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Newspaper clipping of Ernie Alcott's political cartoon about Hugh McMillan, President of the Port Colborne & District Conservation Club, December 15, 1981. "From Ernie's Easel" was a regular feature in the Port Colborne section of the Welland Tribune…

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Newspaper clipping of a biography on the mayor of Port Colborne, Coleman Bagu. As an immigrant from Hungary he would go on to become mayor of Port Colborne in 25 years. From the February 6, 1964 edition of the Welland Tribune.

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A newspaper article on Ross Beard's 400-square-foot mural being painted in the Lakeshore Catholic High School gymnasium. An art class of grade 11 and 12 students had been working on the mural with Beard.

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Newspaper clipping about Bill Augustine retiring. He owned and operated a business of school buses in Port Colborne. From the June 29, 1989 edition of the Welland Tribune.

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Colour photographic postcard of an aerial view of Port Colborne, c. 1960s.

The back text reads "The terminal point at the Lake Erie end of the Welland Canal Section of the St. Lawrence Seaway, which in the broadest sense is a huge waterway…

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A newspaper article about how Ross Beard and his friends helped save two men and a teenage boy from drowning in freezing water when their boat began to sink.

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11 digital colour photographs of the S.S. Keewatin from April 28, 2023, the day it traversed though the Welland Canal toward Hamilton for repairs, until it will eventually end up at Kingston where it will function as a museum by 2024.

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A short video of the S.S. Keewatin from April 28, 2023 going under Bridge 21 in Port Colborne, the day it traversed though the Welland Canal toward Hamilton for repairs, until it will eventually end up at Kingston where it will function as a museum…

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Black and white photographic print showing construction on the Welland Canal at the rock cut in Port Colborne, undated. A description states: 'North end of the rock cut at Port Colborne showing the temporary dam left between the new Ship Canal and…

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Newspaper clipping from the Welland Tribune, c. 1959, showing the NS&T (Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto) train leaving Port Colborne for Thorold. The last run for the NS&T was March 28, 1959, and it was the last interurban electric railway…
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