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Historic Niagara Digital Collections The Digital Collections website is a comprehensive index of selected resources available in the Local History Collection at the Niagara Falls Public Library. This site will provide you with a starting point for …

The library now has a collection of outdoor equipment for customers to borrow. Currently, the items available are binoculars, hiking poles, crampons, and snowshoes. Each of these items can be checked out for one week with up to two additional one …

Ontario Parks The Niagara Falls Public Library is proud to announce that we have partnered with Ontario Parks to lend out day-use vehicle permits. Each of our 4 library locations will have 3 permits available for library customers to borrow. The …

Niagara Falls has a wealth of history full of colourful characters, driven by the river and the falls, and predicated by the proximity to one of the world’s great powers. The waterfalls themselves are a sacred place for Hindus, Buddhists, and Native …

Your library card gives you free online access to hundreds of eBooks, eAudiobooks, movies, music albums, magazines, newspapers, and so much more! You can download and/or stream these great resources on your computer, smart TV, smartphone, or tablet. …

One of the most difficult searches may be looking for a birth parent or looking for a child given up for adoption. Privacy laws that exist today can hamper one's search greatly. We have selected some sites that we hope will assist you in your …

Archives of Ontario - The repository for all things Ontario. Library & Archives Canada - Canada's national collection of books, historical documents, government records, photos, films, maps, music...and more. National Archives & Records …

From 1869 to 1948 various workhouses, sheltering homes, orphanages and child care organizations in Great Britain sent over 100,000 orphaned, abandoned, pauper children ages 1 to 18 to Canada and other Commonwealth countries They have come to be …

Dictionary.com defines the word "cemetery" as an area set apart for or containing graves, tombs, or funeral urns, esp. one that is not a churchyard; burial ground; graveyard. What it doesn't mention is that cemetery and burial records are among the …

Archives of the Anglican Diocese of Niagara - Includes a list of the churches in the Diocese, maps, contact information and links to the Fonds and Finding Aids Archives Canada Religious Archives Resources - A listing of 48 religious archive …

Long before the age of "Trains, Planes & Automobiles, the ship was the way to travel. The vast majority of immigrants arrived on foreign shores using this mode of transportation. Luckily for the genealogist searching for their roots, most ports …

1875 map of Welland County Canadian County Atlas Digital Project Early Canadian Maps Library of Congress Memory Maps Collectio Ontario Locator US Digital Map Library

If your ancestors were scattered over a wide geographic area it may be possible to find a volunteer who will do a limited research in specific areas. A great website for finding a volunteer is called " Random Acts Of Genealogical Kindness". It …

A Photographic Journey Through The Years Discover historical Niagara Falls with photos from our Local History Digital Collections. In 2017, the year of Canada's 150th birthday, the Niagara Falls Public Library brought photos from our archives out …

1906–2006: One Hundred Years of "Power for the People" "Nothing is too big for us. Nothing is too expensive to imagine. Nothing is too visionary." — Sir Adam Beck On May 14, 1906, the Power Commission Act, or more formally "An act to Provide for the …

The Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 and the Niagara River Water Diversion Treaty of 1950 govern the use of water from the Niagara River for any purpose, including power generation. The 1909 treaty established the International Joint Commission whose …