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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 ...
This is a list of National Historic Sites ( French: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) in Hamilton, Ontario. There are 15 National Historic Sites designated in Hamilton, [ 1] of which one ( HMCS Haida) is administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ). [ 2] Burlington Heights was designated in 1929 and was the first ...
Official site. National Historic Site of Canada. Designated. 1984. 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. [1]
Battlefield House near King Street East and Centennial Parkway in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is a living history museum and site of the historic Battle of Stoney Creek on June 6, 1813, which was fought during the War of 1812. It was built in 1796. The house and 15.5 acres (6.3 ha) of parkland (Battlefield Park), were the property ...
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 ...
towards Union Station. Lakeshore West. 1967–1996. Terminus. LIUNA Station is a banquet and convention centre in central Hamilton, Ontario. [1] The building opened in 1931 as Hamilton C.N.R. Station and served as a passenger and freight railway station.
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]
The Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway, originally called the Burlington Bay Skyway and simply known as the Burlington Skyway or The Skyway, is a pair of high-level freeway bridges (built in 1958 and 1985) spanning the Burlington Bay Canal. The Skyway, as it is locally known, is located in Hamilton and Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and is part ...