The Welland Canals
Not the Welland Canal, but a lovely photo taken by my friend Diane of a ship passing near the Rip Van Winkle bridge on the Hudson River
Entrance to the Welland Canal at Port Weller looking cold and lonely on a February afternoon (looking towards Lake Ontario).
Approaches to Lock One
Winter is usually a busy time at Port Weller Dry Docks
Close-Up
MV Jean Parisien awaits re-building (2003)
Close Up
Port Weller in 1931
There was a time when majestic passenger ships such as SS Noronic would traverse the Welland Canal. The automobile and liability insurance eliminated these ships around 1950.
Port Colborne 2002
Same scene 60 or 70 years before. The second bridge (in the upright position in the background) was a railway bridge which was removed some years ago.
TR Merritt, presumably the son of William Hamilton Merritt, Father of the Welland Canals
Near Ontario Street, St. Catharines
Railway Bridge on the Second (?) Welland Canal
Lock on the Second Welland Canal.
Ship near Humberstone (Port Colborne)
Glen Ridge Bridge (since replaced twice) and now commonly referred to as the Glenridge Bridge.
Idyllic scene along the old canal. Fish in the current canal and you will either get very sick from eating the fish or charged.
“On the New Welland Canal”…the Third Canal, St. Catharines, Ontario
Port Colborne. Channel of the 3rd Canal on the left, Channel of the present (4th) Canal on the Right.
Steamer Noronic. A fire aboard her in 1949 in Toronto killed 119 people (all passengers) and spelled the end of passenger ships on the Great Lakes.
SS Bannockburn, lost without a trace in 1902. Legendary “ghost ship” of the Great Lakes
SS Nipigon Bay approaching Lock 4 in the 1950s
Flight Locks under construction, photo dated 1931
Lock One, Port Weller
Lock One, Port Weller
Greenhouse, in what is now Malcolmsen Park. This area was planted with trees, which they intended to plant on the banks of the Canal.
Port Colborne Harbour, early 1900s
Port Colborne 1930s
Port Colborne, looking towards the Lake, early 1900s
Lock between Port Colborne and St Catharines, Old Canal
Flight Locks, Thorold
Weir on the old Canal. Weirs control the water level in the canal.
Lock 8 Park and Viewing Area, Port Colborne
Sailing Ship Empire Sandy Canal Days 2002
Canal Days is a very popular event! You can learn more about it here.
MV Halifax in Lock 8, Port Colborne
Below the Glenridge Bridge, 1920s?
Same area in September 2007
Goat Island on the Old Welland Canal. Where the heck was this? Where is this today? I have reason to believe it was near the present Highway 406 as it winds its way under the Burgoyne Bridge.
Aerial View of the Canal passing by downtown St Catharines and the Glenridge Bridge.
Steamer Hamonic, sister to the Noronic
Old Port Dalhousie
Scene on the Second Welland Canal