Portal:Ontario/On this day/7 August 2006

What happened in Ontario on August 7th:


 * 1679 – The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.
 * 1927 – The Peace Bridge opens, between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.