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Niagara on the Lake September 2022

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"Housebreaking Charged To Pair Held at Border," Toronto Globe. June 20, 1933. Page 9. ---- Arrested when they were refused admission to the United States at the Niagara border yesterday, Sidney Comber, 78 Roseheath Avenue, and Norman Ross, 25 Coxwell Avenue, will be brought here by Detectives Greenlee and Hogan, charged with housebreaking. They are charged with breaking into a house at 29 Monarch Park Avenue and stealing watches and jewelry.

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"'Go Fly a Kite' Is Hydro Trick That Solved Niagara Problem," Toronto Star. October 10, 1942. Page 3. ---- By accepting the literal interpretation of "Go fly a kite!" Hydro construction men at DeCew Falls development have stretched a steel cableway over a half-mile gap on the Niagara river at the brink of the rapids leading to the falls. The story of this feat is told in the current issue of Hydro News, Ontario Hydro's new magazine.

Confronted with the problem of getting the first line across the river, construction men on both the Canadian and United States sides began to study methods.

Towing a line across would have involved taking it nearly a mile upstream from the cableway tower on the American side and then bringing the end of the line down the Canadian shore and past numer- ous land obstacles. There was the possibility the line would foul on boulders in the river. Power lines and other obstacles ruled out a plane, autogyro or dirigible, while balloons were unobtainable. The range was too great for a rocket gun. "Hydro men built a big box kite. 7 ft. 6 inch by 6 ft. with a con- trolling line of 1 32 inch piano wire 6,000 feet of it. As part of the cableway two 155-ft. steel towers. had been erected on the Canadian bank between Chippawa and Niagara Falls and the other on an artificial island on the United States side half-a-mile away. The Hydro men had to wait several days for a favorable wind. The piano wire was used to pull over another wire of greater diameter. The latter was spliced to a light one-eighth of an inch cable, and eventually a strong steel two and a half-inch cable was pulled across to form the 2,605-foot cableway. The cableway between the towers is now constructed to provide the necessary transportation to permit the construction of the weir upon the bed of the river.

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“PLAN 11 FARM CAMPS FOR WOMEN WORKERS,” Toronto Star. April 1, 1942. Page 2. ----  First Opens at Jordan, April 7 - 300 to 400 'Day Workers' Needed Near Toronto ---- The Ontario farm service force, organized to make women, girls, boys and aged men available for farm work throughout the province was placed under the administration of the department of agriculture to-day. Previously, it was under the department of labor, although con-mental committee representing the department of agriculture. labor and education. The committee will still function, it was announced by Alex MacLaren, director.

Mr. MacLaren stated that 11 camps to accommodate Women would be opened shortly, but that wide extension of the camp scheme! inaugurated last year would be undertaken. The first camp, accommodating 15 girls, will open at Jordan on April 7. Four days later. high school girls 16 or over will go into camp at Winona. At Jordan, a large fruit farm operator will take 12 girls into a private camp April 7. They are to work from now until fall. The owner has provided accommodation and a cook and the private camp will operate along the same lines as the government sponsored ones.

Between Toronto and Oakville is a special camp for "day by day" workers where volunteers work on the soil when they get time. Three to four hundred women are required at this camp every day. It is in charge of the women's land brigade, Mr. MacLaren said.

"The peak requirements for a land army are reached in August and September. Government agencies are already making arrangements for extra billeting of volunteers besides the accommodation available for 700 in 11 camps on the Niagara peninsula. Essex county. Pelee Island. Collingwood. Norfolk and Port Dover are planned as points where new camps will be opened this year.

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If you're looking for a wine destination that offers a truly unique experience, you need to look no further than the Coastal Delight. This region is home to some of the world's best wines, and the wines here are sure to impress. From dry reds to sweet whites, there's something for everyone on the Niagara Peninsula. And if you're a fan of wine, you're in for a real treat - most of the wines here are cellar-aged, which means that they've been stored in a cool, dark environment for a long time. This makes for a more complex and tastier wine. So if you're looking for a unique wine destination that you won't find anywhere else, the Coastal Delight is definitely worth a visit.

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“Scenes From Ontario’s Fall Drama, ‘Man Versus Pheasant’,” Toronto Star. October 28, 1932. Page 19. ---- Hunters are after pheasants in the peninsula and lakeshore areas. One of the hunters, H. Rooker, is seen with his spaniel in (1). Frank Walker, of Broadway Ave. (2) made a near-record bag, getting a jack-rabbit, squirrel and pheasant. Someone shot a squirrel (4), and left it in the tree. W. Pearce, hired-man on a farm is seen putting up a ‘no-shooting’ sign in (3) T. L. Kennedy, M.P.P., posted the sign seen in (5), on his farm. In (6) is shown a hunter with two cock pheasants and rabbit, which he shot shortly after 8 a.m. on the farm of F. A. Rowlett, Upper Middle Rd., Trafalgar.

[AL: The Ontario pheasant hunt in 1932 was particularly controversial, for a number of reasons. The Ontario government was obviously attempting to limit the hunt to preserve animal numbers, and were draconian against out of season hunters - many of whom were poor men and women during the Depression who desperately needed food. But the hunt itself was accompanied by violence between game wardens and hunters, and between small town and rural locals and the rich tourist hunters, many from Toronto, Hamilton, and other urban centres, who swarmed rural areas, caused a ruckus, and were accused of overhunting. This short photo montage really drives home the issue - hunters regularly trespassed on farms and rural properties, threatened accidentally or deliberately locals, shot each other due to poor gun safety and hunting experience, and generally made a nuisance of themselves. It also cuts against stereotypes of urban vs. rural life - it was the small town and rural populations trying to protect local wildlife while big city fanatics engaged in an orgy of shooting.]

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“Two R. R. Men Killed Blizzard Is Blamed,” Toronto Star. February 19, 1942. Page 37. ---- One at Welland, Another at Niagara Falls --- Special to The Star Welland, Feb. 19 - Peter Bucki, 40, was killed today when struck by a passenger train while clearing snow from a switch. In a snowstorm he failed to see or hear the train, although a fellow workman shouted a warning.

Body Found at Falls Special to The Star Niagara Falls, Ont., Feb. 19 - Body of Michael Carlin, C.N.R. employee, was found in railway yards early today with his skull fractured. It is presumed he was struck by an shunting engine while he was walking from the yard office, where he checked in at 11.30 p.m., to the tower where he was employed, during a blizzard. Coroner Dr. J. L. Mahoney will conduct an inquest.

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“Today’s News,” Sault Star. May 17, 1918. Page 5. ---- Eight young men were taken from a train going over the Niagara River and sent back to Canada. One of them had his bride with him.

Jacko Commanda, 68, a trapper belonging to the Indian reserve at Golden Lake was murdered while out hunting in company with his son. At an inquest held at the reserve a verdict was returned that Commanda met his death by a bullet fired from an unknown source. 

Failing to receive guarantee that C. Tisdale, a Haileybury resident, was a married man owing to the fact that Tisdale's wife speaks very little English, Dominion Police Officer Brown tried to arrest Tisdale, and received a broken nose.