Newark

E79183
former capital city historic town

Newark was the early colonial town that served as the first capital of Upper Canada, located at the mouth of the Niagara River (now known as Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario).

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Label Occurrences
Newark canonical 14

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital city ⓘ
historic town ⓘ
capitalEndDate 1796 ⓘ
capitalOf Upper Canada ⓘ
capitalStartDate 1792 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
firstLieutenantGovernorResident John Graves Simcoe ⓘ
foundedBy John Graves Simcoe ⓘ
American Loyalists ⓘ
surface form: United Empire Loyalists
foundingDate 1792 ⓘ
governedBy Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada (Niagara-on-the-Lake area) ⓘ
historicalEra colonial period in Canada ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
locatedIn Niagara District ⓘ
Niagara Region ⓘ
surface form: Niagara Peninsula

Upper Canada ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Province of Ontario

Regional Municipality of Niagara ⓘ
locatedInCountryAtTheTime British America ⓘ
surface form: British North America
locatedInPresentDay Niagara-on-the-Lake ⓘ
surface form: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
locatedNear Lake Ontario ⓘ
locatedOn Niagara River ⓘ
mouthOf Niagara River ⓘ
nameChangeReason to distinguish it from Niagara Falls, Ontario ⓘ
nameChangeTo Niagara Frontier ⓘ
surface form: Niagara

Niagara-on-the-Lake ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
presentName Niagara-on-the-Lake ⓘ
replacedByCapital York, Upper Canada ⓘ
servedAs first capital of Upper Canada ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Upper Canada → capital → Newark ⓘ
Parliament of Upper Canada → capital → Newark ⓘ
Parliament of Upper Canada → firstMetIn → Newark ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada → seat → Newark ⓘ
Niagara-on-the-Lake → foundedAs → Newark ⓘ
Legislative Council of Upper Canada → capitalDuringExistence → Newark ⓘ
Government of Upper Canada → hasCapital → Newark ⓘ
Government of Upper Canada → capitalMovedFrom → Newark ⓘ
colonial government of Upper Canada → capital → Newark ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada → meetsIn → Newark ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada → capitalAtTimeOfFirstSession → Newark ⓘ
Niagara District → contains → Newark ⓘ
Niagara District → capital → Newark ⓘ
National Historic Site of Canada (Niagara-on-the-Lake area) → hasHistoricName → Newark ⓘ