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The Decew Falls, Niagara Escarpment, St. Catharines. Lake Gibson is not a natural feature, but rather an artificially created reservoir. Township maps from the latter half of the 19th century show a meandering stream flowing through this area (Beaverdams Creek) and plunging over the Niagara Escarpment at Decew Falls. [5]
In between the two structures is Decew Falls. Morningstar Mill is a 2.98-acre (1.21 ha) heritage site located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The site includes the Morningstar Mill, a sawmill, the home of the Morningstar family, a barn used for blacksmith demonstrations, and the Decew Falls gorge along the Niagara Escarpment. [1]
Lake Gibson is a lake near Thorold in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.The lake is not natural, but rather was created as a reservoir for hydroelectric power generation at the Ontario Power Generation Decew Falls 1 and Decew Falls 2 generating stations. [3]
The turbine is powered by water from the pond above DeCew Falls as it falls through a penstock to the turbine. Across from the mill and turbine shed is a reconstruction of the sawmill that once was part of the site.
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Highway 20, West Street, Griffin Street North. St. Catharines Street, Highway 20, Bismark Road, Canboro Road Hamilton border (continues as Hamilton Road 20) Intersection of Highway 58 and Highway 20 Smithville, Fonthill, Allanburg: Former Highway 20. Offers a scenic route in comparison to the Queen Elizabeth Way.
The first survey of Thorold, or Township 9 as it was known then, occurred in 1788. The earliest communities in what is now Thorold emerged at Beaverdams, DeCew Falls and St. Johns. [2] In 1846, the community had a population of about 1,000 and there were three churches or chapels and a post office. Various types of tradesmen worked here.
On August 25, 1898, power was sent twenty seven miles from DeCew Falls, St. Catharines, using water from the old Welland Canal. New industries, such as the forerunners of the Steel Co. of Canada and Canadian Westinghouse, were attracted here by the cheaper, more efficient power.