ST CATHARINES, a town of West Canada, in the county of Lincoln, on a beautiful table-land above the valley traversed by the Welland Canal, 11 miles W. of Niagara, the county town. The surrounding country is so fertile as to have acquired the name of the Garden of West Canada, and the town is much resorted to during the summer. There are many elegantly fitted-up hotels here. Machinery and farming implements are extensively manufactured. Pop. about 6500.