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Hamilton, Ontario
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Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Residents of the old city are known as Hamiltonians, since 1981, the metropolitan area has been listed as the ninth largest in Canada and the third largest in Ontario. Hamilton is home to the Royal Botanical Gardens, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, McMaster University is ranked 4th in Canada and 94th in the world by Times Higher Education Rankings 2015-16 and has a well-known medical school. Possibly because of its environment, numerous TV and film productions have been filmed in Hamilton, regulated by the Hamilton Film. A growing arts and culture community garnered media attention in 2006 when the Globe and Mail published an article called Go West, the article highlighted local art galleries, recording studios and independent film production. In pre-colonial times, the Neutral Indians used much of the land but were driven out by the Five Nations who were allied with the British against the Huron. A member of the Iroquois Confederacy provided the route and name for Mohawk Road, which originally included King Street in the lower city. In 1784, about 10,000 United Empire Loyalists settled in Upper Canada, chiefly in Niagara, around the Bay of Quinte, and along the St. Lawrence River between Lake Ontario and Montreal. They were soon followed by many more Americans, some of not so much ardent loyalists but attracted nonetheless by the availability of inexpensive. At the same time, large numbers of Iroquois loyal to Britain arrived from the United States and were settled on reserves west of Lake Ontario. The town of Hamilton was conceived by George Hamilton, when he purchased farm holdings of James Durand, nathaniel Hughson, a property owner to the north, cooperated with George Hamilton to prepare a proposal for a courthouse and jail on Hamiltons property. Hamilton offered the land to the crown for the future site, Durand was empowered by Hughson and Hamilton to sell property holdings which later became the site of the town. As he had instructed, Durand circulated the offers at York during a session of the Legislative Assembly. Initially, this town was not the most important centre of the Gore District, a permanent jail was not constructed until 1832 when a cut-stone design was completed on one of the two squares created in 1816, Princes Square. Subsequently, the first police board and the limits were defined by statute on February 13,1833. Official City status was achieved on June 9,1846, by an act of Parliament,9 Victoria Chapter 73, the city had several interurban electric street railways and two inclines, all powered by the Cataract Power Co. Though suffering through the Hamilton Street Railway strike of 1906, with industrial businesses expanding, allan Skyway in 1958, and the first Tim Hortons store in 1964. Since then, many of the industries have moved or shut down operations and the economy has shifted more toward the service sector, such as transportation, education
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Canada
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Canada is a country in the northern half of North America. Canadas border with the United States is the worlds longest binational land border, the majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its territory being dominated by forest and tundra. It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, One third of the population lives in the three largest cities, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Its capital is Ottawa, and other urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg. Various aboriginal peoples had inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Pursuant to the British North America Act, on July 1,1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick and this began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion to the present ten provinces and three territories forming modern Canada. With the Constitution Act 1982, Canada took over authority, removing the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state. The country is officially bilingual at the federal level and it is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. Its advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources, Canadas long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture. Canada is a country and has the tenth highest nominal per capita income globally as well as the ninth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, Canada is an influential nation in the world, primarily due to its inclusive values, years of prosperity and stability, stable economy, and efficient military. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the origins of Canada. In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the village of Stadacona, from the 16th to the early 18th century Canada referred to the part of New France that lay along the St. Lawrence River. In 1791, the area became two British colonies called Upper Canada and Lower Canada collectively named The Canadas, until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the name for the new country at the London Conference. The transition away from the use of Dominion was formally reflected in 1982 with the passage of the Canada Act, later that year, the name of national holiday was changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day
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Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr.
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Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr. Businessman, telephone pioneer. On June 20,1877, Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr. started up the first commercial service in Canada in the city of Hamilton. Then in 1878, he made the first telephone exchange in the British Empire and this was also the second telephone exchange in all of North America. The following season on 15 May 1879 he made Hamilton the site of the first commercial long distance telephone line in the British Empire, in 1880, Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr. received a charter to build a national telephone company in Hamilton, Ontario. It was called the Hamilton Telephone Company and this was the charter that enabled the creation of the Bell Telephone Company in Canada, Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr. became the manager of the Ontario division until he retired in 1909. The first telephone had been leased to Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie in September 1877, Baker learned of Alexander Graham Bells invention in 1877 at the Philadelphia International Exposition and from there decided to test the communication tool in Hamilton. He leased four telephones for himself and his chess partners and on August 29,1877 and his father, Hugh Cossart Baker, Sr. established the first life insurance company in Canada on 21 August 1847, the Canada Life Assurance Company. Hamilton Gallery of Distinction, Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr, Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr. at Find a Grave
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. Bells father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech and his research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U. S. patent for the telephone in 1876. Bell considered his most famous invention an intrusion on his work as a scientist. Many other inventions marked Bells later life, including groundbreaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils, and aeronautics. Although Bell was not one of the 33 founders of the National Geographic Society, he had a influence on the magazine while serving as the second president from January 7,1898. Alexander Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on March 3,1847, the family home was at 16 South Charlotte Street, and has a stone inscription marking it as Alexander Graham Bells birthplace. He had two brothers, Melville James Bell and Edward Charles Bell, both of whom would die of tuberculosis and his father was Professor Alexander Melville Bell, a phonetician, and his mother was Eliza Grace. Born as just Alexander Bell, at age 10, he made a plea to his father to have a name like his two brothers. To close relatives and friends he remained Aleck, as a child, young Bell displayed a natural curiosity about his world, resulting in gathering botanical specimens as well as experimenting even at an early age. His best friend was Ben Herdman, a neighbour whose family operated a flour mill, young Bell asked what needed to be done at the mill. In return, Bens father John Herdman gave both boys the run of a workshop in which to invent. From his early years, Bell showed a sensitive nature and a talent for art, poetry, with no formal training, he mastered the piano and became the familys pianist. Despite being normally quiet and introspective, he revelled in mimicry and he also developed a technique of speaking in clear, modulated tones directly into his mothers forehead wherein she would hear him with reasonable clarity. Bells preoccupation with his mothers deafness led him to study acoustics and his family was long associated with the teaching of elocution, his grandfather, Alexander Bell, in London, his uncle in Dublin, and his father, in Edinburgh, were all elocutionists. His father published a variety of works on the subject, several of which are well known, especially his The Standard Elocutionist. The Standard Elocutionist appeared in 168 British editions and sold over a quarter of a million copies in the United States alone, in this treatise, his father explains his methods of how to instruct deaf-mutes to articulate words and read other peoples lip movements to decipher meaning. Bells father taught him and his brothers not only to write Visible Speech but to any symbol. Bell became so proficient that he became a part of his fathers public demonstrations, as a young child, Bell, like his brothers, received his early schooling at home from his father
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British Empire
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The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It originated with the possessions and trading posts established by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. At its height, it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power. By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, 23% of the population at the time. As a result, its political, legal, linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread, during the Age of Discovery in the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal and Spain pioneered European exploration of the globe, and in the process established large overseas empires. Envious of the great wealth these empires generated, England, France, the independence of the Thirteen Colonies in North America in 1783 after the American War of Independence caused Britain to lose some of its oldest and most populous colonies. British attention soon turned towards Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, after the defeat of France in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Britain emerged as the principal naval and imperial power of the 19th century. In the early 19th century, the Industrial Revolution began to transform Britain, the British Empire expanded to include India, large parts of Africa and many other territories throughout the world. In Britain, political attitudes favoured free trade and laissez-faire policies, during the 19th Century, Britains population increased at a dramatic rate, accompanied by rapid urbanisation, which caused significant social and economic stresses. To seek new markets and sources of raw materials, the Conservative Party under Benjamin Disraeli launched a period of imperialist expansion in Egypt, South Africa, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand became self-governing dominions. By the start of the 20th century, Germany and the United States had begun to challenge Britains economic lead, subsequent military and economic tensions between Britain and Germany were major causes of the First World War, during which Britain relied heavily upon its empire. The conflict placed enormous strain on the military, financial and manpower resources of Britain, although the British Empire achieved its largest territorial extent immediately after World War I, Britain was no longer the worlds pre-eminent industrial or military power. In the Second World War, Britains colonies in Southeast Asia were occupied by Imperial Japan, despite the final victory of Britain and its allies, the damage to British prestige helped to accelerate the decline of the empire. India, Britains most valuable and populous possession, achieved independence as part of a larger movement in which Britain granted independence to most territories of the empire. The transfer of Hong Kong to China in 1997 marked for many the end of the British Empire, fourteen overseas territories remain under British sovereignty. After independence, many former British colonies joined the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Kingdom is now one of 16 Commonwealth nations, a grouping known informally as the Commonwealth realms, that share a monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. The foundations of the British Empire were laid when England and Scotland were separate kingdoms. In 1496, King Henry VII of England, following the successes of Spain and Portugal in overseas exploration, Cabot led another voyage to the Americas the following year but nothing was ever heard of his ships again
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McMaster University
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McMaster University is a public research university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on 121 hectares of land near the neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale. The university operates six academic faculties, the DeGroote School of Business, Engineering, Health Sciences, Humanities, Social Science and it is a member of the U15, a group of research-intensive universities in Canada. The university bears the name of Honourable William McMaster, a prominent Canadian Senator, McMaster University was incorporated under the terms of an act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1887, merging the Toronto Baptist College with Woodstock College. It opened in Toronto in 1890, inadequate facilities and the gift of land in Hamilton prompted the institution to relocate in 1930. McMaster was controlled by the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec until it became a privately chartered, the university is co-educational, and has over 25,000 undergraduate and over 4,000 post-graduate students. Alumni and former students of the university can be found all across Canada, notable alumni include government officials, academics, business leaders, one Rhodes Scholar, and two Nobel laureates. The McMaster athletic teams are known as the Marauders, and are members of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport, McMaster University resulted from the outgrowth of educational initiatives undertaken by Baptists as early as the 1830s. It was founded in 1881 as Toronto Baptist College, in 1887 the Act to unite Toronto Baptist College and Woodstock College was granted royal assent, and McMaster University was officially incorporated. Woodstock College, Woodstock, and Moulton Ladies College, Toronto, were maintained in close connection, the new university, housed in McMaster Hall in Toronto, was sponsored by the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec as a sectarian undergraduate institution for its clergy and adherents. The first courses—initially limited to arts and theology leading to a BA degree—were taught in 1890, as the university grew, McMaster Hall started to become overcrowded. By the 1920s, after previous proposals between various university staff, the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce launched a campaign to bring McMaster University to Hamilton, as the issue of space at McMaster Hall became more acute, the university administration debated the future of the university. The university nearly became federated with the University of Toronto, as had been the case with Trinity College, instead, in 1927, the university administration decided to transfer the university to Hamilton. The Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec secured $1.5 million, the lands for the university and new buildings were secured through gifts from graduates. Lands were transferred from Royal Botanical Gardens to establish the campus area, the first academic session on the new Hamilton campus began in 1930. McMasters property in Toronto was sold to the University of Toronto when McMaster moved to Hamilton in 1930, McMaster Hall is now home to the Royal Conservatory of Music. Professional programs during the period were limited to just theology. By the 1940s the McMaster administration was under pressure to modernize, during the Second World War and post-war periods the demand for technological expertise, particularly in the sciences, increased
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Bloor Street
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Bloor Street is a major east–west residential and commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bloor Street runs from the Prince Edward Viaduct, which spans the Don River Valley, east of the viaduct, Danforth Avenue continues along the same right-of-way. The street, approximately 25 kilometres long, contains a significant cross-sample of Torontos ethnic communities and it is also home to Torontos famous shopping street, the Mink Mile. The street is named after Joseph Bloore, a brewer and land speculator of this area in the 19th century who founded the Village of Yorkville in 1830 and he is buried at Necropolis Cemetery on Bayview Avenue and Rosedale Valley Road. A portion of Line 2 of the Bloor-Danforth subway line runs along Bloor from Kipling Avenue to Yonge Street, and then continues east along Danforth Avenue. Originally surveyed as the first concession road north of the baseline, it was known by names, including the Tollgate Road, then St. Pauls Road. Although Bloore had an e at the end of his surname, Bloor Street was never spelled with it, the idea of installing bicycle lanes on Bloor had been debated since at least the early 1970s. On 4 May 2016, city council voted 38-3 to implement physically separated bike lanes along a 2. 6-km stretch of the street. Mayor John Tory stated, in support of the project, that if council sought to make Toronto a 21st century city, Bloor street begins at the eastern edge of the Prince Edward Viaduct, which passes over the ravine holding the Don River. The street continues through to the Rosedale Ravine, marking the border of the affluent community of Rosedale. West of Parliament Street, the passes just to the north of the large St. James Town housing project. On the northern side of section of Bloor are the forested slopes of the Rosedale Ravine. Between Sherbourne and Church Streets the street is lined by large office towers and this area has long been the centre of the insurance industry in Canada. West of Church the street becomes commercial and is an important shopping district. In downtown, especially around the intersection with Bay Street, Bloor is one of the most exclusive stretches of real estate in Canada. Rents on the upscale Bloor Street have doubled in 4 years, ranking as the 22nd most expensive location in the world in 2006. Nationally, Vancouvers upscale Robson Street tied with Bloor Street West as the most expensive street in Canada, under the intersection of Yonge and Bloor Streets is the Bloor-Yonge subway station, which is the busiest in the city, serving approximately 368,800 people a day. Above ground, the intersection encompasses commercial stores and condominiums and it generally retains its commercial character, and serves as the main shopping area for most of these communities
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Toronto
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Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. With a population of 2,731,571, it is the fourth most populous city in North America after Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles. A global city, Toronto is a centre of business, finance, arts, and culture. Aboriginal peoples have inhabited the area now known as Toronto for thousands of years, the city itself is situated on the southern terminus of an ancient Aboriginal trail leading north to Lake Simcoe, used by the Wyandot, Iroquois, and the Mississauga. Permanent European settlement began in the 1790s, after the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase of 1787, the British established the town of York, and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York, York was renamed and incorporated as the city of Toronto in 1834, and became the capital of the province of Ontario during the Canadian Confederation in 1867. The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through amalgamation with surrounding municipalities at various times in its history to its current area of 630.2 km2. While the majority of Torontonians speak English as their primary language, Toronto is a prominent centre for music, theatre, motion picture production, and television production, and is home to the headquarters of Canadas major national broadcast networks and media outlets. Toronto is known for its skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, in particular the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere. The name Toronto is likely derived from the Iroquois word tkaronto and this refers to the northern end of what is now Lake Simcoe, where the Huron had planted tree saplings to corral fish. A portage route from Lake Ontario to Lake Huron running through this point, in the 1660s, the Iroquois established two villages within what is today Toronto, Ganatsekwyagon on the banks of the Rouge River and Teiaiagonon the banks of the Humber River. By 1701, the Mississauga had displaced the Iroquois, who abandoned the Toronto area at the end of the Beaver Wars, French traders founded Fort Rouillé on the current Exhibition grounds in 1750, but abandoned it in 1759. During the American Revolutionary War, the region saw an influx of British settlers as United Empire Loyalists fled for the British-controlled lands north of Lake Ontario, the new province of Upper Canada was in the process of creation and needed a capital. Dorchester intended the location to be named Toronto, in 1793, Governor John Graves Simcoe established the town of York on the Toronto Purchase lands, instead naming it after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. Simcoe decided to move the Upper Canada capital from Newark to York, the York garrison was constructed at the entrance of the towns natural harbour, sheltered by a long sandbar peninsula. The towns settlement formed at the end of the harbour behind the peninsula, near the present-day intersection of Parliament Street. In 1813, as part of the War of 1812, the Battle of York ended in the towns capture, the surrender of the town was negotiated by John Strachan. US soldiers destroyed much of the garrison and set fire to the parliament buildings during their five-day occupation, the sacking of York was a primary motivation for the Burning of Washington by British troops later in the war
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Westdale Secondary School
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Westdale Secondary School is a public high school founded in 1931 in Hamilton, Ontario. It is the second oldest high school in the city of Hamilton and is located in Westdale Village and it is administered by the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. Westdale celebrated its 75th Anniversary in 2006, Westdale is also the most populated public high school in Hamilton, Ontario. Westdale was founded as a collegiate school—housing three collegiates under one roof—and was, at a time, the largest school in the British Commonwealth, the original building was referred to as Westdale Composite School, or Westdale Tripartite School, because it housed three separate schools. The collegiate, technical and commercial schools were housed on the left, middle, the architects Prack and Prack designed the building with arched doorways and pseudo-buttresses of the school gothic architectural style. Constructed by J. M. Piggott Construction Company at an initial cost of $1,306,521, Westdale Secondary school has also become an IB school as of 2008, and has been the home of the Westdale Latin Programme since 1931. Westdale regularly participates in and plays host to numerous fundraisers and awareness rallies, each year the students organise such events as Keep the Beat, Coffee House, and the 30 Hour Famine. Westdale makes annual contributions to the Stephen Lewis Foundation through crêpe sales, in 2005, Westdale students were part of the effort to keep the Victoria Cross of Frederick George Topham in Canada, as it was being auctioned off by his family. Westdale also runs an annual canned food drive for the banks in Hamilton. Westdale annually hosts the Haiti Run, a charity event held on a Saturday in the fall to raise money to schools and nurseries. Participants walk, run, or jog through Westdale Village having secured pledges in the leading up to the run. Westdale regularly raises money for War Child Canada through an event called Keep the Beat, in the period of 2003-2006, Westdale raised $34,000 for War Child Canada. As a show of their appreciation, War Child asked Sum 41 members Cone, as a direct result of Westdales effort, a school in the village of Makobola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, is being rebuilt after being destroyed in war. Westdale Secondary also raises money for cancer research every year in the Terry Fox Run, Westdale students collect pledges in the weeks before the run, then they may choose to walk, jog, or run through Westdale Village. Over 2 million people around the world participate in the Terry Fox Run every year, in 2008, Westdale Secondary Schools student council held the Red Ribbon Rock, a coffee house aimed at raising funds and awareness for the fight against the spread of AIDS in Africa. Raising over $1500 between the house and crepe sale, hosted by the Grade 12 French Immersion class. Westdale Helps is an organization formed through Westdale Secondary School in 2006 and it was originally proposed by a chemistry teacher new to Westdale, Dr. Orton at a student club meeting. The first and most notable initiative of this organization was the Honduras Initiative, the group raised funds for building materials in order to help families build homes through Habitat for Humanity
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George Elias Tuckett
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George Elias Tuckett was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario in 1896. Tuckett built a fortune during the American Civil War, cornering a chunk of the tobacco market and he also founded the Tuckett Tobacco Company in 1857. It was acquired by Imperial Tobacco in 1930 and he is buried in the Tuckett family crypt, located in Hamilton Cemetery. In 2005, a Bursary, The George Elias Tuckett Bursaries was established in his memory, Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online 1896 - George Elias Tuckett Resting comfortably- The Hamilton Spectator Archived September 27,2007, at the Wayback Machine. George Elias Tuckett at Find a Grave
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Queen Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Queen Street is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Queen Street was named after Queen Caroline of Brunswick, wife of King George IV, Queen Street forms the western boundary line of the Durand neighbourhood. Durand is also bounded by Main Street to the north, James Street and James Mountain Road to the east, with the turn of the 20th century, luxurious new residences were built along Markland and Aberdeen Avenues and to the south in the lee of the escarpment. These residences reflected the spirit of those who made their fortunes in transportation, finance, industry. By 1920, the Durand neighbourhood was considered to be the neighbourhood in Hamilton. However, the Great Depression and the Second World War took their tolls on the fortunes of many of the established Durand households, fortunately, much of the heritage of the neighbourhood survives today. Grounds, is a park that was home to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1872-1949, entrance to the park at Queen Street South is right before Charlton Avenue West. Today it is also the site of the Hamilton Tennis Club, today Ivor Wynne Stadium is the home of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Its off of Beachwood Avenue,2 blocks West of Gage Avenue North, the TH&B Railway came into Hamilton in 1895. In 1964, Imperial Tobacco Companys Hamilton operations are moved to Guelph, originally it was known as the Tuckett Tobacco Company which was started up by George Elias Tuckett, who was also Hamiltons 27th Mayor in 1896. Today the property is the site of two apartment buildings, Queens Terrace and Oxford Heights. Tucketts home was the Scottish Rite Castle, also on Queen Street, at its peak the Tuckett Tobacco Company employed 600 workers and products were sold throughout the world. The first factory opened up in the 1860s near the intersection of King, the Queen Street North factory opened up 28 February 1891 and stayed opened until 17 September 1966. One can reach the Bruce Trail via Queen Street South, the trail cuts through the city along the Niagara Escarpment and used by many locals for a full days hike. The Trail is 430 miles long and starts at Niagara Falls, passes through Hamilton, hikers are led to scenic gorges, hidden waterfalls and places of quiet charm. Note, Listing of Landmarks from North to South. Grand Lodge of Canada, behind the Scottish Rite Castle on King Street West Canadian Pacific Railway tunnel, Hess Village, Western end of George Street. Queens Court, Players Guild of Hamilton, Inc. Kirkendall North/ Durand, Kirkendall South Note, Listing of streets from North to South. ca Bruce Trail Association Hikes on the Bruce Trail Google Maps, Queen Street
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Hess Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Hess Street is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at the base of the Niagara Escarpment right before Aberdeen Avenue, between Main and King Street West is where you will find Hess Village, a hotspot for nightclubs and bars. The cobbled streets are lined by historic buildings adding a unique upmarket flare to the village, Hess Street then continues onwards to the waterfront where it ends at Stuart Street, right in front of the Canadian National Railway Yard. Hess Street is named after Peter Hess, a farmer and landowner, Peter Street in Hamilton is also named after him, as well, Caroline Street was named after one of his daughters. Note, Listing of Landmarks from North to South, Canadian National Railway Yard Hess Street Elementary School Sir John A
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Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board
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HWDSB teaches approximately 50,000 students in its 103 neighbourhood schools. In addition to the programming offered at 88 elementary and 15 secondary schools, the current Director of Education is Manny Figueiredo. Glen Brae Middle School was established in 1967, like many other middle schools, glen Brae has approximately 250 students, Mrs. Constabel is principal. The school also has French and English immersion classes and this school was one of many that participated in the Terry Fox Run in 2005. Also, this school participated in a walk/run to raise money for schools in Kenya in 2005 and they have done this to raise money for Kenyan schoolchildren every year since. The HWDSB has 15 wards and 11 trustees, who are elected for a four-year term. The Chair of the Board, the Vice-Chair and the Honorary Treasurer are elected at the Inaugural meeting of the Board, trustees are officials, elected to serve parents, students, taxpayers and the school system. They are the link between communities and the board, ensuring Hamilton public schools meet the diverse needs of students in their communities. High Schools in Hamilton Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board List of school districts in Ontario List of high schools in Ontario HWDSB Official site
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Hamilton City Hall
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Hamilton City Hall is located in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is an 8-storey building, located at the corner of Main Street West and Bay Street South, across the street from the Ronald V. Joyce Centre for the Performing Arts and it was officially opened on November 21,1960. This international style of architecture was designed by architect Stanley Roscoe, Construction was carried out by the Pigott Construction Company, at a cost of 9.4 million dollars. The municipal address of the building is 71 Main Street West, the street number was chosen carefully. Several buildings had been torn down to make way for the new City Hall and they chose 71 to commemorate the number of years that the old City Hall on James Street North had been in use. In 2005, Hamilton City Council designated the building as a heritage structure, among the listed heritage elements on the exterior are the Italian glass tile mosaics. In May 2007, Hamilton City Council directed staff to proceed with the renovation of the building, costs, designs and delivery of the project were approved by the council in October 2008, allowing pre-construction and initial renovation work to begin later that year. The project was expected to be complete by July 1,2010, City Hall services began moving back to Hamilton City Hall in April,2010. List of tallest buildings in Hamilton, Ontario City Hall Renovations Web Site Hamilton Skyscraper page- diagrams
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Hamilton Street Railway
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The Hamilton Street Railway is a public transport agency in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name is a legacy of the early period, when public transit in Hamilton was primarily served by streetcars. Although streetcars are no longer used in the city today, the HSR operates bus and paratransit services, the HSR uses the Presto card as its method of fare payment, joining itself with the other public trasport systems in the Greater Toronto region and the city of Ottawa. From 1873 to 1889, the HSR was owned by Lyman Moore, in 1889 HSR was sold to Hamilton Cataract Interests, later known as Dominion Power and Transmission Company. The HSR was later acquired by Ontario Hydro, provincial ownership ended in 1946 when HSR was bought by Canada Coach Lines. CCL was purchased by the city of Hamilton in 1960, Hamilton-Wentworth Region began ownership of CCL and HSR in 1977. In the early 1990s the HSR eliminated many routes by expanding current routes, the following is a list of replaced and withdrawn routes, The HSR operated horsecars from 1874 to 1892 and electric streetcars from 1892 to 1951. Trolley buses replaced streetcars in Hamilton in 1951 and it is anticipated that the entire HSR fleet will be accessible by 2009. Disabled and Aged Regional Transportation System is a non profit organization that is the paratransit service provider. Taxi Scrip program provides discounted taxi coupons for ATS registered persons who are unable to access regular transit buses, the line would have used the same technology as the Scarborough RT in Toronto. The plans triggered a lot grass-roots opposition, and Hamilton-Wentworth Council turned the proposal down, the plan called for an elevated track -- one of the element that triggered opposition. Residents being concerned commuters would be invading their privacy, by looking down on their back-yards, the 1980s light rail plans were to use the UTDC ICTS technology, but the project was scrapped and no lines were created for the HSR. Hamilton is considering the use of LRT in the city, and is working with Metrolinx on a plan to get an LRT with 15 years after plans are approved,34 has a layover location on King at James. HSR connects with GO Transit at Hamilton GO Centre, which serves as the terminus for four HSR routes. The station, located at 36 Hunter Street East, a few south of King and James, is the terminus of the GOs Lakeshore West railway line and Express Highway 407. It is also the main Greyhound Lines bus stop in Hamilton, Canada Coach Lines, once owned by HSR, is now served by Coach Canada, formerly Trentway-Wagar, and operates routes between Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, and Niagara. It is also the former Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway passenger station, HSR routes 2 and 4 also connect with GO at Barton Street & Nash Road in East Hamilton, where a GO bus travels between there and the Burlington GO Station. At the Mountain Transit Centre transfer point and a contract with Blue Line Taxi, also 9 Rock Gardens travels into Burlington going into the Royal Botanical Gardens during the summer months
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Canadian Football Hall of Fame
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The Canadian Football Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. It is maintained by the Canadian Football League and it includes displays about the Canadian Football League, Canadian university football and Canadian junior football history. There were also featured displays that highlight each Canadian Football League teams history, the CFHOF is currently changing to a de-centralized model, which does not included a main museum building. Once during every CFL season, the Hall sponsors the induction ceremony of former players, included in the Hall of Fame Weekend is a regular season game, usually affiliated with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Traditionally, the players will come to the Hall and make an acceptance speech in front of the building where their newly sculpted bust is unveiled. A player must be retired from the game for at least three years before being eligible for consideration, a Hall of Fame voting committee is composed of sports writers, selected CFL executives and inducted members. The Canadian Hall of Fame officially opened on November 28,1972, the Canadian Hall of Fame was awarded to the City of Hamilton in June 1963 following the invitation of Mayor Lloyd Douglas Jackson. The Hamilton Parks Board offered a space near Civic Stadium, ivan Miller, former sports editor of The Spectator, was named the first curator. Soon after, the Board of Education purchased the land and building, the Hall moved to this location in 1972 and closed on September 19,2015. In 2015, responsibility for the museum moved from the City of Hamilton to the CFL, the old Canadian Hall of Fame building is easily identified by the slightly-larger-than-life metal sculpture Touchdown, featuring a successful receiver being tackled. As of the 2016 class, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame has honoured 283 players and builders, charter membership to the Hall began on June 19,1963. The Hall of Fame also has a Football Reporters of Canada wing dedicated to reporters, the Canadian Football Hall of Fames old museum building is currently closed to the public as it transitions from a stand-alone facility. A permanent display will be opened at Tim Hortons Field, accessible during Hamilton Tiger-Cats home games, the CFHOF is also building travelling displays for different CFL team home fields, the Grey Cup, and other events. * denotes deceased Jack Abendschan – player,2012, bob Ackles – builder,2002. * Junior Ah You – player,1997. Tony Anselmo – builder,2009. * Ron Atchison – player,1978. * Len Back – builder,1971. * Byron Bailey – player,1975. * R. Harold Bailey – builder,1965. * Bill Baker – player,1994. Harold Ballard – builder,1987. * Donald Barker – builder,1999. * John Barrow – player,1976. * Danny Bass – player,2000, * Greg Battle – player,2007. Ormond Beach – player,1963. * Al Benecick – player,1996. * Paul Bennett – player,2002, sam Berger – builder,1993. * John Bonk – player,2008. Ab Box – player,1965. * David Braley – builder,2012, Joe Breen – player,1963, University of Western Ontario 1929–34 as coach. * Johnny Bright – player,1970. * Dieter Brock – player,1995
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John Sopinka
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John Sopinka, QC was a Canadian lawyer and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada, the first Ukrainian-Canadian appointed to the high court. Sopinka was born in Broderick, Saskatchewan and lived there until his family moved to Hamilton and he completed secondary school at Saltfleet High School in Stoney Creek. He earned Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees at the University of Toronto, while studying law, he also played professional football with the Toronto Argonauts and then the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was called to the bar of Ontario in 1960 and practiced law at Fasken & Calven before becoming a partner at Stikeman Elliott. He was designated Queens Counsel in 1975 and was also a lecturer at both the Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and he authored several books on the law, including a leading text on the law of evidence. An inquiry into her case exonerated her and she won damages from the government for her ordeal and he also served as counsel to the William Parker Inquiry that looked into the conduct of former cabinet minister Sinclair Stevens. A noted trial lawyer, he was appointed directly to the Supreme Court of Canada on May 24,1988 without ever having been a judge, at the time it was highly unusual for a Supreme Court of Canada appointee to have had no prior judicial experience. Following Sopinkas death, the next appointee, Ian Binnie. Sopinka died in Ottawa on November 24,1997 of a blood disease, in 1999, a new courthouse in downtown Hamilton was named in his honour. The John Sopinka Courthouse has 18 courtrooms, accommodating Hamiltons civil, criminal, the government of Canada had purchased and renovated the Dominion Public Building for an estimated $64-million. The building was erected in 1935-36 and served as the main post office until 1991, also in 1999, the Sopinka Cup was established. This is a mock trial competition open to law students from law faculties all over Canada. In 2000, the volume Ruled by Law, Essays in Memory of Mr. Justice John Sopinka was published as an edition of the Supreme Court Law Review. Many of the contributors were former law clerks of John Sopinka who had gone on to become law professors, the collection was reprinted by Butterworths Canada as a free-standing volume in 2003. List of decisions by John Sopinka Supreme Court of Canada biography Obituary at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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Landmark Place
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Landmark Place is the tallest building in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, at the corner of Main Street East and Catharine Street South in the Corktown neighbourhood. This 43-storey building was completed in 1974, and was known as the Century 21 building. It was built by Al Frisina as a mixed use building, commercial, residential, original plans included adding a heliport and a revolving rooftop restaurant but those plans were scrapped. Frisina also believes that no other building will be built in Hamilton taller than Landmark Place because as he puts it, in the early 1960s, Frisina took on Hamiltons six-storey height limit. He brought in a consultant who told the city it could save money on services by building up instead of out, Frisina won and built the 18-storey Clarendon on Hunter near Bay. Today it is known as The Fontainebleu, the top 5 floors of the building are now occupied by newly constructed luxury suites. List of tallest buildings in Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton Skyscraper page- diagrams Image #1, Landmark Place Image #2, Landmark Place
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First Place Hamilton
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First Place Hamilton, is a 25-storey, seniors retirement apartment building in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, which was built in 1976. It is the 13th-tallest building in Hamilton and this high rise is situated at the corner of King and Wellington Street South which was the original site of the First United Church, which burned down in 1969. Described as a living community thats provided comfortable home and services for seniors in Hamilton for over 3-decades. The property also includes a variety store, post office, pharmacy, restaurants, garden, list of tallest buildings in Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton Skyscraper page- diagrams 3d model of First Place at sketchup. google. com
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Don Cherry
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Donald Stewart Don Cherry is a Canadian ice hockey commentator for CBC Television. He is a writer, as well as a retired professional hockey player. Nicknamed Grapes, he is a Canadian icon known for his manner, flamboyant dress. Cherry played one game with the Boston Bruins, and later coached the team for five seasons after concluding a successful playing career in the American Hockey League. He is also known as an author, syndicated radio commentator for the Sportsnet Radio Network, creator of the Rockem Sockem Hockey video series. Cherry was voted the seventh greatest Canadian on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporations television special, in March 2012, CBC aired a sequel, The Wrath of Grapes, The Don Cherry Story II. Cherry was born in Kingston, Ontario to Delmar and Maude Cherry and his paternal grandfather, John T. Cherry, was an original member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and a Great Lakes ship captain. His maternal grandfather, Richard Palamountain, was a British orphan of Cornish parentage who was emigrated to Canada as one of the Home Children, the name Palamountain is a corruption of the Cornish language pol-mun-tyr meaning pool by the mineral land. Palamountain was also a veteran of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Cherrys father Del was an amateur athlete and worked as an electrician with the Canadian Steamship Lines. On the March 15,2008 edition of Coachs Corner, Cherry wore the green and gold colours of County Kerry, in his segment following the game, he claimed ancestry from that region. Cherrys younger brother, Dick Cherry played hockey at various levels, in his first year with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League, he met his future wife Rosemarie Cherry née Madelyn Martini. Six years after Cindys birth, Rose gave birth to son Tim Cherry, when Tim needed a kidney transplant at age 13, Cindy donated one of hers. The two currently live across the street from each other, around the corner from their father, Rose died of liver cancer on June 1,1997 and in honour of her perseverance, Don created Rose Cherrys Home for Kids. Her name has motivated Cherry to always wear a rose on his lapel, Cherry contributed in developing Rose Cherrys Home for Kids which has since been renamed to The Darling Home for Kids, in Milton, Ontario. The Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, is located on Rose Cherry Place, in 1999, Don married his second wife, Luba. Cherry played junior hockey with the Barrie Flyers and the Windsor Spitfires in the Ontario Hockey Association, Cherry won the Memorial Cup as a defenceman with Barrie in 1953. He dropped out of school, and in 1954 he signed with the American Hockey Leagues Hershey Bears. Cherry had a playing career in professional minor hockey
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Ottawa Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Ottawa street is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It ends at Industrial Drive, the site of the Dofasco steel company and it took several turns before joining what is now the Kenilworth Access near the old water reservoir entrance. Its routing up the mountain is fairly consistent with the current Kenilworth Access with one exception - another hair-pin turn at the top, Ottawa Street is known as the Fabric & Textile District and is Hamiltons Decor Destination. It is the largest Fabric and Textile District in Canada and Hamiltons #1 tourist destination and it also hosts an annual Ottawa Street Streetfest, a shopping extravaganza that includes shopping deals, entertainment, foods, crafts, all a part of an outdoor street sale. In 1862, The city had invested in the Great Western Railway, also, after the end of the Depression, the population dips downwards in Hamilton and the city could not meet the interest on its bonds, many of which were held by British investors. To save the city from its creditors temporarily, Henry Beasley removes the assessment rolls, foundries and machine shops associated with the Great Western Railway failed and several established wholesalers closed their accounts. Gunns locomotive works went bankrupt, but the manufacturers of farm implements and those owned by Dennis Moore and the Copp brothers endured, but their employees suffered wage cuts and layoffs. Canadian patent laws and the underemployed workers skilled in machinist trades lured an important new industrial enterprise from the U. S. A. - the manufacture of sewing machines by Richard Wanzer, from this development there evolved the ready-made clothing industry, which William Eli Sanford introduced locally. The Textile District evolved in East Hamilton, centered on Ottawa Street and boomed during the First, in 1913, Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company purchased 7 acres of land and 2 acres of water on the south side of Burlington Street between Depew and Ottawa Streets. This event marked the beginning of Procter & Gambles operations outside of the United States, by 1915, Procter & Gamble officially opens Hamilton plant, employing 75 workers who made six different products. Hamilton became the birthplace of the Tim Hortons chain in 1964, the original store still operates on Ottawa Street today. Ron Joyce, was Tim Hortons partner and first franchisee for his Canadian donut chain, Centre Mall owners announced plans for a 23-building super centre on the property on Barton Street East. Cost is estimated to be around $100-million and will take up 700,000 square feet of retail space and this will end up being the largest redevelopment project in the history of Hamiltons east-end. The overhaul will take about two-and-a-half years to complete but the bulk of the work is expected to be done by the end of the summer of 2008, some new buildings will go up before the enclosed mall is torn down. The redevelopment of Centre Mall is transforming the entire neighbourhood from Ottawa to Kenilworth Avenue, the $100-million investment in the mall has boosted Ottawa Street North - already the citys No.1 tourist destination. The garment district has also morphed into a home decor destination area, complete with lighting, antique. Note, Listing of Landmarks from North to South, public Art, Dressmaker’s Mannequin by Daniel Davelaar at East Kiwanis Place Piers 18,19,20 Dofasco, site of the old Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company buildings & property. Canadian National railway tracks Centre Mall, west end property, stretches East to Kenilworth Avenue North, king Street East Cumberland Avenue - One-way street, ends at Gage Avenue South Note, Listing of streets from West to East. I. A
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Delta Secondary School (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Delta Secondary School was built in 1925 in Hamilton, Ontario, and is the citys oldest high school that is still in operation. It is located on 1284 Main Street East, and is connected to the Delta Honeybears Daycare, the school has an estimated enrollment of 841 students and is part of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. The Greek aphorism GNOTHI SE, meaning know thyself, is Deltas motto and was chosen by Mr. Walter Clarke, Deltas doors were opened in September 1924, with 15 additional staff members and almost 700 students. In November of the year, Delta was declared formally open by G. Howard Ferguson, Premier of Ontario. Founded in 1925, Delta Secondary Schools first principal was Mr. Ben Simpson of the Hamilton Collegiate Institute, the school was one of the first schools in Hamilton to offer commercial classes in writing, book-keeping, business forms, commercial law, and phonography. Currently Delta offers both academic, technical courses, and cooperative education and is involved with the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program, Delta was scheduled to be closed in June 2015. Delta Secondary School takes part in the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program, the program gives students the opportunity to become registered apprentices and work towards becoming certified journey-persons in a skilled trade while completing their secondary school diplomas. List of high schools in Ontario Delta Secondary School Website Delta Secondary School profile
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Westdale, Ontario
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Westdale is a residential neighbourhood in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is centred in the Westdale Village shopping district and located near McMaster University, on 29 March 1923, real estate agents and politicians announced the winning name of a Name the Neighbourhood contest, at the Royal Connaught Hotel in downtown Hamilton. 6,170 people were gathered for the official announcement, canon Percival Lawson Spencer won $200.00 for his submission of the Westdale name. Other names that were considered for the neighbourhood include Westhome, Vimy Ridge, Bridgeton, Woodlands Park, Surrey Park. Archeological surveys have shown that the south of what is now Cootes Paradise was inhabited by successive aboriginal nations. In the mid-seventeenth century, the Neutral Nation and the Hurons were defeated by the Iroquois Confederacy, eventually, Ojibway from what is now northern Ontario began to push southwards and displace the Iroquois and occupied the land until they themselves were displaced by European pioneers. Following the creation of Upper Canada in 1791, the land upon which Westdale is now located was surveyed as part of the Township of Barton, shortly afterward, the boundary was adjusted and the lots west of present-day Paradise Road were incorporated into the Township of Ancaster. This area of the township situated below the escarpment was commonly referred to as the Gore of Ancaster. Following the transfer of the land from the Township of Barton to the Township of Ancaster, early settlers of these lots include the Forsyths, Ashbaughs, Clines, Paisleys, Buttrums, Brambergers and Strouds. Land use was devoted to agriculture. Westdale was founded in the 1920s as one of Canadas first planned communities, established on what had been predominantly farmland, its shopping district was constructed on King Street, the western end of a major Hamilton route. The major housing developments branched from Sterling Street, a wide tree-lined lane that ends at McMasters east campus gates, Westdale was envisioned as an exclusive white Protestant neighbourhood. However, legal loopholes allowed for discrimination to persist into the 1950s, over time, Westdale has become increasingly diverse and vestiges of its former exclusivity have largely disappeared. Although urban development has reduced the isolation once integral for Westdales modelled environment, the Westdale Village Business Improvement Association represents over 70 businesses located in the immediate Westdale area. The Westdale community is contained between Highway 403, Main Street and the areas east of McMaster, in addition to many small businesses, Westdale is also home to a grocery store, a branch of the Hamilton Public Library, and branches of three major banks. In late October 2013, the Royal Botanical Gardens, which owns land bordering on Westdale, announced that it was considering a hunt to cull what it claims is an over-population of deer. It was stated that only Native hunters would be allowed to participate in the hunt - as has been the case with the hunts that have taken place in recent years in the Dundas Valley. The increase of McMasters student population in recent decades has resulted in many Westdale homes being rented out to students, in 2006 a few Westdale homeowners calling themselves WADS staged a rally to protest the student population and called for the McMaster pub, Quarters, to be closed
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Strathcona (Hamilton, Ontario)
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The Strathcona Neighbourhood is located west of downtown Hamilton, Ontario and is bounded by Highway 403, the CNR rail line, Queen Street York Boulevard and Main Street. The neighbourhood is also intersected by other major street arteries, Dundurn Street, Locke Street. There are 1750 households in the Strathcona neighbourhood, as of the 1996 Census, Victoria Park, at the corners of Locke Street and King St W, is a central feature in this largely residential neighbourhood. Dundurn Park, on the edge of the neighbourhood is located at the junction of York Boulevard. The city of Hamilton was founded by George Hamilton, a settler, the public square of the village was Gore Park at the corner of James and King Streets, just a few blocks east of what would become Strathcona neighbourhood. Hamilton received its city charter in 1846, the Crystal Palace opened up at Victoria Park 20 September 1860 by Edward, Prince of Wales. It was home to the areas largest fall fair for many years, the structure was demolished in 1891. Many homes in this community were built in the late 19th century, Dundurn Castle was built between 1832-1835 for Sir Allan Napier MacNab. Named after his ancestral seat in Scotland. Incorporating an existing farmhouse, it was designed by architect, Robert Wetherell. The house features classical and Italian motifs, French windows, broad verandahs, with its outbuildings and grounds, Dundurn Castle stands as an important example of the Picturesque Movement of Canada. After years in private hands, the property was purchased by the city, Tuckett Mansion-Scottish Rite Tuckett Tobacco Company which was started up by George Elias Tuckett, who was also Hamiltons 27th Mayor in 1896. Tucketts home, now the Scottish Rite Castle, at Queen Street, Strathcona School is a small school with two very distinct programs. The area students come to Strathcona and make up the program, while the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board’s first program of Choice called “S. A. G. E. ”Which stands for Scholastics, Arts. The school operates these programs separately while at the time the students take part in some school based activities together like Peace Culture. Victoria Park, Google maps Victoria Park Master Plan Strathcona Community Council Strathcona Elementary School Staircase Cafe Theatre
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Burlington Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Burlington Street is a road in Hamilton, Ontario, stretching along the south shore of Hamilton Harbour in Lake Ontario. Burlington Street has four different statuses along the route, in its western terminus, it is a collector route ending at Bay Street North. Upon the intersection at Wellington Street, the road becomes a route with four lanes. The Street now ends at Parkdale Avenue, on October 14,2015, city council approved the renaming of the upper portion of Burlington Street from 165 meters east of Ottawa St to the QEW to Nikola Tesla Boulevard. Nikola Tesla Boulevard is now the official exit #90 from QEW, the signage along the QEW for Burlington Street was eventually replaced between October 22-23,2016 to reflect the name change. Burlington Streets original name was Industrial Road and it derives its name from its proximity to Hamilton Harbour, which used to be called Burlington Bay. After World War II, when Hamilton was at its industrial peak, in the 1950s, the Canadian head offices of Stelco, Dofasco, Firestone, International Harvester, Procter & Gamble and Westinghouse were situated on or close to Burlington Street. On August 25,1898, the City of Hamilton received Power from the Decew Falls Power Generating Station and this station was built using Nikola Teslas invention of the Alternating Current system of generators, transformers and motors. The arrival of Power to Hamilton usher in a new age of innovation, the city became to be known as the Electric City. On Victoria Avenue, just south of Burlington Street, stand the first building to power in 1898. The building even has part of the name of the Cataract Power still on it, on the corner of Burlington Street and Strathearne Ave, is the major Electrical transformer station that receives power from 3 sources, Niagara Falls, Decew Falls and the Pickering Nuclear Station. The power that arrives from Decew Falls travels down the power line built in 1898 by the Cataract Power, Light. In 1902, Canadian Otis Elevator Company is formed on Victoria Avenue North, for many years Hamilton was home to the largest single elevator manufacturing facility in the world. The workers produced all kinds of elevators, escalators and later, in 1969, the company took over the old Studebaker plant. It was a home for Otis, which had built the 350, 000-square-foot facility for wartime production of anti-aircraft guns. International Harvester became the second major United States industry to locate in Hamilton, originally known as Deering Harvester, the company plant sprawled along the Hamilton waterfront and claimed to be the largest agricultural implement works in the British Empire. The plant was involved in wartime production of specialized military items. The company started building heavy duty trucks in Hamilton in 1959
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Barton Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Barton Street is an arterial road in the Lower City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Its also the longest street in the city, in the early days Hamilton was known as Barton township, named after a township in Lincoln County, England. Barton Street is all that remains of the township, in 1816, Barton township Population was 668. On 24 May 1909 a Coney Island-type amusement Park was opened in Hamilton and it was known as Maple Leaf Park and was bounded by Barton Street, Ottawa Street, Cannon Street, Rosslyn Avenue. It failed to attract visitors to keep the gates open. Investors of the Park sold the land to real estate speculators for $25,000 interested in the property because the land itself was a valuable commodity in the booming East Hamilton market. It had a Figure 8 roller coaster and this was the most popular coaster model of the era, with many Canadian parks having one. Most were built by Fred Ingersoll, Barton Street East actually changed locations in the late 1960s. Barton Street East heading east from Strathearne Avenue, ended at Walter Avenue, the section east of Walter Avenue was called Superior Street and it ended close to Talbot Street. Some buildings on Melvin Avenue close to Woodward Avenue still have signage indicating their address as Barton Street East, Hamiltons first artificial skating surface was The Forum. Locals referred to it as the Barton Street Arena and it was situated between Sanford Avenue and Wentworth Streets. Eventually, a few years down the line it was purchased by Kenneth D. Soble and then he announced a new rink would be built, thats when the Junior A hockey club Hamilton Fincups left Hamilton. On 26 September 1952 the racetrack was sold, the site would then become the site of the Greater Hamilton Shopping Centre. Centre Mall owners announce plans for a 23-building super centre on the property on Barton Street East, cost is estimated to be around $100-million and will take up 700,000 square feet of retail space. This will end up being the largest redevelopment project in the history of Hamiltons east-end, the buildings on the property will be grouped around the edge of the property and create a friendly, pedestrian-oriented design rather than a commercial island in a sea of parking. The overhaul will take about two-and-a-half years to complete but the bulk of the work is expected to be done by the end of the summer of 2008, some new buildings will go up before the enclosed mall is torn down. The redevelopment of Centre Mall is transforming the entire neighbourhood from Ottawa Street to Kenilworth Avenue, the $100-million investment in the mall has boosted Ottawa Street North - already the citys No.1 tourist destination. The garment district has also morphed into a home decor destination area, complete with lighting, antique
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Cannon Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Cannon Street, is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Cannon Street was originally called Henry Street, the section between Bay and James Streets was called Miles Street. The origins of the Cannon street name remains a mystery for local historians, on 24 May 1909 a Coney Island-type amusement park was opened in Hamilton. It was known as Maple Leaf Park and was bounded by Barton Street, Ottawa Street, Cannon Street and it failed to attract enough visitors to keep the gates open and only lasted a year. Investors of the Park sold the land to real estate speculators for $25,000 interested in the property because the land itself was a valuable commodity in the booming East Hamilton market. Note, Listing of Landmarks from West to East, hess Street Elementary School Railway Street Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School Tan Thanh Supermarket Inc. Giant Tiger McLaren Park United Trophy Mfg, good Shepherd Centre 134 Mary Street Building Chevrolet City, Beasley Park Beasley Park Community Centre Barton Auto Parts Paper Fibres Inc
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Wilson Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Wilson Street is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at James Street North and works its way East, the section between James Street and Ferguson Avenue was a one-way road, but was converted to a two-way street at 10 am on December 10,2010. There are two streets in Hamilton, Ontario named Wilson Street, one in downtown Hamilton and the other in Ancaster. In 2001 when Amalgamation took place Ancaster joined up and became a part of the new Hamilton along with the towns of Dundas, Flamborough, Glanbrook, the name of the main road that cuts through Ancaster is also named Wilson Street. Originally, Wilson Street in downtown Hamilton was part an Indian Trail, other city roads that were Indian Trails include, York Boulevard and King Street in the Lower City plus Concession Street and Mohawk Road on the Hamilton mountain. Wilson Street in Hamilton between James Street and Mary Street was originally called Gore Street after the District of Gore, Wilson Street was named after Hugh B. Wilson, a landowner who opened a survey on the street. Founded in 1992 by Mark Milne, Sandy McIntosh and Tim Potocic, Sonic Unyon is one of the largest independent labels in Canada. It commemorates the completion of the James Street North streetscape project which marked the renaissance of this link between the Hamilton Harbour and the City Centre. James Street has always been the point for new Canadians arriving in Hamilton. The first arrivals were English, Scottish and Irish, later came Italian and German, more recently Portuguese, all in their turn have added to the cultural richness of the street. The Capsule is to be opened on Tuesday, November 16,2038 by the Mayor, Alderman and Business Leaders of James Street North on that day. Those that were in attendance in 1988 when the capsule was buried include Bob Morrow, Sidney H. Leon, Jerry Sherman, Vince Agro, Filipe M. Vianna. Note, Listing of Landmarks from West to East, beemer Park Eagle Worldwide Revival Centre, Cathedral Secondary School Parks Furniture Warehouse building Note, Listing of neighbourhoods from West to East. Alexander Parkway – Mud Street, Stone Church Road, West/East, Rymal Road, West/East Twenty Road Note, Listing of streets from West to East
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King William Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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King William Street is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at the western-end at James Street North and is a street until Mary Street. It is named after King William IV of the United Kingdom, in 1922, CKOC radio station started up. As of April 2007, it is the oldest radio station in English Canada, on the air since May 1,1922. Originally ran as Top-40 format, today its an Oldies radio station, in 1927, CHML, began operations as a response to censorship of political discussions by Hamiltons first radio station, CKOC. The original owners were Maple Leaf Radio Company, and the HML in the callsign stood for Hamilton Maple Leaf, cHMLs broadcast station is on Main Street West in the Lower City. Originally, CKOCs broadcast from the corner of King William and John Streets and was an offshoot of the Wentworth Radio and Supply Company owned by Herb Slack. He figured he could sell more radios if he owned a radio station. Today the radio station is based on the Mountain on Upper Wentworth Street, Note, Listing of Landmarks from West to East. Hamilton City Centre Lloyd D. Alexander Parkway - Mud Street, Stone Church Road, West/East, Rymal Road, West/East Twenty Road Note, Listing of streets from West to East
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King Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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King Street is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, also known as Highway 8. From the Delta onwards King Street then switches over to become a two-way street again, note, Queenston Road, runs parallel with King Street, then King Street flows northward where it connects and ends at Queenston Road. King Street follows the path of an old trail, it was named for King George III. In 1815, George Hamilton, a settler and local politician and he kept several east-west roads which were originally Indian trails, but the north-south streets were on a regular grid pattern. Streets were designated East or West if they crossed James Street or Highway 6, Streets were designated North or South if they crossed King Street or Highway 8. In 1860, Edward, Prince of Wales was in Hamilton to open up Gore Park, the Crystal Palace saw various Agricultural Exhibitions. It was modeled on the famous Crystal Palace designed and built in London, by 1891 the structure was in bad condition and decision was made to demolish it. All traces disappeared from the site which is now known as Victoria Park, in 1893, The Right House opened. It was Hamiltons first large department store, on 30 October 1893, The Sir John A. Macdonald Statue arrives in Hamilton from London, England. Official dedication of the statue took place 1 November 1893, located at the intersection of King and Hughson Streets. Prime Minister Sir John Thompson in attendance, the Pantages Theatre opened up in 1921 on King Street, with a seating capacity of 3,500 made it the largest theatre in Canada at the time. In 1930 it was renamed The Palace Theatre, Hamilton one time was home to many Grand Theatres, all of which are no longer in existence. These include, Grand Opera House, Savoy Theatre, Temple Theatre, Lyric Theatre, the Cenotaph at Veterans Place at Gore Park was unveiled on May 22,1923 by Governor General Viscount Byng who led Canadians into France and Flanders. The Cenotaph commemorates the 53,000 Canadian soldiers,2,000 of them Hamiltonians, Hamiltons Cenotaph is a replica of the British Cenotaph in Westminster, London and was designed by William Russell Souter, a Hamilton architect, and World War I veteran. It consists of a granite column with an image of a casket at its summit. Two smaller columns are at its side with carved replicas of the equipment used by Canadian troops in the First World War, in 1925 the first traffic lights in Canada went into operation at the Delta. McMaster University moved to Hamilton, Ontario from Toronto in 1930, christ the King Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. The Cathedral was consecrated on December 19,1933, the cathedral is perched atop a hill overlooking Highway 403 leading in towards the rest of Hamilton and one travelling towards Oakville, Missisauga and Toronto
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Jackson Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Jackson Street, is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Jackson Street is named after Edward Jackson, tinware manufacturer, originally Jackson Street was called Tyburn Street and later Maiden Lane. It is now named after Edward Jackson, CHCH TV11 began broadcasting in 1954 as a CBC affiliate from a transmitter located at 481 First Road West in Stoney Creek. At the time, all stations were required to be CBC affiliates. The CHCH Television Tower is a 357.5 metre-high guyed TV mast which is the transmitter for television station CHCH-TV. When it was built in 1960, the CHCH Television Tower became the tallest structure in Canada, in 1961, CHCH disaffiliated from the CBC and became an independent TV station. In 1974, CHCH TV11 was first in the world with the premiere of The Godfather. Hamilton is also home to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame museum, Note, Listing of Landmarks from West to East. Jackson Playground Locke Street Shopping district CHCH-TV11 Studios old Bell Telephone building converted to lofts, alexander Parkway - Mud Street, Stone Church Road, West/East, Rymal Road, West/East Twenty Road Note, Listing of streets from West to East
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Hunter Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Hunter Street is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is a street that starts West of Locke Street at Hill Street Park. Hunter Street is named after Peter Hunter Hamilton, landowner and businessman, originally, sections of Hunter Street were called William Street after King William IV and Peel Street after the British PM, Sir Robert Peel. Central Public School building on Hunter Street West was built in 1853 and this school was built to accommodate 1,000 students, was the largest graded school in Upper Canada, and became the only public school in Hamilton, at the time of its opening in 1853. The buildings original final proportioned classical design, by the firm Cumberland & Ridout, was remodelled in 1890 by the Hamilton architect. His alterations, including a steeply pitched roof, certain round arched windows, the building is designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. Note, Listing of landmarks from West to East
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Augusta Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Augusta Street is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. A two-way collector road that starts off on James Street South, Augusta Street originally between Catharine Street and Ferguson Avenue was known as OReilly Street. In 1895 when the TH&B line was built the street was trancated at Walnut Street South, the railway line also cut the Corktown neighbourhood in two. The elevated railway line cuts through Shamrock Park, chateau Royale is a multi-story residential condominium located in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on James Street South near Augusta Street. Standing at 14-stories it is the 19th tallest building in the city and it opened in 2006 after being transformed from an office tower complex into a condominium complex. Originally the office complex was known as the Undermount Office Complex and before the Office Complex this was the site of The Alexandra. It became an entertainment spot that featured skating, dancing. The roller rink closed down 30 April 1964 and was torn down soon thereafter and this street also plays host to a yearly block party each August, that extends along Augusta from James St. S. to Hughson St. S. From the Augusta Street Block Party website, The Augusta Block Party Live music, local vendors, food, note, Listing of Landmarks from West to East. James Street, South Hughson Street, South John Street, South Catharine Street, South MapArt Golden Horseshoe Atlas - Page 647 - Grids H12 Google Maps, Augusta Street Augusta Street Block Party
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Charlton Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Charlton Avenue, is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Charlton Avenue was named after Benjamin Ernest Charlton, teacher, manufacturer, politician, originally Charlton Street was named Hannah Street. Wentworth Street, at the base of the Niagara Escarpment was the site of the citys second Incline railway, back then, the Incline railway on Wentworth Street was known as the Eastend Incline Railway but was often called, The Mount Hamilton Incline Railway. The citys first Incline railway on James Street South, was known as the Hamilton & Barton Incline Railway, note, Listing of Landmarks from West to East
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Aberdeen Avenue
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Aberdeen Avenue is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Aberdeen Avenue, was named after Lord Aberdeen and Lady Aberdeen who both lived in Hamilton on Bay Street South with their four children and they presided over the opening of the Hamilton Public Library on September 16,1890. Lord Aberdeen was appointed Governor General of Canada in 1893, historically, the Durand neighbourhood along Markland Street and Aberdeen Avenue, east of Queen Street, was home to the industrialists. This south of neighbourhood is quite possibly the largest concentration of early 20th-century castles/mansions in Canada. The grand homes were home to the families whose names graced the signs of the north end factories and made their fortunes in transportation, finance, a massive McMaster University research campus called McMaster Innovation Park is currently being developed on the former Camco lands near Westdale. This will be a factory employing scientists and technicians. CANMET will employ 100 research scientists and support workers, including some of the top minds in Canada and they will be working closely with McMaster researchers and private industry to develop technologies for metal and materials manufacturing, processing and evaluation. Expected to be up-and-running by 2010, other tenants already announced for the park include a corrosion research centre sponsored by General Motors and a diesel engine research lab sponsored by Ford. Note, Listing of Landmarks from West to East, the MTO decided to go with a rapid bridge replacement process, replacing the entire Aberdeen Avenue bridge deck in a weekend instead of taking the usual nine to twelve months to complete it. Reasons for the decision included minimizing disruptions to the public, improved construction safety. MTO retained the engineering and management firm Morrison Hershfield as lead consultant for this exciting, the rapid bridge replacement process began the evening of July 30,2010. Using innovative technology the old bridge was lifted away and replaced with a bridge that was built nearby. The process was completed on August 3,2010, dufferin Construction Company successfully executed the complete replacement. This project was the first time rapid replacement technology has been used over a highway in Southern Ontario. It is also part of a project to repair or replace eight bridges along Highway 403 in Hamilton. This $35.8 million investment is expected to create or sustain approximately 415 jobs as part of the Ontario Open plan, Note, Listing of neighbourhoods from West to East. Kirkendall North/ Chedoke Park B, Aberdeen Avenue cuts through these two neighbourhoods, Kirkendall North/ Kirkendall South, Aberdeen Avenue cuts through these two neighbourhoods. Alexander Parkway - Mud Street, Stone Church Road, West/East, Rymal Road, West/East Twenty Road Note, Listing of streets from West to East
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Concession Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Concession Street is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts at Belvidere Avenue, just West of Sam Lawrence Park, note, East of East 43rd Street the road is known as Mountain Brow Boulevard. Originally known as Stone Road and changed to Concession Street in 1909, note, Aberdeen Avenue in the Lower City was originally known as Concession Street. Concession Street is the oldest settlement area on the Hamilton mountain and it was once an African American neighbourhood settled by slaves escaping the U. S. via the underground railroad Underground Railroad. This part of Hamilton Mountain was then known as Little Africa, Canada in general and Hamilton in particular received these refugees with great sympathy and understanding. They were illiterate and took up education in the Mission, a church and school building. The Union Mission was situated on the south-side of Concession between Twenty-Second and Twenty Third Streets, the adults would sit in with the children and spell out words and hoped that they might some day be able to read the Bible. They also liked to display pictures of Queen Victoria alongside that of Abraham Lincoln and they also took on new surnames to avoid being identified and recaptured. Many of the families there favoured the name Johnson as well as Atkins, Murdoch, over the years these families abandoned the homes they had established, to be seen no more on the hilltop. They didnt like the cold winters and eventually returned to the United States. Today it is a predominantly white neighbourhood, during the 19th century it did not occur to inhabitants of Hamilton that the mountain top would become thickly populated. Concession Street had been a run, then a cow path. All other roads on the mountain were left in a state of nature, from the year 1910, a great building boom was enjoyed on the mountain area, when many farms were cut into lots and many streets opened. Immigration flowed and the newcomers were chiefly from the British Isles and they were industrious workingmen who soon built comfortable homes for themselves. When the city came to the mountain, followed by sewers. Since then the growth has been phenomenal, in 1949 Mayor Sam Lawrence went on record as favouring a separate mountain ward. The citys focus was now to grow south with the boundary, at the time. The Jolley Cut, is a mountain/lower city-access road in Hamilton, James Jolley funded construction of the Jolley Cut
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Fennell Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Fennell Avenue, is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Fennell Avenue, is most likely named after Joseph Fennell, Anglican priest, early maps and directories listed the street as Fenel, Fennel and then finally, Fennell. Auchmar is a unique, heritage asset owned by the citizens of Hamilton, auchmar is recognized by the Ontario Heritage Trust as having significant historical value. In 1945, there was talk of constructing a tunnel on James Street South, the cost was an issue but some city officials at the time felt it was necessary for the city to grow south, instead of their present unbalanced east-west development. The population of Hamilton Mountain at the time was 20,000, on June 1,1949 the city of Hamilton issued 61 building permits on East Twenty-Seventh and East Twenty-Eighth Streets between Queensdale and Fennell Avenues. At the time it was the largest number of building permits issued at one time in the city by the Citys building department and was described as the biggest unsubsidized housing scheme in Canada, mohawk College is located at 135 Fennell Ave West. It was founded in 1966 and has led to direct and indirect jobs in education. Mohawk first started granting diplomas in 1966, and has grown into one of the largest provincially funded colleges in the province of Ontario. Each year averages approximately 10,000 full-time students, and 40,000 part-time students, the most popular programs continue to be in Engineering Technology and Business. Mohawk College also has a well known nursing program, a joint program with McMaster University, hillfield Strathallan College is also located on Fennell Ave West the only private K-12 school in the area. Founded in 1901 as Highfield School for Boys, this school was the first private residential and it was a prep school for boys planning to enter the Royal Military College of Canada. Many graduates played key roles in the Canadian military, a series of name changes, reconstructions, new construction, and amalgamations with other institutions have since occurred, resulting in a single modern co-educational facility. Alumni from all founding organizations attended the centennial anniversary in 2001, ulis Stairs are stone steps that connect the mountain brow to the Rail Trail. They were made by a man named Ulrich, otherwise known as Uli. The city sees his steps as a risk to public safety and these steps are also the only steps connecting the Lower City of Hamilton to the Upper City in East Hamilton. The city has a set of made of steel nearby at the end of Kimberly Drive near Kenilworth Avenue but they only go halfway up to the Escarpment Rail Trail. Ulis steps makes up the link between the Rail Trail and the mountain brow on top. The Mountain Plaza Mall at Fennell Avenue and Upper James Street has been rebuilt in a $50-million project, announcement made on October 4,2007 by Flavio Volpe, spokesperson for Smart Centres Ltd
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Mohawk Road (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Mohawk Road, is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is a two-way street throughout that starts just West of Highway 403 & Meadowlands, mohawk Road, is a road that follows the route of an ancient Indian Trail that passed through dense forest. Indians walked this path from upper New York State, Upper James Street at the time was known as the Caledonia Highway. Note, Listing of streets from West to East
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Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway
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Collectively, the two expressways form a southern and eastern bypass of Hamilton. Although planning for the Red Hill Creek Expressway began in 1963, construction did not begin until 1991, the province agreed to split the cost for the east–west portion of the planned expressway, but opposed the north–south link. The speed limit along the parkway is 90 kilometres per hour, the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway begins in the west end of Hamilton at a large turbine interchange with Highway 403, which also provides access to Mohawk Road from Westbound Highway 403 and The Linc. Travelling southeast, the expressway descends into a ditch, which it travels throughout most of its length. It passes north of the Meadowlands Centre mall and the interchanges with Mohawk Road / Golf Links Road, the route then becomes sandwiched between residential subdivisions at Upper Horning Road, which was bisected by construction of the route. The route continues, passing beneath an overpass and Upper Paradise Road before interchanging with Garth Street. The route passes beneath another pedestrian bridge and West 5th Street then interchanges with Upper James Street and it continues, with Upper Wellington Street crossing the parkway before an interchange with Upper Wentworth Street. On the northeast corner of this interchange is Lime Ridge Mall, mcQuesten Park lies on the southeast corner. East of these, the once again lies between subdivisions, with Upper Sherman Avenue crossing the freeway midway to the interchange with Upper Gage Avenue. Beyond the Upper Ottawa Street crossing, residential developments are confined to the side of the Linc as it curves southward. The Linc gradually curves back northeast, now surrounded, passing under Pritchard Road, immediately east of there, the Mud Street interchange branches off as the route curves northward and becomes the Red Hill Valley Parkway, which descends the escarpment towards the QEW. The parkway was one of two phases to build a bypass on the south side of Hamilton. These were subsequently added to the official plan in 1964. However, political change and shifting public attitudes would soon reject the idea of inner-city expressways, the cancellation of the Spadina Expressway in Toronto was the turning point in this shift. It would take until 1982 before serious consideration was given to any expressway plan, an environmental assessment of both links began and was approved in 1985. However, expressway opponents launched an appeal to the provincial cabinet and this appeal was rejected in 1987, and engineering began. Preliminary designs were submitted to the Regional Municipality of Hamilton–Wentworth and approved in April 1990, construction began immediately on structures to carry three routes over the future Red Hill Valley Parkway. In April 1992, work began on overpasses at Upper Paradise Road, as part of this project, Stone Church Road was extended west from Upper Horning Road to Golf Links Road
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Rymal Road (Hamilton, Ontario)
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The route served as a southerly bypass to Highway 2, avoiding Paris, Ancaster and Hamilton. First designated in 1935, the route remained in place until it was downloaded to local jurisdiction in 1997, for much of its history, the road was concurrent with Highway 2 between Woodstock and Eastwood, as well as between Brantford and Ancaster. Today the route is known by local names, including Oxford County Road 55, Brant County Highway 53, Wilson Street, Garner Road. It serves as an alternative to Highway 2 or Highway 403. The route of former Highway 53 begins in the west at Oxford County Road 2, from the community of Eastwood, which lies east of Woodstock, the road travels southwest through farmland as Oxford County Road 55 and crosses Highway 403, with which there is an interchange. Soon thereafter, the route enters the community of Muir, at the Oxford County and County of Brant boundary, the route, east of this point known as Brant County Highway 53, continues southeast, passing through the community of Cathcart. It continues, eventually straightening out and travelling east through Burford, as the road approaches Brantford, it intersects Highway 24 and skirts the southern edge of Brantford Municipal Airport. Within Brantford, the road is known as Colborne Street, although the section through downtown Brantford is a one-way street, the route crosses the Grand River west of downtown, intersecting and becoming concurrent with former Highway 2, now Brant County Highway 2, at Brant Avenue. It intersects the southern terminus Wayne Gretzky Parkway towards the end of town. After returning to farmland, the passes through the community of Langford. Highway 53 was created in the mid-1930s to bypass the section of Highway 2 between Woodstock and Brantford. It was later extended into Hamilton to improve the layout of highways around that city, on August 14,1935, the Department of Highways designated the Burford Road as Highway 53. The route entered Brantford along Burford Street, turning onto Oxford Street at Welsh Street, on the opposite side, Highway 53 ended at Highway 2. Burford and Oxford streets have since renamed as an extension of Colborne Street. At its western terminus, the route intersected Highway 2 in Eastwood, in 1937, a series of route renumberings took place in the Hamilton area. Among these was the renumbering of Highway 20A, which prior to then followed Upper Gage Avenue to Rymal Road, Rymal Road was also numbered Highway 20A from Duffs Corners, south of Ancaster, to Elfrida, at the junction of Rymal Road and Centennial Parkway. Following the renumbering, the north into Hamilton became Highway 55, while Garner Road. To connect the two sections of the route, a concurrency was established along Highway 2 between Brantford and Duffs Corners, the highway was fully paved by 1939, though most sections of it were paved when it was first commissioned as a provincial highway
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Cootes Drive
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Cootes Drive, formerly known as the Dundas Diversion, is a city street in Hamilton, Ontario. The route connects York Boulevard and King Street in Dundas with Highway 2 and Highway 8 to the southeast, Cootes Drive travels from the former town Dundas, where it feeds into King Street at York Road. Cootes Drive is now signed as Hamilton Road 8 and it was originally designated 8D, then changed to the designation of Highway 102 in 1947, before being turned back to local authorities in 1964. The Highway 102 designation has since been reused on a different highway near Thunder Bay, the following table lists the major junctions along Cootes Drive, as noted by the City of Hamilton. The entire route is located in Hamilton, Ontario, list of streets in Hamilton, Ontario
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Ontario Highway 403
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It is concurrent with the Queen Elizabeth Way for 22 km from Burlington to Oakville. Highway 403 is also known as the Chedoke Expressway within Hamilton, the section of Highway 403 between Woodstock and Burlington was formally dedicated as the Alexander Graham Bell Parkway on April 27,2016. The majority of Highway 403 is surrounded by land use, except west of Ancaster. In Hamilton, Highway 403 descends the Niagara Escarpment and it wraps around the northern side of Burlington Bay to encounter the QEW. From there, it travels straight through Burlington and Oakville with the QEW, the freeway then crosses through the centre of Mississauga in an east–west direction, serving its city centre, before turning north. It continues north of Highway 401 as Highway 410 to Brampton, Highway 403 begins at a junction with Highway 401 on the outskirts of Woodstock. The eastbound lanes split from eastbound Highway 401, whereas the westbound lanes merge into westbound Highway 401 and it travels along the back lot lines of the second concession south of former Highway 2. It passes beneath Oxford County Road 55 and curves southeast, after crossing into the third concession, it curves back to the east. The highway travels straight for several kilometres, meeting with the leg of Highway 24. The highway crosses the Grand River to the south of Paris, as it passes through Brantford, the highway angles southeast and passes beneath the northern leg of Highway 24 and then the Wayne Gretzky Parkway. The route exits the city to the east and curves northeast shortly thereafter. It travels between Jerseyville Road and former Highway 2 to Ancaster, jogging to avoid cutting through Dunmark Lake, as the freeway enters Ancaster, it once again crosses former Highway 2 and dips through the southern side of the town. East of Ancaster, the passes through a short greenbelt, with Hamilton Golf. A divided segment of Highway 6 meets the freeway and continues concurrently with it through Hamilton, to the south, munro International Airport, Caledonia and Jarvis at Highway 3. Continuing east, Highway 403 and Highway 6 curve north into Hamilton and meet the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway before abruptly curving to the east, scenic views of Hamilton, its harbour, and Lower Princess Falls are located along this steep descent. At the bottom of the escarpment the highway travels through a narrow and it passes beneath multiple bridges in a depressed trench, eventually curving north at a sharp corner and passing beneath more bridges. This section features a speed limit of 80 km/h as opposed to 100 km/h. The highway returns to ground level alongside the Chedoke Creek, a river from which the freeway may take its name
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Dundurn Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Dundurn Street is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The section of Dundurn Street north of Main Street was designated as part of Highway 2, Dundurn Street, originated with Sir Allan MacNab who named his home Dundurn Castle and its landscaped grounds Dundurn Park. Originally Dundurn Street, South of King Street West was known as Garth Street up to 1913, Dundurn is a Gaelic word meaning the fort on the water. Originally, Dundurn Street was called Garth Street, the Hamilton Military Museum opened in 1976 and is situated inside Dundurn Park adjacent to Dundurn Castle. It tells the story of the service given by citizens of the Hamilton area from the time of the American Revolution to World War II, the Staircase originally was opened by Hugh MacLeod in 1998. The Staircase evolved and expanded from a comedy workshop to include an art gallery, a cafe, a theatre for film and live acts. A former variety store next door was also acquired, one can reach the Bruce Trail via the stairway on Dundurn Street South. The trail cuts through the city along the Niagara Escarpment and used by locals for a full days hike. The Trail is 430 miles long and starts at Niagara Falls, passes through Hamilton, hikers are led to scenic gorges, hidden waterfalls and places of quiet charm. Note, Listing of Landmarks from North to South, eastward the trail leads to Highland Gardens Park
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Locke Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Locke Street is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Locke Street, origins of street name go back as early as 1840 when it was spelled L-o-c-k, North of King Street West was known as Railway Street because it ran to the Great Western Railway yards. Locke Street North is mostly residential and in the 1800s most of the homes belonged to the railway workers. In 2000, Locke Street South celebrated its 150th anniversary, Locke Street is a street of churches and a hub for antique shops. It was a spot featuring both trotting and steeplechase racing. Named after Richard Beasley, who was a soldier, political figure, farmer and he owned and ran the racetrack. Grounds, is a park that was home to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1872-1949, entrance to the park at Queen Street South is right before Charlton Avenue West. Today it is also the site of the Hamilton Tennis Club, before it was used for football, the park was the site of a Cricket Club and in 1860 a Raquet Club was established near the present site of the Hamilton Tennis Club. In 1870, Locke South was described as a sparsely populated mud track, despite rapid expansion of the city Locke Street South was still an isolated area. On the other hand, Locke Street North continued with its growth and the development of Victoria Park. By 1885, Locke Street South began to see more growth after a brick sewer was constructed as well as the addition of gas lines were laid, in 1889, Wesley Vollick, a cabinet maker, built a small brick cottage which eventually, became the Locke Street Library. The Crystal Palace opened up at Victoria Park 20 September 1860 by Edward and it was home to the areas largest fall fair for many years. The structure was demolished in 1891, transportation history includes the following, in 1890, The Hamilton Street Railway, built its western terminus on the northeast corner of Locke & Herkimer Streets. A two-storey tram building and horse barn which could accommodate up to 42 horses and 12 tram cars, as well, the Hamilton-Dundas Electric Railway line, travelled through Aberdeen Avenue and crossed over Locke Street South. Locke Street has festivals held throughout the year, the first noteworthy one is called Spring Blooms on Locke. Its an annual festival marks the end of winter and is also a fund raiser for sick children. Then theres the one simply called The Locke Street Festival where each September the street is closed off for a day for the family with live entertainment, street vendors
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Chedoke Parkway, (passes underneath King Street West bridge)
