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Thorold, along with other municipalities in the Niagara Region, hosted events for the 2022 Canada Summer Games. The Canada Games Park was built in Thorold for it. The federal government contributed $29 million dollars for the event split between different venues. [1] The Canada Games Park facility cost 107 million dollars. [2]
Thorold was approved for a Carnegie Library grant and a new building opened in 1912. This library operated until 1983 and was replaced by the current location attached to Chestnut Hall . [ 2 ] In 2012, Chestnut Hall was assessed by a historical society that determined it was "badly showing its age" and may also be at risk of a fire due to ...
The building was repurposed as a design studio. [24] Thorold's Carnegie Library, which opened in 1912 and closed in 1983. [25] Chestnut Hall is a historic building that was the home of John McDonagh, who was the mayor of the Village of Thorold. [26] It was then used for the city hall. [27] It is attached to the current Thorold Public Library. [26]
In 1857, a grammar school was established in the village of Thorold, but it was not until 18 years later, in 1875, that the land on which the present high school stands was purchased. The site, bound by Ormond, St. David and Carleton Streets, was purchased for $1856.77 from Dr. Rolls of Thorold, and the building was erected at a cost of $6000.
Allanburg is the capital of the City of Thorold, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Welland Canal and Highway 20, both important transportation routes through the Niagara Peninsula. The two cross at a [1] vertical-lift bridge, numbered as Bridge 11 by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority, but often known simply as the Allanburg Bridge.
Thorold is a city in Ontario, Canada. Thorold may also refer to: Anthony Wilson Thorold (1825–1895), Anglican bishop of Rochester, later bishop of Winchester; William Thorold (engineer) (1798–1878), English millwright, architect and civil engineer; Thorold Dickinson (1903-1984), British film director and academic
Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario . This riding was created in 1987 from Welland riding.
Despite this, the City of Thorold assumed ownership of the DeCou House in early 2011 from the Ontario Power Generation for a nominal fee, completing a restoration project in October of that year. [7] Due to the historical significance of the structure, the lower part of the stone walls were preserved.