It was a fine autumnal morning (October 4th) when I put my equipage in motion from Queenston towards York, accompanied by a friend and a favourite pointer.
Map from Travels in Canada and the United States in 1816 and 1817, 1818
The diary of traveller Lieutenant Francis Hall as he travelled from Queenston (near Niagara-on-the-Lake) to York, published in 1818. This British army officer had served in some of the bloodiest fighting of the Napoleonic Wars with in the 14th Light Dragoons.
Officers of the 14th Light DragoonsHamilton Hotel, Queenston (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario), painted in 1913 by Owen Staples
Twelve Mile Creek (St. Catharines, Ontario) painted 1913American Woodcock, 1835, by John James AudubonForty Mile Creek later became Grimsby, Ontario, postcard from 1910Stoney Creek, photo, 1933
The Bay, HamiltonHumber River, looking south to Lake Ontario. Toronto, Ont., by William Arthur Johnson, 1867Credit River, 1796, by Elizabeth Posthuma SimcoeLAKESHORE Boulevard West, looking west across Humber River, showing Charles Nurse’s hotel, south side Lakeshore Boulevard West, west side Humber River, 1891Near Toronto (Swansea) by Mary Collenya Russell MorganLooking north from near Lighthouse, Centre Island as it was in 1817 by William Armstrong
Looking south towards Gibraltar Point, showing firing of salute, 1793 by Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe
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