The Cornwall Athletic Grounds were built in 1908 and purchased by the city of Cornwall for $3,000. It was described by the Sporting News as "one of the finest in Ontario.
"Cornwall," contends Emil Graff, "had one of the best ball fields you could play on. It was all tiled, drained, and you could play doubleheaders down there, and your feet weren't sore. It was a beautiful ballpark."
They installed lights on July 6, 1937, with Father Martin tossing out the first ball. "The lighting plant," reported the local paper, "is one of the most powerful installed in Canada so far with 56 huge reflectors illuminating every corner of the field to daylight brilliance. The plant has a capacity of 168,000 watts and required 112 carefully focused 1,500 watt lamps. There are five field towers and two reflector stands mounted on the grandstand."
Sixteen-hundred fans attended that contest, including those from Ogdensburg, Massena and other New York communities. It's also been used for field lacrosse, wrestling, boxing, track and field, and football, and is still used for baseball. Into the 1950s and '60s the field was still used by local semipro squads.