Salem Chapel, the British Methodist Episcopal Church on Geneva Street, was founded in the 1820s by African Americans who had fled slavery in the United States and made it across the Niagara River to freedom. Harriet Tubman lived in St. Catharines from about 1851 to 1862, the most active years of her Underground Railroad work, and Salem Chapel was her home church.
The modest white wooden building has been declared a National Historic Site of Canada. It is still an active congregation; visits are by appointment or through occasional open-door weekends. A historical marker on the corner tells the larger story. Worth seeking out for anyone interested in Black Canadian history.