- Western University Archives and Special Collections
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- Photographs [vol.]
Photographs [vol.]
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- Dates
- 1913 (indexed as 1913)
- Level
- item
- Scope & content
- Page 1, Picture #2 - Trinity United Church, Pine Street, Thorold, Ontario. Page 85, Picture #1 - Appears to be a picture of construction of the fourth Welland Canal showing piles of crushed stone removed during excavation of the canal bed. Scene may be located just south of present Lock 7, Thorold, Ontario. Page 85, Picture #2 - Picture showing the construction of the fourth (present) Welland Canal. Picture appears to be taken in vicinity of the present Lock 7, Thorold, Ontario. Page 86, Picture #1 - Beaverdams Methodist Church and Burying Ground (Marlatts Road, Thorold, Ontario). Constructed in 1832, Beaverdams Church is the oldest Methodist Church still standing in Ontario. The first minister to preach in the chapel was Reverend Egerton Ryerson, who is largely responsible for founding the province of Ontario's education system. Page 87, Picture #2 - Morningstar Mill (built in 1872) and Decew Falls (Decew Road, St. Catherines, Ontario). Page 90, Picture #1 - DeCew (DeCou) House (Decew Road, Thorold, Ontario) c. 1808. Captain John B. DeCou's home served as the area's British headquarters during the War of 1812, On June 22, 1813, Laura Secord journeyed from Queenston to DeCew House to warn Lieutenant James Fitzgibbon of an impending American attack. Page 90, Picture #2 - Picture of unidentified group standing in front of the Laura Secord monument, Queenston Heights Park, Queenston, Ontario. The stone memorial to Laura Secord is located in Queenston Heights Park and was the first monument dedicated to a woman by the Government of Canada. This 12 foot high gray granite memorial stands on the cliff a short distance from the imposing Brock's Monument and was unveiled July 5, 1911. It is placed on the site of the first monument to Brock that was blown up in 1940.
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