NIAGARA’S DRUMMOND HILL IS A PLACE OF SIGNIFICANCE By GEORGE BAILEY
2010-10-29 10:04:18
2 comments Latest by George Bailey 10/29/10 19:36:25 EDT
Some of you might know I’m a big fan of Niagara Falls Historian Sherman Zavitz and love to read his column in the local Niagara Falls Review.
In a recent piece he reminded readers and Niagara Falls history buffs that Drummond Hill (about 10 kilometres from the falls) at 142 metres above Lake Ontario is the highest point in the city. It was also the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the War of 1812-14. Sixteen hundred men on both the British and the American side were either killed, wounded or declared missing as a result of this July 25th ,1814 battle. It is also the site of an historic cemetery founded in 1799.
As a result people were curious to see the grounds and a few entrepreneurs erected five different observation towers between 1846 and 1893 to overlook the site.
The towers are no longer but you can still visit the cemetery and if you stand still you might even “feel” the history of this area. Check out some of the graves of famous Niagara residents that are buried here.
