an American company who owned the Niagara Falls Park & River Railway, was close to the Horseshoe Falls (near…
Fossils Discovered in Niagara
…Rochester shale rock layer – still in existence at bottom of Atlantic Ocean Horn Coral (Enterolasma Caliculum) grew on sea bottom (425-400 million years ago) found in Lockport and Clinton…
Grimsby, Ontario
…Lake Ontario. A picturesque community nestled at the base of the Niagara Escarpment; Grimsby maintains a small town atmosphere with all the modern amenities of a much larger city. The…