Twin City

Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

The idea of twinning the City St. Catharines and Port of Spain was born in 1965, when Philip Atteck, a Trinidadian, gave an informative lecture about Trinidad & Tobago during the meeting with the City Mayor, city councilors, press & radio representatives, police & fire departments, Chamber of Commerce, service clubs, and local businesses.

Afterwards, when touring our city, Mr. Atteck realized many similarities between the St. Catharines & Port of Spain - warmth & friendliness of the people including.

Both cities had a population of about 120,000, both had a university, both were surrounded by agriculture, both had radio stations operating on the same frequency, both had active chapters from the same service clubs, both were port cities, etc.

The official Twinning Ceremony took place on October 4, 1968 in Port of Spain.  On that day the then Mayor of St. Catharines, Mayor Mackenzie A. Chown and the then Mayor of Port-of-Spain, Mayor J. Hamilton Holder, declared the Mundialization of St.Catharines and the Twinning of our two cities, so that, we shared a mutual respect for the principles of the United Nations, and wished to further the cause of "goodwill among nations of the world".