Demolition of the Lockmaster’s House, which overlooks the Iroquois Lock, is well underway. The house is on property administered by the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation and was until the early 90s used as a […]
The 2019 budget process is starting to wind down for South Dundas council, and one thing that stands out as a future priority is village infrastructure. That priority has not been set by this council. […]
OTTAWA – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has released its report on the May 29th grounding of the Chem Norma at the Morrisburg waterfront. The report, issued by the TSB December 17th, said that […]
MORRISBURG – This year the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Crysler’s Farm was commemorated on November 11th. For more than a decade, the Friends of Crysler’s Farm Battlefield have paid tribute to those who […]
MORRISBURG – The 100th anniversary of the end of World War I will take place this November 11, 2018. Morrisburg is home to a very special memorial, one dedicated to the memory of those who […]
MORRISBURG – Officials from the International Joint Commission’s International Lake Ontario – St. Lawrence River board announced that there will be two weekends where water levels will be increased on Lake St. Lawrence to assist […]
MORRISBURG – After repeated applications for funding to replace South Dundas’ two aging water towers, the municipality has applied once again for replacement funding. Unlike past years where the application has been for both water […]
AULT ISLAND – Waterlevels on Lake St. Lawrence, the man-made lake formed from the St. Lawrence River between Iroquois and Cornwall, are among the lowest on record. The levels have raised the ire of those […]
SOUTH DUNDAS – Canada Day this year marks the 60th anniversary of Inundation Day in our region. It was the day that the coffer dam that held back the waters of the mighty St. Lawrence […]
It was all in the name of progress. The culminating event of four years of construction and decades of planning came down to one big ‘boom’. July 1st, 1958, the blowing of the coffer dam […]
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