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Hamilton Harbour was known among the Mississauga Anishinaabek as Wiikwedong simply meaning "at the Bay".. Early Settlers to the area called the bay Lake Geneva. [2] The bay was formally renamed Burlington Bay in 1792 by John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, for the former name of the town of Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. [3]
The Skyway, as it is locally known, is located in Hamilton and Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) highway linking Fort Erie with Toronto. The 1958 steel bridge is a suspended deck through-arch truss bridge.
Pier 4 Park is a 2.4 hectare park found in the west-end of Hamilton Harbour near Bay Street North in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.. The park features a multi-use asphalt trail, 349 metres in length and 4 metres wide which provides barrier-free access to all areas of the park and linkages with the surrounding harbourfront precinct. [1]
Dundurn Castle (back, facing Burlington Bay) Dundurn Castle is a historic neoclassical mansion on York Boulevard in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.The 1,700-square-metre (18,000 sq ft) house took three years and $175,000 to build and was completed in 1835.
The area between Burlington Bay (also known as Hamilton Harbour) ... (1827–1885), was a businessman and political figure in Canada West (later Ontario).
Hamilton's deep sea port is accessed by ship canal through the beach strip into the harbour and is traversed by two bridges, the QEW's Burlington Bay - James N. Allan Skyway and the lower Canal Lift Bridge. Hamilton Harbour ranks one of Canada's largest seaports. The Hamilton Port Authority manages the heavily industrial harbour. [14]
The Around the Bay Road Race (ATB) is a long distance road race annually in Hamilton, Ontario. The event features a 30 kilometer race, [a] a 5 kilometer race, a 10 kilometer race, a 15 kilometer race, and virtual races. [3] First held in 1894, it is the oldest long distance road race in North America. [4]
Bay Street is a lower city arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts at Inglewood Drive, just South of Aberdeen Avenue , as a collector road with only two lanes, then eventually becomes a six lane thoroughfare at its peak.