Please note: This collection contains imagery that reflects the time period when it was created and the view of its creator(s). This can include offensive and negative language, references, and stereotypes that are no longer used or appropriate today. The item(s) retain their original content to ensure that attitudes and viewpoints are not erased from the historical record. The Archives & Special Collections are actively working on including more respectful and representative language in our own descriptions now and into the future.

The collection consists of two photo albums with photographs from the Township of Wainfleet. Some of the photos also include surrounding areas such as Niagara Falls and Queenston. The first photo album contains images c. 1905-1920, featuring the Fenwick Railway Station, Sutherland's Gingerette, Hewitt's Post Office and more. The second album, c. 1890-1940, contains larger photographs including the Canadian Niagara Power Plant, Central Roller Mills, and J. E. Chambers Store.

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Recent Submissions

  • Photo album, c. 1890-1940

    c. 1890-19
    A photo album, c. 1890-1940 containing 47 large photographs. Most of the photos are black and white but some have had colour added. Most of the photos are affixed to the album but there are also 12 loose photos included. Photos feature farm life; large family gatherings; houses; J.E. Chambers Store at Chambers Corners (1909); the Erie Apple Evaporator (Forks Rd.?); the Horseshoe Falls from the American side, showing the newly constructed Canadian Niagara Power Plant on the Canadian shore (c. 1905); the Whirlpool Rapids with the steel arch bridge and cantilever bridge over the gorge; Brock’s Monument; Sutherland’s Deering Machinery Shop; Central Roller Mills in Wainfleet Centre; O’Reilly’s Bridge; the collapsed Falls View bridge (January 27, 1938); and a lumber yard in Fenwick (Chambers?).
  • Photo album, c. 1905-1920

    c. 1905-19
    Please note: This item contains imagery that reflects the time period when it was created and the view of its creator(s). This can include offensive and negative language, references, and stereotypes that are no longer used or appropriate today. The item(s) retain their original content to ensure that attitudes and viewpoints are not erased from the historical record. The Archives & Special Collections are actively working on including more respectful and representative language in our own descriptions now and into the future.