Port Colborne Historical & Marine Museum Digital Collections

Oil Painting of Gravelly Bay and Sugarloaf Hill in Port Colborne

Description

Sponsors

This item is a part of the 1812 History digitization project. This project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy.

Creator

Unknown

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Paintings

Description

An oil painting of Gravelly Bay and Sugarloaf Hill in Port Colborne. It is most likely a view taken from near Tennessee Avenue and Steele Street. The War of 1812 Veteran "Big John Steele", John Steele's log Tavern Inn, built 1824, is in the forground and Christian Zavitz's log home is located at the entrance to Eagle Marsh. Sugarloaf hill lies in the background and Zavitz Mill is out of sight behind the trees of the first point sticking out into the water. John Steele (1773-1855) served in the War of 1812 in Baxter's Co. in the 3rd Regiment of the Lincoln Militia. Steele bought a small parcel of land from Zavitz in the 1820s, where Tennessee Ave is today on Gravelly Bay. He built this cabin beside the old Sugarloaf road. Early records refer to the cabin as "Steele's Tavern" and it was known to be used as a meeting place before the canal was built. This painting offers insight into what the Sugarloaf area might have looked like during the War of 1812 time period.

In memory of Mr. & Mrs. Herman Ott.

Date of Original

1875

Subject(s)

War of 1812
War of 1812- Domestic Life
Zavitz, Christian., Jr.
Zavitz Mill- Port Colborne, ON
Steele, John
Baxter's Company
3rd Regiment of the Lincoln Militia

Local identifier

978.159.1

Geographic Coverage

Port Colborne

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 42.8767817861251 Longitude: -79.26438331604

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