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 22 – Anne McPherson will be speaking about the McCordick and Smith families of St. Catharines. Thursday, October 27 – Dr. Wesley TurnerContinue reading “Fall Meetings 2011”
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Unstrung Hero
Contributed by Gail Benjafield (A version of this article was first published as an ‘Ode to St. Catharines’, in The Downtowner, Vol.5, no. 2 February/March 1989; it is also a feature in the Summer 2010 Society Newsletter) In the mid-19th century, St. Catharines was graced by the presence of an extraordinary citizen whose name hasContinue reading “Unstrung Hero”
Future Meetings of the Historical Society
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. March 25 – “History of St. John’s Anglican Church in Port Dalhousie” by Brian Leyton – Society Member – Come out and learn about the heritage of thisContinue reading “Future Meetings of the Historical Society”
Programs for Winter 2010
Happy New Year from the Historical Society of St. Catharines. We hope to see you out at many of our meetings this year. Meetings in the Winter 2009 – 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. GuestsContinue reading “Programs for Winter 2010”
Honour Roll of Members of St. Catharines Sports Hall of Famers
Compiled by Bill Stevens: 1990 – Jack Gatecliff, Walt McCollum, Rudy Pilous, Ashton Morrison, Roy ‘Pung’ Morton, Stan Mikita, Peter Neumann, Leroy Pickard 1991 – Rex Stimers, Lloyd Alguire, Vic Teal, Bill Whitaker, Jack Lowrey, Neil Campbell, Gerry Cheevers, Dennis ‘Duke’ Diggins 1992 – Tom Garriock, Marianne Allen, George ‘Mooner’ Manoogian, Douglas ‘Percy’ Favell Sr.,Continue reading “Honour Roll of Members of St. Catharines Sports Hall of Famers”
33rd Annual Oille Fountain Potting Ceremony – May 23
The 33rd annual Oille Fountain Potting Ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 23 at 11:00 a.m. at the corner of King and James Streets in St. Catharines. This event commemorates the contribution to the well being of the citizens of St. Catharines through donation of the City’s first public drinking fountain in 1878 by Dr. Lucius OilleContinue reading “33rd Annual Oille Fountain Potting Ceremony – May 23”
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