Court-House and Gaol 1817-1866

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted August, 2004

Photo by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted November, 2010

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 Rye Street
across from Cottage Street, near the southern end of King Street

Coordinates: N 43 14.584 W 79 04.870

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.

Related Ontario plaque
Robert F. Gourlay 1778-1863

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Court Houses

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