Ontario's Provincial Plaques

Here's where you can learn a little Ontario history.

Court-House and Gaol 1817-1866

Photo by Alan L Brown - August 22, 2004

Plaque Location

The Region of Niagara
The Town of Niagara-On-The-Lake
At the end of a short driveway at the entrance to a park on the east side of Rye Street across from Cottage Street

Plaque Text

Here stood the court-house and gaol of the Niagara District. Erected in 1817, they were considered to be among the finest public buildings in the province. Robert Gourlay, the radical reformer, was imprisoned and tried for sedition here in 1819. In 1837 an escaped American slave, Moseby, threatened with return to his master, was forcibly rescued here by local negroes abetted by other residents of Niagara. The courts moved elsewhere in 1847, and the gaol closed in 1866.

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