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BOOK - History of Niagara. (pre 1914 - Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario)
By: Janet Carnochan
Another historical reprint by Global Heritage Press Inc.
Originally published in 1914, The History of Niagara is a compelling and complete history of the town of Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake) and the surrounding area. Since European settlement, Niagara-on-the-Lake has been known as Loyal Village; Butlersburg; West Niagara; Newark; Niagara, and now as Niagara-on-the-Lake. The following excerpt from A. H. U. Colquhoun's Preface best describes the content of this historic book:
If anyone doubted the genius for research in the historical field which Miss Janet Carnochan possesses, the following pages would dispel the doubt. The work is an example of elaborate and untiring investigation. It embodies the fullest details of the history of Niagara. All the phases of the. town's existence since the days of Governor Simcoe, every incident that reveals the close connection between the growth of the place and the development of the Province, are to be found here.
The local narrative is in itself of wide interest because Niagara is a kind of mother-colony, and from it have gone forth to other parts of Canada families and individuals retaining memories and traditions of the early settlement. But the book is much more than local in its theme. As the first capital of Upper Canada, where the Legislature began its sessions, as a battle-ground in the War of 1812, as a border town intimately associated witll international disturbances, Niagara touches national history at many points. Miss Carnochan has left nothing unrecorded. From the rich stores of her knowledge have been drawn details of political, social, religious, educational and commercial beginnings. We get a complete picture of life in one of our oldest and most interesting towns, and can reconstruct in the mind's eye what Canada was like more than a century ago...
Contents include:
Niagara
Early Census and Municipal Records
Navy Hall and Fort George
First Parliament and Governor Simcoe
The United Empire Loyalists
General Sir Isaac Brock
Butler's Barracks
American Occupation, May 27th To December 10th, 1813
Fort Niagara
Niagara Library, 1800-1820
St. Mark's Church
Newspapers
St. Andrew's Church
Streets and maps of the town
Early buildings and early merchants Freemasons
Schools, public and private
The boats and harbor and dock company
Assemblies, Balls and celebrations
Growth of the town and changes
The mayors of Niagara and the town records
The jail and the court house
The Methodist church
Military
The Baptist Church
Graveyards of Niagara and vicinity
Indians, their treaties and council meetings
St. Vincent de Paul Church
Africans in Niagara
Odd advertisements and items found in Niagara papers
Canada Presbyterian Church
Niagara public library
Niagara high school
Statutes passed in parliament relating to Niagara from 1792 to 1840
Physicians and lawyers
Post offices and postmasters
Obituary notices
Societies and clubs
Societies
Books printed or written here
Poems relating to Niagara
Fruit in the Niagara Peninsula
References to early books of travel
Visitors at Niagara
Closing words
INDEX
About the author:
Janet Carnochan was born 14 November 1839 at Stamford, Ontario. She taught school in southern Ontario for many years. She is known mostly as a founder of the Niagara Historical Museum at Niagara-on-the-Lake, but she also was a library trustee in this community for many years. She died at Niagara on 1 April 1926. A provincial plaque situated on the Niagara Historical Museum grounds records her contributions.
352 pages
Fifty illustrations
Index
Originally published by William Briggs, 1914
This facsimile edition published by Global Heritage Press Inc. 2006
ISBN 1-894571-75-4
Hard cover
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