Pelham Historical Society Presentation: The 1792 Hurricane
Kirk on the Hill Presbyterian Church 1344 Haist Street, Fonthill, Ontario, CanadaIn 1792 a fierce hurricane (or more likely a tornado) blew through Pelham, leveling many of the trees and everything else in its path.A Quaker visitor to the area shortly thereafter recorded the following in his journal “and truly I may say, I never saw so great destruction of timber. For about two miles in […]