Publications
The Brown Homestead, 2022
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Read the fascinating history of one of Niagara’s oldest homes, built c. 1807.
The Rathfon Inn is currently a private family home, situated on a spacious nine-acre property on the rocky shores of Lake Erie, and has served as a gathering place for the community on many special occasions. It is situated within Wainfleet Township, Welland County, where settlement began as early as the 1780s.
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This is the story of the oldest recorded tornado in Canada.
Linzel, Jessica. “Tornado in Niagara: An 18th Century Canadian Catastrophe.” Network in Canadian History & Environment. March 9, 2023.
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Completed with Triggs Heritage Consulting in Fort Erie, Ontario. So far, this includes locations in Windsor, Fort Erie, St. Catharines, Wainfleet, and Caistor. Here’s a sample:
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The Wilson Foundation and Brock University are embarking on a multi-year partnership to map Niagara’s history and deepen the understanding of the region’s economic and social development.
Facilitated by Brock’s Niagara Community Observatory (NCO), the project will engage the University’s scholars and students, along with members of the wider community, to dive into the region’s unique sectors that have driven growth and development locally and nationally.
“A History of Agriculture in Niagara Pre-1969” (Coming Soon)
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Essays relating to local trade and communications, the relationships between the Loyalist refugees who came to Niagara in the 1780s and their new environment. Learn about whiskey and potash production, and other early colonial industries.
“The Worst in the World!” The Troubled History of Niagara’s Roadways (2022)
Producing Potash at Rockway: A Fifteen Mile Falls Community (2023)
An Inclement Journey Across Niagara, 1803 (2023)
Enough to Sink the Barrel: A Brief Overview of Early Whisky Production in Niagara (2024)
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Brock University, 2020
"Re-imagining Niagara: A Spatial Study of Economic Development (1783-1812)”