Several viewers noticed that my math was incorrect at the end. Luke Dillon died in 1930 at the age of 80, not 85. I apologize for the error.

@tatman8240

2 жыл бұрын

I wasn't worried about that. You keep doing the good work that you do. I enjoy it.

@chinesesparrows

2 жыл бұрын

Quick maths

@robertstack2144

2 жыл бұрын

That's the problem with the "New Math" ....it doesn't add up.

@katieandkevinsears7724

2 жыл бұрын

I'm just happy you caught and corrected.

@shawnmason5290

2 жыл бұрын

Thank God. Life can go on now. I Enjoy your broadcast

"The attack on the Welland Canal is almost entirely forgotten today" That has to be the biggest understatement in this story. I was born and more or less lived my life in the Niagara Region and this is the first time I've heard of this attack.

@nicholas5623

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, grew up not far from there in dunnville. Love hearing local stuff on this channel

@lesleeherschfus707

2 жыл бұрын

Never heard of it myself. We go to Niagara-On-The-Lake yearly.

@thomasb1889

2 жыл бұрын

I am far up the lakes in Duluth and had never heard of this and the modern version of the canal allows salt water ships go come up to us.

@steventhompson399

2 жыл бұрын

I certainly hadn't heard of it either, I've looked at a lot of content related to Irish vs English conflicts from napoleonic era to black and tans to more recent 80s/90s IRA attacks in Manchester Brighton Gibraltar etc but I didn't know much about the finnians or attacks in Canada... very interesting video, I've never been outside north American but I know more about Europe and Asia than here lol

@goss1961

2 жыл бұрын

I was born and raised in Port Colborne and this is news to me too.

I was born in Niagara Falls NY and lived in Bellville , Ontario on weekends and summers as parents owned property on Lake Erie. I've crossed the lift bridges at Welland and Port Colborne Ontario thousands of times. I've never heard about this dynamiting till now. Thanks History Guy for the knowledge of history.

@timothy2935

2 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool

@AmosMosesJr

2 жыл бұрын

History that deserves to be remembered

@JamesPhieffer

2 жыл бұрын

Why did you spend weekends and summers in Belleville (which is on the Bay of Quinte, an arm of Lake Ontario) if your parents had property on Lake Erie?

@JamesPhieffer

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertstack2144 your post said "Bellville", so that's why I was asking. 👍

@robertstack2144

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesPhieffer Did you see the explanatio I spent half an hour on and accidentally lost?

I've lived in Ontario my entire life, my family has lived at the north end of the Niagara Escarpment for 200 years, I attended Niagara College in Welland and never heard of this before now. I heard of the Fenians but thought they had been dealt with at the end of the 19th century. I've learned a new thing today. Thank you.

I live and grew up near the Welland canal, I have never heard this story before, you do good work my friend

"Dynamitetards" Gotta love it!!!

Blimey, that was positively a James Bond villain scale of plot. This period is full of so many fascinating plots, horrible terrorist acts, and terrible government crackdowns. The Tottenham Outrage and the Siege of Sidney Street spring to mind. It is surprising how far ranging the "Dynamiters" were.

@yeahitskimmel

2 жыл бұрын

I just learned apparently they are called "dynamitards" if it's for political reasons lol

Very interesting. Having grown up only 40 or so miles from the canal I'd never heard of this. I really appreciate every episode.

As I'm from Australia I'd never heard of this case. Definitely obscure history that deserves to be remembered. Thankyou and your son for your consistently awesome content THG.

@JimLambier

2 жыл бұрын

For most of my life, I've lived less than an hour drive from Welland and I've never heard of this story. THG has frequently presented stories where I'm amazed that I've never heard of them before.

@malyoung7571

2 жыл бұрын

Well put......another Australian fan of THG. I have made many suggestions such as the Westgate bridge collapse, the extinction of the thylacine and not least of all the genocide of the Tasmanian Aboriginals. THG did do a piece on an earlier suggestion "The Eureka Rebellion" . You might like to join me in lobbing THG for more Australian content. Another seemly overlooked subject is Australia's contribution in WW1 & 2 , the Boer war, Korean and Vietnamese wars .

@larrygarrett724

2 жыл бұрын

@@malyoung7571 I would love to hear more content you mentioned. I continue to enjoy THG as much today as I did when I first discovered it!

I lived in the Niagara Region for many years, and spent a lot of time there since. We played hockey in Thorold. My uncle owned a house near the canal corridor. But I’d never heard this story. Thanks for sharing it.

@robertstack2144

2 жыл бұрын

I use to watch the Niagara Falls Flyers

I love THGs dedication to factually, "which is more of an ismuth". And yes, I put down my toast to write this.

@robwaddell7934

2 жыл бұрын

Your sacrifice will be remembered when the revolution comes.

@lawrencejones5640

2 жыл бұрын

@@robwaddell7934 the hungry will be the ones who bring revolution, comrade

@CheshireTomcat68

2 жыл бұрын

@@lawrencejones5640You are the hungry. You had toast, not bacon...

@Russia-bullies

2 жыл бұрын

He is more dedicated to being impartial compared to many,as well.

@lawrencejones5640

2 жыл бұрын

@@Russia-bullies as any good historian is, history is fact and any historian who takes sides is a liar.

having grown up along the Welland canal I can truly say I had never heard of this event despite my familiarity with many Welland canal historical facts. Thanks HG

Great piece. I’m a life-long resident of the Niagara Peninsula and heard about this many years ago. Very interesting piece of Niagara’s history. I enjoyed seeing the photos of the old canals through the area. One of the photos in the video shows the actual Lock 24 of the Third Welland Canal. It is the photo that shows a lock in the foreground in the center. To the right is the canal spillway and to the left are railway tracks and construction. That is Lock 24. The swing bridge the young woman was crossing when she saw the dynamiters fleeing the scene and saw the explosion is at the bottom of that photo. The construction to the left was for the Fourth Welland Canal or Welland Ship Canal, which opened in 1930. The site is now the location of Lock 7. Lock 24 was removed after the Third Welland Canal closed to allow finishing touches on the Fourth Welland Canal, which is still in use today. Incidentally Lock 24 measured 270 feet by 45 feet with 14 feet of water over the sill or bottom of the lock. Lock 1 of the Third Canal remained in use until 1968 when it was finally closed. While Lock 24 of the Third Welland Canal is long gone, Lock 24 of the Second Welland Canal can still be seen today in the Battle Of Beaverdams Park in downtown Thorold. In 1987 Lock 24 of the First Welland Canal underwent an archaeological excavation afterwards it was buried again to preserve it. There’s a photo of downtown Thorold in the video. It comes immediately after the photo showing a tug with a sailing ship in one of the escarpment locks of the Third Welland Canal. The photo shows railway tracks and a mill beside a waterway (Second Welland Canal). There are also a few photos of Port Dalhousie (now part of St. Catharines). Port Dalhousie was at the Lake Ontario end of the first three Welland Canals. (Port Colborne is at the Lake Erie end of all four Welland Canals.) 2029 marks the 200th anniversary of the first ships to sail through First Welland Canal between the two lakes.

@dedogster

2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks for the info, I had family in Wellend, I always love to visit the canal.

@djhrecordhound4391

10 ай бұрын

1987 I was in public school, and we went to that site of the first canal's Lock 24 on a class trip. It was in Merritton near the 2nd canal's "Neptune's Staircase", just below (and climbing up to) Thorold, now directly beside Bradley St. where its lockmaster's houses still stand. We took a walk along that stretch. Still have a couple photos of the excavated lock, too.

Thanks I lived in a lockmaster’s cottage outside Thorold in the mid 1980’s.

@djhrecordhound4391

10 ай бұрын

Those lockmaster houses across "Neptune's Staircase" on Bradley St. still look great. For the longest time you couldn't see their excellent stone work because of the ivy wrapped around them.

This is an amazing story! I was born in Welland Ontario and lived there and went to school there but have never heard this story. You find some absolutely amazing treasures and I always look forward to your next video. Thank you very much for sharing this story

I live in Welland Ontario and I was definitely not expecting to see this video today or ever. Thank you for the Content and History

I live in Ontario and am an avid student of history, and yet I had not heard about this event. Thank you THG for your continued output of great content.

I love it when THG presents a historical snippet I have never heard of:; that in itself is a challenge to surprise another history buff.

Born and raised in Merritton and had never heard of this story. Thank you.

@johnadams3538

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a mural on one of the buildings along the bike path on the West side of the canal in Thorold that commemorates that event.

Each History Guy episode is a real blast.

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today?Hope you had a wonderful day?God bless you

@ERH1453

Жыл бұрын

Haaaaaa! I think l ruptured something.

"Whether the blundering of man or the providence of God..." An historic quote that deserves to be remembered! Bravo THG for finding that one!

Hi from Ireland, very much enjoy THG. “Fee-nyan” is the pronunciation as others have mentioned, prominent part of our history. Small part of the North American story!

@euansmith3699

2 жыл бұрын

They could have been a far bigger part of North American history if the Irish Republican Army has somehow been successful in invading Canada in 1866. 👍

When I was in high school I never had an interest in history. Maybe because of the writing of the history books in the sixties and seventies. Now I cannot get enough of it and you, the history guy make it so much more interesting. Probably because of the diverse topics and in-depth description. It is a gift to be a great narrator of History along with photos. Thank you!

@johnadams3538

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Frank, same here. In school history was quite boring, but I also find it fascinating now. Looking back you see how true the saying “history repeats itself” is.

My memory might be at fault, but I have no recollection of seeing anything about that at the Welland Museum itself when I visited it. Good job at digging history that needs to be remembered.

@djhrecordhound4391

10 ай бұрын

It's great that St. Catharines finally picked up that torch when Welland's old Hooker St. museum was condemned. The Museum at Lock 3 is doing a decent job showing local history, but obviously very little of the Canals' history of failures was reported locally. For example, how many know that the original 1932 bridge at Lock 2 (Carlton St.) was destroyed by a boat in the early 60s...? You may notice its replacement raises and lowers much faster than the rest(?)....

Very cool, I’ve been interested in Canadian history for over 40 years and this is the first time I’ve ever heard of this. Well done History Guy!

Have you ever thought about doing an episode on the famous Australian explorers Burke & Wills and their tragic expedition? Another suggestion, the amazing french explorer Nicholas Baudin who is rarely mentioned these days but led an amazing life of adventure.

@robwaddell7934

2 жыл бұрын

I know virtually nothing of the history of the great nation of Australia apart from that there were penal colonies here once, and the odd horrifying death-march near Timbuktu.

I've spent my life living on the River Welland in Lincolnshire, England. I've never heard this story. It's fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today? Hope you had a wonderful day? God bless you

I was born in welland Ontario and never herd of this. Very interesting for sure

I have passed over the Welland Canal more times than I can remember to visit relatives in the Toronto-Hamilton-Burlington area; but this is the first I have ever heard about this incident. THG, never ceases to amaze.

As a resident of the Niagara region my whole life, never heard of this. Amazing.

My guy always has the best back drop. I salute your excellent work! Thank you.

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today?Hope you had a wonderful day?God bless you

Yeah, I'm not even sure Pierre Burton even covered this bit of Canadian History. Like a lot of Ontarians living west of the Escarpment ("Here there be Dragons", as it's marked on GTA maps) I've never heard of this story before. Kudos to the History Guy.

Hope I'm not late for class. So interesting are your video's. Thanks for sharing this with us that watch your channel. Outstanding job sir.

I am a famine folk Irish Canadian living in Toronto with ties to the Niagra Peninsula and interested in history. I am in awe, History Guy, I have never heard a hint about this and this is important history

@chonconnor6144

2 жыл бұрын

They stopped teaching history in Canada decades ago in school, now it's fetishistic critiques written by marxists.

@danahashcroft9482

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe because i was born in Niagara but i knew a lot of this. But definitely issues with the history curriculum in Ontario if not across the country

Crazy! I never heard of this but now I’ll never forget it. I alway thought being a terrorist was a new thing. I was so wrong. Thanks for another great episode!!

Always interesting video's...thank you for your work HG

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today? Hope you had a wonderful day? God bless you

I thought this was about JJ Walker "Dynamite!"

My dad sailed the great lakes for decades and often passed through the modern Welland canal and told stories of it's history and related navigation problems related to the passage even in modern times. I never heard of this episode in its long history.

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today?Hope you had a wonderful day?God bless you

I have lived in this area all my life and have heard many stories about the cannel. This is the first time I have heard this one.

The men did their planning while they were sober. But when the time came for their last and most dangerous move ……….. they were drunk. Classic.

@dinascharnhorst6590

2 жыл бұрын

Many a report I have written as a paramedic over the past 41 years have included the words, "...alcohol was involved..."

@HM2SGT

2 жыл бұрын

“Hold my Bushmills & watch this!”

@ramblerdave1339

2 жыл бұрын

Just in case the charge went off early! 💥

@djhrecordhound4391

10 ай бұрын

​@@HM2SGTWell at that time I can bet they'd imbibed in the most famous brews from St. Catharines--Taylor & Bates!! (I got to enjoy their revival in the 90s thanks to T&B descendants!!!!)

I enjoy learning something new each time The History Guy posts a video.

Thank you for, as always, educating us.

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today? Hope you had a wonderful day? God bless you

Know what I like about watching your show? One never knows what décor will be in the background. For example, I saw a copy of Van Gogh's Starry Night hanging on the wall behind you today. How nice!

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today? Hope you had a wonderful day? God bless you

Great video as always. It’s always amazing when you tell of a historical event I’ve never heard of. It’s always a treat. There’s always so much to discover in history.

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today?Hope you had a wonderful day?God bless you

A great recounting. I grew up in St. Catharines and lived very close to the second lock. Visiting the canal daily was a big part of my life as a kid. We used to exchange magazines and change with crew on ships passing through the lock. Nice memories.

@johnadams3538

2 жыл бұрын

That’s when there were no fences. Security at the St. Lawrence Seaway has been increasing year after year since 9/11.

@dougreimer2912

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnadams3538 Yes quite. This would be 66-69. We could almost touch these ships as they passed thru. We exchanged our stuff for foreign magazines and small change. That was a distance up of about 15- 20 ft. depending on the size of boat and water level in the lock. Saw many from all across the world along with lakers. Many foreign crews didn't speak English and this is how these exchanges started....Cheers 👍

@djhrecordhound4391

10 ай бұрын

That area would have been very different if the proposed "Carlton St. Tunnel" was installed when the bridge was knocked down in 1962.

I'm a Canadian history buff, and this is the first I've heard of this particular Fenian attack. The persistence of Fenian attacks against Canada and the UK in the 19th century would be almost comic opera (complete with plotters twirling their moustaches) if it weren't for the pointless death and destruction they caused, particularly in the 1860s.

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today?Hope you had a wonderful day?God bless you

@bullettube9863

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting coincidence involving a young girl once again saving Canadians. The first time I think was a young girl riding through the night to warn Canadians that the "Yanks" were coming in 1813.

A case of "Erin go BOOM"!

@dinascharnhorst6590

2 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏

Well, history in my own country, my own province that I didn’t know! Thank you!

It is interesting that something like this would fade from the public eye. I am grateful for THG bringing this to light. We, of the present time, seem to think that terrorism is a modern device, but it has been around for thousands of years in various forms. I don't think I will take comfort in that fact. Maybe we should be grateful that we have survived such threats despite the fragility of our civilization.

@djhrecordhound4391

10 ай бұрын

The threat of terrorism has been constant since the first canal was dug. Guards have been stationed on each active canal for every war. The current canalside fencing and protocols are just the modern equivalents of those guards of old...

Thank you Dillion is mentioned in Tim Pat Coogan's -The IRA In passing. Thanks for shedding more light on his early life

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today? Hope you had a wonderful day? God bless you

Great history definitely deserves to be remembered and retold! Thank you

Another Canadian from southern Ontario who has never heard this story before ... thanks THG.

Very interesting. Thank you again!

Love hearing local news about history happening where I live. So interesting and fascinating. Thanks for an awesome upload history guy

he is my great grandfather heard this story from my grandmother many times growing up

What a great story, thank you so much for sharing that. 🇨🇦

I just love how this man can say a word like dynamtard like it’s just a casual thing and I’m not gonna be totally flabbergasted by the discovery of my new favorite word

Great story. Thanks for some Canadian content.

Great story. and it's from Ontario. thank you history guy.

This is local history for me. I live in Hamilton, Ontario and I have never heard of of it either. Strange how such an interesting story is forgotten. The fact that these boys hit the booze before the job was done is a story I will enjoy telling

Great stuff, as usual. ( I see you have a print of my favorite Van Gogh painting Starry Night in the background )

I always look forward to your presentations.

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today? Hope you had a wonderful day? God bless you

@howardjohnson2138

2 жыл бұрын

@@amytaylor8487 You are most gracious. What have you to do with The History Guy? Thanks

Thank you, as always interesting and informative. As is the case quiet often, I leave your site intrigued, and end up in a deep dive into interesting topics. After doing my hour of “rabbit hole” digging, I found that political issues were the basis for cartoons, and that the magazine “punch” from the UK was essentially ground zero for most of them, I’m sure everyone from “Garfield” to the “family circus”, owes their or rather owed (now that newspapers and cartoons are gone) their origins to that genre. Have you done an expose’ on cartoons and their history? Thank you again, absolutely love this channel and tell anyone who will listen to me about your wonderful work!

Thank you for the lesson.

I lived in Welland as a youth and worked on the canal for seven years, but never heard this story. There was trouble with the Fenians in the 19th century, so I am not surprised to hear the connection in this story.

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today? Hope you had a wonderful day? God bless you

Thanks HG.

Having lived in Thorold during the 80’s this is the first time I have heard of this. The operating canal now is the 4th one built, in 85 or 86 lock 7 which is the upper most flight lock and a single ( 4,5 and 6 are double locks ) had a ship in it and the west side wall collapsed inward trapping the ship. It took a few days to secure the wall and free the ship. The canal remained open and a water leak behind the wall was fixed and better drainage installed.

@johnadams3538

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t believe Lock 7 is deemed a flight lock. Locks 4, 5 & 6 are known as the twin flight locks because, as you mentioned, they are double locks but are flight locks because there is no reach between them. The upper end of lock 4 is the lower end of lock 5 and upper end of lock 5 is the lower end of lock 6.

@johnadams3538

2 жыл бұрын

Regarding the water leak at lock 7, it wasn’t about better drainage. There is a penstock that takes water from just south of the sector gates at lock 7 that runs to the 2 generators in the powerhouse at the bottom of the hill just north of lock 4. It was a leak in the penstock that caused the cavity behind the west wall of lock 7. They fixed the leak, filled in the cavity, repaired the concrete then resumed shipping.

@djhrecordhound4391

10 ай бұрын

​@@johnadams3538Thank you for helping me understand it!!!! I was only 11 or 12 at that time and didn't understand why Lock 7 had so much trouble. Personally I think with all the development to the east of Lock 7, there should be a bridge put back in there (or to south near there) once again, with Peter St. reopened.

Who doesn't use a little dynamite after several hours of no luck fishing?

I sit back with this beautiful cup of tea a drift off yet again ❤️🙏

Amazing show like always

Something I never heard of. Thank You.

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today?Hope you had a wonderful day?God bless you

@larrybomber83

2 жыл бұрын

@@amytaylor8487 Doing fine, thanks for asking.

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

@@larrybomber83 good to hear that. Where are you from?

@larrybomber83

2 жыл бұрын

@@amytaylor8487 Gulf Coastal Texas

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

@@larrybomber83 nice place. I’m originally from New York but I live VA. How’s the weather there today?

once again , thanks to you , this history is remembered

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today?Hope you had a wonderful day?God bless you

Merry Christmas History Guy and thank you.

Excellent presentation as always, Happy Holidays THG Crew!!!🙏✌️😷

Anybody else bothered by the fact that you have the chance for great alliteration with Dynamite Dillon, and instead get stuck with Dynamite Luke?

@Houndini

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds so much better.

More Canada! Thanks history guy!

Huh.. I used to live near Thorold, but I've never heard of this!

It's not enough to blow up the lower lock gate. There's an upper lock gate as well that has to be opened first as lock gates are always closed at both ends when a lock isn't in use.

@johnadams3538

2 жыл бұрын

I believe they leave the lower gates open if the next ship they are expecting is an upbound vessel and the upper gates open if the next ship they are expecting is a downbound vessel.

@CB-fn3me

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnadams3538 Only if the approaching vessel is within sighting distance and will enter the lock immediately. Lock gates should never be left open unattended. If you open a lock gate it's your responsibility to close it unless the responsibility is clearly transferred to someone else.

I used to drive through the tunnel under the Welland Canal to go to my Aunt's in Thorold. Beautiful area.

@djhrecordhound4391

10 ай бұрын

That tunnel was built to replace a bridge that once crossed the current Lock 7 at the old Lock 24 explosion site. Btw, the spoil taken from digging out that tunnel was used about 30 years later to extend highway 406 past Merritt Rd. to East Main St. in Welland.

BTW, when this happened there was no single unified police for for Ontario as a whole, just individual country constables and a handful of commissioned detectives. The Ontario Provincial Police wasn't created until 1909. Before then the only police with province-wide jurisdiction were a handful of detectives commissioned by the ministry of justice. These detectives operated mostly independent of each other, with little oversight, training, equipment or even uniforms. There was the the "office of provincial constable” established in 1877 within the ministry of justice but it was not actively involved in policing. That was a bureaucratic office concerned with oversight for the country constables. The Dominion Police Force had Canada-wide jurisdiction as a federal police but they mainly operated in Ottawa, Toronto and the other big cities in eastern and Canada. They did not have a presence in the Niagara region. (The NWMP were the other federal police fore but they only operated in western Canada).

I live in Niagara, Ontario Canada, close to Thorold and near the same Welland Canal. Interesting local history! Thanks for posting!

@johnadams3538

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a mural on one of the buildings along the bike path on the West side of the canal in Thorold that commemorates that event.

@djhrecordhound4391

10 ай бұрын

​@@johnadams3538James is a local artist (and minor hero to me), so of all people I think he knows of those murals. Welland itself was a mural city not too long ago, and I remember how James tried to put art in empty Welland store fronts. He wanted to beautify that ugliness and was fought tooth-and-nail by local "NIMBYs"...

Thank you THG. I always enjoy your videos.

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today?Hope you had a wonderful day?God bless you

Thanks for the Canadian content

Just by coincidence, I'm going to be visiting the Welland Canal area later this week. I've lived just across Lake Erie from it all my life but never have heard this story.

The depth of EVIL in some people is, for me, unfathomable!!!

And Detective William Murdoch of the Toronto Constabulary was the main investigator.😂

I lost it at "dynamite-tards"

@annieoakley2925

2 жыл бұрын

Seems like THG could have used a more creative word to to be derogatory. Using -tard- as part of a demeaning description (retard) used describe people with Downs Syndrome takes away people's dignity and humanity.

@Trindify

2 жыл бұрын

@@annieoakley2925 Oh please, stop being so politically correct. It's a real word, "dynamitard", an attempt to put a French spin on the word dynamite in order to specify a saboteur as one who uses dynamite. It's not a combination of the words "dynamite" and "retard". Now stop searching for things to be offended by.

Great work Sir thank you

Excellent video.

Great story ! Never heard about that bombing. Thank You.

@djhrecordhound4391

10 ай бұрын

​@@amytaylor8487Your spamming has made looking through these comments an extremely annoying task.

....Thanks very much....

I grew up in St. Catharines in Canada, downhill from Thorold and within spitting distance of the Welland Canal. We were taught the history of the canal in school but not about the Fenians (pronounced with a long e where I come from). We were taught about Fenian raids in other parts of the country but never this one. Thanks for the report!

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today?Hope you had a wonderful day?God bless you

@johnadams3538

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a mural on one of the buildings along the bike path on the West side of the canal in Thorold that commemorates that event.

@djhrecordhound4391

10 ай бұрын

​@@johnadams3538Although the businesses are long gone, and some grafitti has been done to it, the murals remain.

I have a request which may challenge your ability to gather history. I grew up in a place called Liberal, Kansas located in Southwest Kansas. It got the name because of the Ogallala aquifer which in Liberal in the time of wagon trains was only about 20 to 30 feet down so the town was Liberal with it's water. Not so much today due to over irrigation. In WW2 the Army looked for places to put training bases for bomber pilots. Liberal got one of the largest airfields due to the level land and the railroad running through it, the Rock Island RR, The new airbase trained B-24 pilots and crews. I was told there were the parts of about 150 B-24's in the fields around the area. ALso after the war the town got the airfield. It became a major emergency airport for large planes going across the country. Once a 707 had to land there while I lived there. Also in the early 1970's the air force did touch and go landing with the C-5A due to the very thick concrete runways. ALso one taxiway was converted into a drag strip where the NHRA held drag races and national competions. The history of these remote airfields is lost to most of the country although they were Very Important to the WW2 war effort. Perhaps worth an episode? Oh and it's close to a place called Dodge City, KS which you have heard of. They trained B-25 pilots there! Sincerely Alan C. WIlson.

Hey Mr. History guy, another sad story that deserves to be remembered is the 1959 Roseburg Oregon train explosion. I was born there in 1949 and saw the results. Devastating.

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today? Hope you had a wonderful day? God bless you

The state of Ohio had so many canals but of course by the 1850s they became increasingly obsolete with the railroad coming to town.

@dinascharnhorst6590

2 жыл бұрын

True; in Southwest Ohio there is a small community called Lockland because it served as the intersection for two different locks.

@motherhenn8850

2 жыл бұрын

My great grandparents and their family lived on the canal in Cincinnati. Actually, my great aunt committed suicide by throwing herself into the canal and drowning.

Luke was having a blast 💥

@djhrecordhound4391

10 ай бұрын

The Niagara area was booming. Thorold should have more flare today but doesn't...

Great story 👍

I have family in Wellend and know some of the history of the canal but never this! Thank you ! Perhaps you could do a piece about the Rideau Canal some day.

@amytaylor8487

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there👋,how are you doing today? Hope you had a wonderful day? God bless you

I Love History!

A serious story about seriously angry and determined men. "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." Indeed. PS not too forgotten, a reference to the Welland Canal bombing pops up in the Murdoc Mysteries. can't tell you the season or episode, but it caused me to visit Wikipedia then look for your story.