Alessia Cara – Live from Niagara Falls!
Alessia Cara, 2018 Grammy winner (Best New Artist) and Ontario-born singer/songwriter, and her band showcase Niagara Falls with an...
- Feb 22, 2021
- 3 min
Black History Landmarks in Niagara
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Parliament Oak School It was a Canadian slave owner trying to sell a woman across the Niagara River in the United...
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- Feb 19, 2021
- 3 min
The Underground Railroad
In 1793, Governor General of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe, introduced legislation challenging the legal status of slavery. In 1834,...
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- Feb 15, 2021
- 4 min
Heritage Moments: Harriet Tubman crosses the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge
By Jeff Z. Klein (Niagara Frontier Heritage Project) • Jun 6, 2016 Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center, International...
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- Feb 8, 2021
- 5 min
Why Harriet Tubman Made St. Catharines Her Home
By Jamie Bradburn - Published on Feb 14, 2019 “I grew up like a neglected weed — ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it,”...
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- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge
The Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge stood from 1855 to 1897 across the Niagara River and was the world's first working railway suspension...
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- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
Whirlpool Rapids Bridge
The Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, commonly known as the Whirlpool Bridge or the Lower Steel Arch Bridge (before 1937), crosses the...
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- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
Rainbow Bridge
The Niagara Falls International Rainbow Bridge, commonly known as the Rainbow Bridge, is an arch bridge across the Niagara River gorge....
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- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
Honeymoon Bridge Collapse
The Upper Steel Arch Bridge, also known as the Honeymoon Bridge or Fallsview Bridge, was an international bridge which crossed the...
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- Jan 18, 2021
- 2 min
Nikola Tesla Statue | Nikola Tesla & Niagara Falls
In Queen Victoria Park there resides a figure of one of the greatest scientific minds, watching over the waters which were so important...
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- Jan 18, 2021
- 2 min
The History of Routemaster Double Deck Buses
The AEC Routemaster is a double-decker bus designed by London Transport and built by the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and Park...
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- Jan 8, 2021
- 2 min
The Old Scow | A Brief History
The Old Scow in its current resting place
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- Jan 8, 2021
- 2 min
Double Deck Tours Ltd. | A Brief History
Double Deck Tours Limited, Niagara Falls, Ontario was established by the late Norman Watson in 1965 when he purchased three ex-London...
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