We got this news about an alarming shift in the position of this old scow. We featured the history of this relic in Summer 2019. See it online at https://neviews.ca/Samples/47%20Scow.pdf. The severe weather conditions experienced yesterday afternoon and overnight have caused the iron scow, which has remained remarkably lodged in the powerful upper rapids above […]Read More
Queenston resident Jane Calver shares her views of her village’s past, present and future. Niagara-on-the-Lake is being invaded again. This time it is not by the British but by developers from the north of us, who have the mentality for building large homes on miniscule lots, all very similar in style or design. Judicious development […]Read More
News from our friends at Conservation Halton: Wondering when spring will arrive? Stop looking to groundhogs and robins for predictions of the thaw, at Conservation Halton we say look to the trees! The maple sap is about to flow and Mountsberg and Crawford Lake Conservation Areas are firing up for two marvellous maple syrup festivals. Conservation […]Read More
Here’s some news about the old Civil War, from our friends at Hamilton Conservation Authority: Immerse yourself in the sights, sounds and tastes of the American Civil War Experience at Westfield Heritage Village on Sunday June 23 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This special program will be your chance to experience the conflict, […]Read More
In honour of the first female Premier for Ontario, we’re reposting Mike’s photo of Hon Kathleen Wynne when she was Minister of Transportation, and took part in the 24th Annual Heart and Stroke Ride for Heart in June 2011. This is a photo of the Premier that you won’t see every day! More photos are on our […]Read More
Sarah Yates, a subscriber to and good friend of Niagara Escarpment Views, has a couple of different gift ideas. Here is all the info: Everybody has a story to tell and as we get older, many of us harbor the wish to tell that story, to record our family’s past and to leave it behind […]Read More
News of the death of Lieutenant Governor Lincoln Alexander brings back memories for Mike and for me. I met him once in the late 1980s, and I knew I was in the presence of greatness. He was visiting the church I attended, St. Mary Magdalene’s Anglican in Toronto, and he joined us afterwards for coffee […]Read More
Here are some photos taken by Mike Davis, of the 200th anniversary events commemorating the Battle of Queenston Heights on Oct. 13. Were you there? What was your experience? Are you a history buff?Read More
We just received this news: On the eve of the 200th anniversary of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock’s death on the battlefield at Queenston Heights, the Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today unveiled a new Royal Canadian Mint circulation coin honouring his […]Read More
I took one anthropology course in university, barely passed it, and then decided to specialize in English literature. But I’ve always remained fascinated by early humans and exotic groups of people. So I devoured How to Think Like a Neandertal almost at one sitting. I was disappointed at the end of the book because I […]Read More
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