Next Stop For Canal Lecture Series: Welland

Niagara’s canal-side museums proudly present a Travelling Lecture Series to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the First Welland Canal.

This Saturday, Nov. 8, Welland Museum will host a presentation focusing on a pictorial history about the bridges found on the Welland canals. It will feature the wooden swing bridges over the Second and Third canals, the transition to steel and the more recent development of bascule and vertical lift bridges. Local historian Terry Hughes is the presenter. Starting time is 1 p.m.

Last in the series is Nov. 15 at Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum, Conflict and Unrest on the Early Canals. The first lecture was Nov. 1 at St. Catharines museum.

Bridges like this one will be part of a presentation by Terry Hughes, Saturday at Welland Museum.