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Named after the first wife of Robert Hamilton, member of the first legislative council of Upper Canada, it has grown from a small settlement established in 1790 to become the centre of the Niagara fruit belt and the largest city on the canal. In 1961 St. Catharines annexed the neighbouring towns of Merritton and Port Dalhousie, more than doubling its population and stretching its boundaries from the Niagara Escarpment (south) to Lake Ontario (north) and eastward to the canal. In the late 19th century it was famed for its mineral springs. St. Catharines is now known as the Garden City and is the site of the annual Royal Canadian Henley Regatta...
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- 1845 - Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria established at St. Catharines
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Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria
3 Lyman St., St. Catharines, ONTARIO
parish established 1832, church built 1845
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Photograph- 1867 - Church of St. Mary of the Assumption established at St Catharines
www.gcatholic.org - 1869 - St Catherines
"St. Catherines. — The County Town of Welland, in the Township of Grantham, on the Welland Canal, and a station of the Great Western Railway. It is beautifully situated on a tract of table land above the valley through which the canal is cut, and in the midst of a district which, for its fertility...Read MORE... 
1872 - Physician Proposition
A physician in St. Catharines, Ont., has made an innovation which has driven his copractitioners of the healing art almost crazy. He has offered to take charge of the health of the town, or as many families as chose to bargain with him, at the rate of five dollars per family, per annum.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 2, 1872- 1873
ST. CATHARINES, an incorporated town of Ontario, capital of the co. of Lincoln, on the Welland Canal, and on the Great Western and Welland railways, 32 miles E. by S. of Hamilton, and 12 miles N.W. of Niagara. From its favorable situation it has become the centre of a large and rapidly increasing...Read MORE... 
St. Catharines
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork- 1890 - Church of St. Patrick established at St Catharines
www.gcatholic.org - 1895 - OPERA HOUSE BURNED.
St. Catharine's, Ont., September 21 - The opera house block on Ontario street was totally destroyed by fire this morning. Adjoining buildings were severely damaged. The total loss is about $60,000. The opera house loss is half of this. Bain's hotel loses about $10,000. At onetime the Masonic block, ...Read MORE... - 1895 - Saint Catharines
Saint Catharine, kath'Q-rin, a town of Ontario, capital of the co. of Lincoln, on the Welland Canal, and on the Great Western and Welland Railways, 32 miles E. by S. of Hamilton, and 12 miles N.W. of Niagara. It is the centre of a large and rapidly increasing business, and contains 7 churches, 3...Read MORE... - 1898 - TORNADO KILLS THREE PEOPLE.
St. Catharine's, Ontario, Sept. 26. - A tornado struck this city shortly before 4 o'clock this afternoon, and death and destruction followed. The regulation funnel-shaped cloud, accompanied by a cloudburst, struck the city on Welland Avenue, between Lake and George Streets, and traveled from that...Read MORE... 
St. Catharines R.C. Church and Convent, St. Catharines, Canada
Postcard- 1906
Saint Catharines, a city and port of Ontario, capital of the co. of Lincoln, on the Welland Canal and on the Grand Trunk and the Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Electric Rs., 12 miles NW. of Niagara. It is the centre of a large business and has numerous mills, machine-shops, and manufacturing...Read MORE... - 1914 - Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help established at St Catharines
www.gcatholic.org - 1918 - Church of the Star of the Sea established at St Catharines
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Church Street, St. Catharines, Canada
Postcard- 1924 - Église de l’Immaculée-Conception established at St Catharines
www.gcatholic.org 
Hotel Leonard
St. Catharines, Ont. Canada
Postcard- St Catharines
The area was first settled by Loyalists in the early 1780s. About 60 per cent of the land of Grantham Township was granted to disbanded members of the British provincial regiment, Butler's Rangers and the rest to either refugee settlers who moved out from the US after American independence or to...Read MORE...
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St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria
3 Lyman St., St. Catharines, ONTARIO
parish established 1832, church built 1845
Source: Google maps
St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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St. Catharines
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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St. Catharines R.C. Church and Convent, St. Catharines, Canada
St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Church Street, St. Catharines, Canada
St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Hotel Leonard
St. Catharines, Ont. Canada
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1845 - Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria established at St. Catharines
www.gcatholic.org
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1867 - Church of St. Mary of the Assumption established at St Catharines
www.gcatholic.org
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1869 - St Catherines
"St. Catherines. — The County Town of Welland, in the Township of Grantham, on the Welland Canal, and a station of the Great Western Railway. It is beautifully situated on a tract of table land above the valley through which the canal is cut, and in the midst of a district which, for its fertility... Read MORE...
1872 - Physician Proposition
A physician in St. Catharines, Ont., has made an innovation which has driven his copractitioners of the healing art almost crazy. He has offered to take charge of the health of the town, or as many families as chose to bargain with him, at the rate of five dollars per family, per annum.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 2, 1872
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1873
ST. CATHARINES, an incorporated town of Ontario, capital of the co. of Lincoln, on the Welland Canal, and on the Great Western and Welland railways, 32 miles E. by S. of Hamilton, and 12 miles N.W. of Niagara. From its favorable situation it has become the centre of a large and rapidly increasing... Read MORE...
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1890 - Church of St. Patrick established at St Catharines
www.gcatholic.org
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1895 - Saint Catharines
Saint Catharine, kath'Q-rin, a town of Ontario, capital of the co. of Lincoln, on the Welland Canal, and on the Great Western and Welland Railways, 32 miles E. by S. of Hamilton, and 12 miles N.W. of Niagara. It is the centre of a large and rapidly increasing business, and contains 7 churches, 3... Read MORE...
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1895 - OPERA HOUSE BURNED.
St. Catharine's, Ont., September 21 - The opera house block on Ontario street was totally destroyed by fire this morning. Adjoining buildings were severely damaged. The total loss is about $60,000. The opera house loss is half of this. Bain's hotel loses about $10,000. At onetime the Masonic block, ... Read MORE...
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1898 - TORNADO KILLS THREE PEOPLE.
St. Catharine's, Ontario, Sept. 26. - A tornado struck this city shortly before 4 o'clock this afternoon, and death and destruction followed. The regulation funnel-shaped cloud, accompanied by a cloudburst, struck the city on Welland Avenue, between Lake and George Streets, and traveled from that... Read MORE...
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1906
Saint Catharines, a city and port of Ontario, capital of the co. of Lincoln, on the Welland Canal and on the Grand Trunk and the Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Electric Rs., 12 miles NW. of Niagara. It is the centre of a large business and has numerous mills, machine-shops, and manufacturing... Read MORE...
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1914 - Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help established at St Catharines
www.gcatholic.org
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1918 - Church of the Star of the Sea established at St Catharines
www.gcatholic.org
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1924 - Église de l’Immaculée-Conception established at St Catharines
www.gcatholic.org
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St Catharines
The area was first settled by Loyalists in the early 1780s. About 60 per cent of the land of Grantham Township was granted to disbanded members of the British provincial regiment, Butler's Rangers and the rest to either refugee settlers who moved out from the US after American independence or to... Read MORE...
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