Our guest speaker this month was Natalie Green, the project manager for the Niagara River Remedial Action Plan. Natalie, who admitted to having a passion about the Great Lakes and the Niagara River, said the river has a long history of pollution problems going back to the 1880’s because it was the first river to be heavily harnessed for power. […]

William Hamilton Merritt was a man of many talents Our guest speaker David Merritt appeared in costume as his ancestor William Hamilton Merritt who, as a soldier, merchant, promoter and politician, played an important role in the history of Niagara and especially in the development of the Welland Canal. William, the son of Thomas Merritt, was born in 1793 in […]