From Niagara-on-the-Lake to Old Fort Erie With Lots of Places in Between, Part Two
During the course of my first post on my journey around the Niagara area with my Canadian blogging friend Carole and her friend Steve, I showed you a monument to a brave war hero, another monument to a Canadian heroine, a beautiful mansion, a tiny wayside chapel, and more. This post offers you old forts, a historic town, and a haunted inn along with a few other stops along the way! Leaving the little Living Water Wayside Chapel behind and continuing down the Niagara Parkway, we soon came to a spot that Carole knew I was just going to love. First though we came across a lovely brick building - the Pumphouse. Built in 1891, it is the Niagara Region's oldest surviving pumping station building; prior to its existence, the town's domestic water supply came from springs and private wells. The building originally contained a boiler, steam engine and water pumps as well as living quarters for the operating engineer. In 1893 an electric light plant was introduced and the living qua...