Ebenezer “Aben” Nicholson

a.k.a. “Little Mac”
Born in Brockville, July 11, 1844

This well-dressed young man from Brockville was a well-known performer the day he posed for a New York photographer. Ebenezer Nicholson grew up in Brockville, and later became a Minstrel Show performer.

Brockville in 1936

This is how the business interests of Brockville described themselves in 1936:
“Brockville is the Eastern Gateway to the Thousand Islands, the Venice of America, and every day, at convenient hours, commodious sight-seeing boats make trips through the scenic beauties of the St. Lawrence, leaving from a readily accessible dock in the centre of [...]

North Portal – Brockville Railway Tunnel

ca. 1946

This interesting photograph of the north end of the Brockville Railway Tunnel was taken by local historian Col. F.C. “Ted” Curry sometime in the 1940s. It shows the condition of the northern approach of the CPR line to the tunnel.
We are proud to claim this tunnel as the first and oldest of its kind [...]