Niagara Military Heritage Centre

[Edwin Wand]

Marc
I think the German gun you are talking about is the one in front of the former CF Armoury on Victoria St. in Niagara Falls. It is indeed a WW1 German Gun and has but one wheel. The other wheel which may well be a replacement has recently been removed for restoration. A fund raising campaign is underway to raise sufficient funds to restore the whole gun. The good news is that most of the money needed has been obtained.

But there is another German gun in the area. It started life in Canada as part of a memorial in Queenston which is just at the foot of Queenston Heights, a War of 1812 Battle Site. This gun was deemed to a traffic hazard and was relocated to a site in front of Butler's Barrack on the former military lands once know as Camp Niagara. It was recently placed into indoor storage so it could be restored once enough money was raised.