Recently (August 2007) the St Catharines Standard published an article on Canal Maps. A collection of SURVEY MAPS of the SECOND Welland Canal is now available for all to see on the Internet. There are 53 maps detailing land use along the canal from Port Dalhousie to Port Colborne in the 1860's. http://images.ourontario.ca/brock Keyword: (Find box) Welland If you ancestors lived along the canal route or worked on the Canals this might be of interest to you - shows landowners names plots/names A SUPER SITE Have Fun GAIL in St Catharines ps - ANOTHER site I'm sure you all have bookmarked are the 1876/80 Atlases of Counties showing concessions & lots with an Index of Names of owners (go to SEARCH) http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/