Meetings – 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:00). Unless otherwise noted, all meetings will be held at the St. Catharines Museum at Lock 3, 1932 Welland Canal Parkway, St. Catharines, Ontario. Free admission. Doors open at 7:00. Guests are welcome. Lecture Program – February to June 2014 Programs Subject to Change Thursday, February 27, 2014: Autos andContinue reading “Meeting Schedule – February to June 2014”
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Society Fall Programmes
Meetings – 7:30 p.m. – all held at the St. Catharines Museum at Lock 3, 1932 Welland Canal Parkway, St. Catharines, Ontario. Free admission. Doors open at 7:00. Guests are welcome. Thursday, September 23 – Linda Bramble, a noted oenologist, will be presenting “How We Got Here From There” -the beginning of Prohibition in Ontario inContinue reading “Society Fall Programmes”
April Meeting – New Topic – On The Homefront
On April 23, Graham Phair will give the Society a glimpse at how the people of Niagara managed during World War II. Phair is the author of the recent book Snapshots of the Homefront: 1939 – 1941. The book is filled with photographs from the St. Catharines Standard collection. The meeting promises to be aContinue reading “April Meeting – New Topic – On The Homefront”
Historic Timeline of the War of 1812
Along the Niagara Frontier (with particular interest to Grantham Township) 1812 June 18 – United States President James Madison signs Declaration of War against Great Britain July 12 – American forces under Brig.-Gen. William Hull cross Detroit River and invade Upper Canada at Sandwich August 16 – British forces under Maj.-Gen.Continue reading “Historic Timeline of the War of 1812”
Some Reminiscences of Grantham Township by Bob Bell
On November 27, Bob Bell recounted some of his varied experiences as a local politician in Grantham Township from the 1950s through to the 1980s. Bob Bell was born in 1921 in Louth Township decended from the Loyalist families Secord and Pawling. He worked at McKinnon Industries (now General Motors) for forty-seven years before retiringContinue reading “Some Reminiscences of Grantham Township by Bob Bell”
April 24 Meeting – Some Vanished Villages of Niagara –
Generations ago, there were villages throughout Niagara that held much promise for the future. They had general stores, schools, churches, mills and more. Fast forward 100 years and some of these villages are not even on a modern day map. Perhaps merely a footnote in a history book. What happened to these villages? Why did theyContinue reading “April 24 Meeting – Some Vanished Villages of Niagara –”
The Historical Society of St. Catharines 