Ars Historica Niagara

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"A town may be small and yet be great, like some of the people of whom we learn. Our Town is great in that it has given so much to our Province and our Country. It is still an attraction to people from all over the continent."

The Niagara Reminiscences are a collection of articles originally entitled Niagara Reminiscences and Neighborhood Notes, most published as a series in the Niagara Advance between 1949 and 1955. They have been described as "a volume unequalled and with a brightness and colour which only specific details of names and dates from the storehouse of his fabulous memory could give."  

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The Registers of Baptisms, Weddings, and Burials in 18th and 19th Century Niagara
[recorded at St. Mark's Church and Fort George]

The major book of records for the Town of Niagara was begun by Rev. Robert Addison of St. Mark's Church in 1792. It has been digitally captured and sample pages reproduced here along with a full, searchable database of entries. The smaller series of registers from Fort George have also been reproduced, but do not yet appear at this site. Complete digital contents are available only at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Library at this time.

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A Visit to Niagara - Thomas Moore

"... When we arrived, at length, at the inn, in the neighbourhood of the Falls, it was too late to think of visiting them that evening; and I lay awake almost the whole night with the sound of the cataract in my ears. The day following I consider as a sort of era in my life; and the first glimpse I caught of that wonderful cataract gave me a feeling which nothing in this world can ever awaken again..."

Thomas Moore, the great Irish poet, visited Niagara in 1804 and wrote down his impressions in both prose and poetry. Those impressions are captured here. 

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From the Queen & Picton Streets Heritage Conservation District Plan [1985], which was intended to secure the long term conservation and preservation of the historic downtown business section of Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Slide Show consists of all the buildings designated 'A' status: of major importance to the district, with significant architectural and historical value. 

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 In addition to the links below, which connect you to all the PhotoArt illustrations in this site, the Architectural Slide Show of significant buildings in Niagara-on-the-Lake contains 38 original PhotoArt illustrations not included in the list below. Scroll just above to read more and find the link to see them.

45 Queen St. Then and Now
At Navy Hall Dock
Butler's Barracks
The Chopping Stone
Cibola - Steamer
Colonel John Butler
Cottage Hospital
Court House
Doyle's Liquor Store
Fort Niagara Aerial
Fort George Aerial
Four Quarters of a Century - Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Garrett Block
Greene's Livery
Harrison's Business Block [Today]
International Tennis Tournament [c.1900]
Janet Carnochan
Lakeview Hotel
Liquor Store - Then and Now
MacPhee's Bakery c.1900
MacPhee's/Niagara Bakery
McClelland's - Then and Now
Niagara Apothecary - Then and Now
Niagara's Baseball Team
Niagara Belt Line [Train]
Niagara Historical Society
Niagara Hockey Team
The Niagara Minstrels
Niagara Public Library
Old Post Office
Paving King Street
Queen Street - Early 1900s
Queen Street - Then and Now
Queen Street - Then and Now II
Queen's Royal Hotel
R. W. Allen's Store - 1890
Redhead's Boathouse
Restaurant Building [The Buttery]
The Richardson House [Keily Inn]
Rogers Block, Queen St. - Then and Now
St. Mark's Cemetery Montage
Sherlock Block
Steamships
Storming of Fort George, 1813
Telephone Exchange - Then and Now
The Dock Area
The Falls - At the Brink
The Fishermen
The Theatre Building - Then and Now
Niagara Wharf - Moonlight
Worden Block, Queen St. - Then and Now

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Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library
General information about current operations and programs of the first circulating library in Upper Canada. 

Canadian Heritage Online
An excellent site for further professional or recreational research. 

The Symbols of Canada
Related to the Heritage site, this is just a fun, everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about kind of place to visit... 

The CFRB Foundation Heritage Project
Those Canadian heritage moments you see on television have a colorful and informative home on the Internet with lots of hyperlinks to explore. 

Early Canadiana Online
A full-text online collection of more than 3,000 books documenting Canadian history to the late nineteenth century. Very readable and fully searchable. An excellent resource!

The Archives of Ontario
Repository of invaluable historical documents, including many of those digitally captured on Ars Historica Niagara. 

Internet resource sites also created under the auspices of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation's Digital Content Creation Program: 

Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation

James Vincent Fusco
The professional site of Ars Historica Niagara's designer/writer-editor/artist

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