As early as 1788 merchant traders began carrying their goods in ox-drawn wagons along the west or British bank [of the Niagara River], beginning at the Lower Landing, present day Queenston, by-passing the Falls until they reached Chippewa, where the Niagara River was once again navigable. On March 31, 1790, the route they used officially became a road, the one we know today as the Portage Road. The Niagara Portage Road is published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the portage on the west bank becoming an official road.This book recounts the events which took place on or near this road, from its beginning. A regularly scheduled stage-coach service, operated along the Portage Road as early as 1796, almost twenty years before there was a regular stage-coach service operating out of present-day Toronto. During the War of 1812, battles were fought along the Road at Queenston Heights, Chippawa and Lundy's Lane. At that time even sailing ships were portaged over the Road!"Contents:The Falls and the East Bank Portage;The British Portage on the East Bank;The West Bank Portage;Our Early Settlers;The Portage Road;Early Pioneer Life;The Portage Road and the War of 1812;Portage Road Industries - Bridgewater Mills;The Portage Road, Travel, Hotels, Tourism, After the War of 1812;CIty of the Falls;Erie & Ontario Rail Road;Niagara River Ferries ( pp. 99-130): Queenston Ferry, Niagara Falls Ferries, Fort Erie Ferries;Queenston;Queenston and the War of 1812;Queenston After the War of 1812;Queenston and the Lake Boats (pp. 169-196);Queenston's Historic Houses;Chippawa;Chippawa and the War of 1812;Chippawa After the War of 1812;Chippawa Becomes a Shipbuilding and Industrial Centre (pp. 219-234);Stamford; Earl y Stamford Schools; Early Stamford Churches;An Early Stamford Merchant;Stamford Village Plan;Stamford Green;The Portage Road Oak Tree;Drummondville.With notes, bibliography, and appendices.
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