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Depiction of Hamilton in 1859. Hamilton, from the point at which it was first colonized by settlers, has benefited from its geographical proximity to major land and water transportation routes along the Niagara Peninsula and Lake Ontario. Its strategic importance has created, by Canadian standards, a rich military history which the city ...
905, 289, 365, and 742. Website. www.hamilton.ca. Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which encompasses Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is situated approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) southwest of Toronto in the Greater ...
1813 – Two American schooners, the Hamilton and the Scourge, capsized in Lake Ontario in 1813. [11] 1813 – June 5–6 – British win Battle of Stoney Creek. [12] 1813 – Eleven men hanged for treason right across the street from where Dundurn Castle eventually is built. [13][failed verification]
In the beginning, the Head-of-the-Lake (Present day Hamilton) [ 1] was covered in forest. In 1815 a chopping mill became in the area. [ 2] Growth of the area was aided in 1827 by a channel cut to link Burlington Bay directly with Lake Ontario, thus improving its marine transportation. [ 3] In 1833, George Hamilton 's settlement was incorporated ...
L–R: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr., and Christopher Jackson. Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung-and-rapped-through biographical musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Based on the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, the musical covers the life of American Founding Father Alexander ...
Website. artgalleryofhamilton.com. The Art Gallery of Hamilton (AGH) is an art museum located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The museum occupies a 7,000 square metres (75,000 sq ft) building on King Street West in downtown Hamilton, designed by Trevor P. Garwood-Jones. The institution is southwestern Ontario 's largest and oldest art museum.
Hamilton (Māori: Kirikiriroa) is an inland city in the North Island of New Zealand. Located on the banks of the Waikato River, it is the seat and most populous city of the Waikato region. With a territorial population of 185,300, [4] it is the country's fourth most-populous city. Encompassing a land area of about 110 km 2 (42 sq mi), [5 ...
The original grandstand at the racetrack known today as Churchill Downs did not have the iconic Twin Spires. When the track opened in 1875 for the first Kentucky Derby 150 years ago, things were ...