History of St Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Name: St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Address: St Catharines, ON, Canada

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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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1867 - Church of St. Mary of the Assumption established at St Catharines

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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...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...Read MORE...
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,...Read MORE...
St. Catharines

1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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1890 - Church of St. Patrick established at St Catharines

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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...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,...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...Read MORE...
St. Catharines R.C. Church and Convent, St. Catharines, Canada
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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....Read MORE...
1914 - Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help established at St Catharines

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1918 - Church of the Star of the Sea established at St Catharines

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Church Street, St. Catharines, Canada
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1924 - Église de l’Immaculée-Conception established at St Catharines

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Hotel Leonard
St. Catharines, Ont. Canada
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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...Read MORE...