Queenston Collection

    The 1939 royal tour of Canada was a cross-Canada royal tour by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, lasting from May 17 to June 15, 1939. It was the first visit of a reigning monarch to Canada. The ro

Huggins, Jean A. E. (1895-1989), St. Catharines Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada18910421), 16 Mar 1953     Laura Secord Memorial School in Queenston was funded in part by Queenston Women's Institute and Buffalo businessman John D. Larkin. It was opened in 1915 and stayed opened till 2010.

Roels, Ron, St. Catharines Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada18910421), 1962     Articles and photos related to activities for students of Laura Secord Memorial School in Queenston. Two photographs from the St. Catharines Standard about school safety program, published on May 9,

St. Catharines Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada18910421), 13 Aug 1971     Photo description: "Students of Laura Secord Memorial Public School in Queenston held a carnival for Cystic Fibrosis yesterday, raising around $100 according to Mrs. John Ghetti who helped her childr

    "The Cayuga was built in late 1905 by the Canadian Shipbuilding Company, Toronto, and was launched at the foot of Bathurst Street March 3, 1906. She did not start on the Niagara run until the start o

    "The Cayuga was built in late 1905 by the Canadian Shipbuilding Company, Toronto, and was launched at the foot of Bathurst Street March 3, 1906. She did not start on the Niagara run until the start o

    The steamer "Corona" operated on the Toronto-Niagara run between 1896-1930. "The Corona was a side wheeler, capable of carrying 2,000 passengers. She was 272 feet long and was designed by a Mr. Angst

    The "Ongiara" was a wooden, double-deck, propeller driven steam ferry built in 1885 at Toronto by Melancthon Simpson and commissioned as the "Queen City". In 1888 she was sold to the Niagara Transpor

    Sepia tone photograph of Queenston dock during ice jam in late 1920s. The sign "Queenston" in the foreground; in the background: the stairs on the riverbank and a building on the hill. Picture taken

    Laura Ingersoll Secord moved from Queenston to Chippawa in 1835 when her husband James became a customs collector at the port of Chippawa (the position came with a home). After her husband's death (J

    Miss Corman was a principal of Laura Secord Memorial School from 1918 to 1954. Photo undated- probably taken in early 1920s, in St. David's/Queenston area. Luella Wallace Lowrey was born in Queenston

    Text on a plaque reads: "THE QUEENSTON BAPTIST CHURCH By 1808 the Rev. Elkanah Holmes, a missionary from the United States, had organized the first Baptist congregation in Queenston. Following the wa

Huggins, Jean A. E. (1895-1989), Niagara Falls Evening Review (Niagara Falls, Ontario. Canada19141005), 16 Mar 1953     A article about a new addition opening at Laura Secord Memorial School at Queenston written by Mrs. A. E. Huggins, a former teacher at this school. Also, a programme of official opening ceremonies. N

Niagara Falls Evening Review (Niagara Falls, Ontario. Canada19141005), 10 Jun 1950     Article about a retired teacher and principal of Laura Secord Memorial School in Queenston, published in a local paper in series "Eighty Years or More"

    Possible year: 1908

    In 1936, The Niagara Parks Commission undertook the restoration of the Mackenzie House from ruin. The rebuilt home was was officially opened on June 18, 1938 by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie

    Black and white photograph of two-storey, gable roof house with a verandah and a balcony. There is a plenty of space around with big trees and shrubs and low border hedge in the front of the house, s

    Black and white photo of Queenston Dock with buildings and platform damaged by ice jam. "TORONTO BOATS. Canada Steamship Lines" sign still visible above the ice.

    Black and white photograph of Niagara River and a gully called Deep Hollow with railway tracks along the river. Undated, probably 1929.

    "The Cayuga was built in late 1905 by the Canadian Shipbuilding Company, Toronto, and was launched at the foot of Bathurst Street March 3, 1906. She did not start on the Niagara run until the start o