Merritton

Merritton is both a distinct community within and a council ward of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It was named after William Hamilton Merritt, a prominent local entrepreneur and founder of the Welland Canal Company. Until 1858, Merritton was named Welland City, but exchanged names that year with Merrittsville (Today's Welland City), when that town became the "seat" of Welland county.

Merritton was also previously known as Slabtown and Centreville. It became part of the city of St. Catharines in 1961.

Port Dalhousie). This led to the population of St. Catharines becoming more than twice as large.^[2]

To this day, residents maintain a sense of distinct community identity. The original town hall, on Merritt St., once the City of St. Catharines Museum, is now home to the St. Catharines Senior's Centre.

As a former industrial centre on the Welland Canal, Merritton contains various heritage sites. Among them are the

brownfield

by the city.

References

^ Hughes, Alun. "THE EARLY HISTORY OF MERRITTON" (PDF). Brock University. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "Saint Catharines". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

External links

This Ontario geographical article about a location in the Golden Horseshoe is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Hughes, Alun. "THE EARLY HISTORY OF MERRITTON" (PDF). Brock University. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[2] "Saint Catharines". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[2]

City of St. Catharines
Transportation	Burgoyne Bridge Bruce Trail Garden City Skyway Great Western Railway (defunct) Laura Secord Legacy Trail Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway (defunct) Ontario Highway 8 Ontario Highway 406 Queen Elizabeth Way St. Catharines station Waterfront Trail Welland Canal
Communities	Downtown St. Catharines Grantham Township Merritton Port Dalhousie
Places	Armoury St. Catharines Library British Methodist Episcopal Church Brown Homestead Congregation B'nai Israel Hotel Dieu Shaver Kilt and Clover Lakeside Park Carousel Merritton Tunnel Morningstar Mill Montebello Park Pen Centre Shickluna Shipyard St. Catharines General Hospital Welland House Hotel
Education	Brock University Denis Morris Catholic High School District School Board of Niagara DSBN Academy Eden High School Governor Simcoe Secondary School Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School Laura Secord Secondary School Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine campus Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School St. Francis Catholic Secondary School
Sports	Niagara IceDogs Meridian Centre Garden City Arena Complex (defunct)

See also

References

External links