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Site of an original lock from the First Welland Canal near the Welland River at Port Robinson, ON

Lock at St. Catharines, ON of the First Welland Canal.

Stands at the junction of St. Paul Street West and McGuire Steet, St. Catharines, ON.

Three black and white photographic prints of William Hamilton Merritt. The first is his portrait, and the second and third pictures show him pointing out over the Welland Canal. Undated.

Black and white photographic print showing a bridge over what was the First Welland Canal, St. Catharines, c. 1870.

Black and white illustration of a lock in the First Welland Canal, St. Catharines, undated.

Early Welland citizen Jacob Ryan recounts history of the area, from 1835-1911. Article from the October 24, 1911 edition of the Welland Telegraph.

In the article it states he was born in 1827 in Wainfleet, and moved to farmland on what was later…

Reproduction of a report of the first survey for the Welland Canal, from William Hamilton Merritt to Major Hillier, c. 1823.

It consists of two letters from William Hamilton Merritt to Major Hillier, dated June 2, 1823 and September 22, 1823,…

Scan of a copy of the first survey of the Welland Canal undertaken by Hiram Tibbet, an American engineer, May 1823.