Fort Erie Museums

The Fort Erie Historical Museum's archives offer a central repository for the community's history. People, businesses, churches and organizations donate their documents and photographs to the archives or allow us to make copies so they are available to everyone.

Visit our Archives:
The archives is located at the Fort Erie Historical Museum, Ridgeway. Click here for contact information.

The best time to do research is either Wednesday morning or Sunday afternoon, but you are welcome anytime the Museum is open.

Can't Come in Person:
The Museum will attempt to provide information in response to verbal or written requests. Research requests requiring less than five minutes of staff time will be carried out free of charge. More complex requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis with appropriate fees.

Research requests can be sent or phoned:

The Fort Erie Historical Museum
P.O. Box 339
Ridgeway, Ontario
L0S 1N0
905-894-5322
e: museum@forterie.on.ca

In this section you'll find:

Resources by Subject
Research Policy
Reproduction Policy

Resources by Subject

The Fort Erie Historical Museum's Archives contains over 28,600 pages of archival material on a variety of topics, including the following:

Archaeology
Agriculture
Commerce
Customs
Bridges
Marine
Railroad
Public Services
Municipal Government
Utilities
Personal Accounts/Diaries
Crystal Beach Amusement Park
Erie Beach Amusement Park
Disasters and Tragedies
Directories (Provincial Directories, Fort Erie Businesses,
Telephone Listings)
Military (Fenian Invasion, Fenian Safety Committee meetings, Property Damage Claims, War of 1812, Rebellion of 1837, World War I, World War II)
People (Black History, Natives, First Nations people
Ethnic populations - multiculturalism, United Empire Loyalists)
Families
Communities: Amigari
Bertie Township land grants
Bertie Township early settlement
Bertie Township maps
Bay Beach
Black Creek
Bridgeburg
Buffalo Heights
Cresent Beach
Crystal Beach village planning and development
Crystal Beach village history
Crystal Beach News
Crystal Beach
Fort Erie early settlement pre 1900
Neighbourhoods
Waterloo, Fort Erie Mills
Lake Erie shore
Point Abino
Point Abino Lighthouse
Ridgeway
Snyder / New Germany
Stevensville
Waverly Beach
Churches: All Saints
Anglican Episcopalian
St. Paul's, St. John's, St. James' Chapel
St. John's Anglican Church
Baptists
Brethren
British Methodist Episcopal
Free Methodists
Holloway Bay Memorial Chapel
Knox Presbyterian Church
Lutheran
Mennonite
Pentecostal
Presbyterian
Society of Friends (Quakers)
Salvation Army
Roman Catholic
Turning Point Ministry
United
United Brethren in Christ
Windmill Point Church of Christ Disciples
Women's Missionary Society
Schools: School Boards
S.S. No.1, Bertie
S.S. No.1, Fort Erie
John Street Alley School
Douglas School
Mather School
General Vanier School
Victoria School
Amigari School
Phipps Street/Rose Seaton School
Wintemute/Fort Erie Public School
Bridgeburg/Fort Erie High School
Elsie English Memorial School
S.S. No.1, Willoughby
S.S. No.2, Bertie
S.S. No.3, Bertie
S.S. No.4, Bertie
S.S. No.5, Bertie
S.S. No.6, Bertie
S.S. No.7, Bertie
S.S. No.8, Bertie
S.S. No.9, Bertie
S.S. No.10, Bertie
S.S. No.11, Bertie
Ridgeway Public School
Bertie Public School
Ridgeway and Crystal Beach High School
S.S. No.12, Bertie
S.S. No.13, Bertie
S.S. No.14, Bertie
Crystal Beach Public School
Our Lady of Victory Catholic School
St. Michael’s Catholic High School
St. Philomena Catholic School
Our Lady of Peace Catholic School
Our Lady of Grace Catholic School
St. Joseph’s Catholic School
St. Barnabas (Thompson Rd.)
Golden Harvest Christian Academy
Erie Christian Academy
Niagara Christian College
Rural Schools

Research and Reproduction Policies

To view the research policy, click here
To view the reproduction policy, click here.