From InSauga.com: The late Pierre Burton is considered by many to be the quintessential Canadian author. The thoughtful and thought-provoking writer not only encapsulated the Canadian experience but in his erudite manner, taught many how to be Canadian. He had a flair for telling Canadian history in a way that the everyman could climb aboard…
From Niagara This Week: After demolition crews removed the charred ruins of the first Clifton House Hotel in 1905, construction began on the second Clifton House Hotel. The new hotel was completed in July 1906 at a cost of $500,000. Advertisements from that time state that the hotel was “an architectural beauty, elegant furnishings, complete…
A bit of history from InSauga.com: Although there is precious little information online about him, the Niagara Falls Public Library Facebook page used Throwback Thursday to highlight a local dairy that delivered milk door-to-door on horse-drawn wagons back in 1915… A series of restaurants and souvenir shops took advantage of the proximity to Clifton Hill…
From Niagara This Week: No matter where I travel in this world, whenever I say I’m from Canada, the reaction is almost always “Ah Canada … Niagara Falls.” Over 25-million tourists come every year to this historic eighth wonder of the world in order to watch water fall over a cliff. Although it’s now Canada’s…
From Insauga.com: There is a well-loved and often-visited legacy left behind by the man many considered to the “Founder of Niagara Falls.” Just a three minute walk from the Niagara SkyWheel at 883 Falls Ave in Queen Victoria Park is Zimmerman “Fountain Pond,” named that for its large circular shape. At the foot of Clifton…
This may seem kind of random, but I had no idea there was this connection between badminton and Niagara Falls From the St Catharines Standard: When we think about sports excellence in Niagara Falls, we can include both team sports and individual activities. Although it may not be the first sport that pops into to…
From Niagara This Week: In the 25 years since Oh Canada Eh? has been offering dinner theatre patrons homegrown songs celebrating the Great White North, Eric Hitchcock has had a front seat through a good deal of them. Now general manager of the Niagara Falls-based theatre, Hitchcock was there for the first show on May…
The NPR show (from WBUR in Boston), Only a Game, had a repeat of this segment this past Saturday. I didn’t hear it the first time, but heard it on Saturday. It is a neat history of Red Hill and his family. William “Red” Hill Sr. was born on Oct. 27, 1887 in Niagara Falls,…
Not really an article specifically about Niagara Falls, but it does get mentioned… From the Hamilton Spectator: In light of the furor to remove John A. Macdonald’s name from public institutions and bar his visage from the public square, it might be prudent to relate this serendipitous anecdote from our city’s rich history… By the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: When the Victoria Avenue branch of the Niagara Falls Public Library was built in 1974 it included the Sir Harry Oakes Room, an area filled with local history books and other paraphernalia. Forty years later, the collection was relocated to a larger, climate-controlled area of the building in order to…