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    Dump truck with raised box crashes at top of Skyway

    Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator Dump truck with raised box crashes at top of Skyway, Burlington mayor says bridge could be closed for days Burlington Mayor Rick Goldring says the Skyway Bridge could be closed for days as a result of an accident in the Toronto-bound lanes...
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    Eileen Vollick, Canada's First Female Pilot

    I first heard about Eileen Vollick from one of our history moderators (Fred) who has done some research on Canada's first female pilot who was a Beach resident. I have come across this website which explains some of the history and I will leave the rest to Fred. "My home at that time was on...
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    Joesph Brant Day Festival 2014

    JOSEPH BRANT DAY FESTIVAL 2014! Civic Holiday Monday, August 4th At Historic LaSalle Park! Burlington, ON - Monday August 4th—Civic Holiday Weekend -Look forward to another spectacular year for Joseph Brant Day, a five hours day filled with fantastic line-up of new music, activities...
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    Rainbow from Today

    I played with the colour a bit on these so they weren't so gray looking, a rainbow from this evening which was really a double rainbow but the outer part wasn't as bright.
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    July 9, 2014 Meeting

    Wednesday, July 9, 7 (seven) pm the Beach Canal Lighthouse Group will be meeting at the Fortinos (Plains Road), Community Room, 1059 Plains Road East (at QEW), Burlington. George (Sandy) Thomson will share highlights about the Fraserburg Lighthouse Museum, Northern Scotland.
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    Herald Marker

    Spectator article from 1954, I wonder where all the Herald stones ended up? Preserve Old Stone Markers In Road Race Hamilton Beach, Dec, 20 - Police Chief Howard Nickling has recovered many old Herald stones placed to mark the distance across the Beach from the Herald office when the marathon...
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    From Outlet to Canal

    I have found a little more information on the building of the piers in a book by Marjorie Freeman Campbell, the book is named A Mountain and a City __________________________________________________________ Maps also indicate the rapid development of the town. In 1830 a Hamilton map by Lewis...
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    OK Where was the King's Head

    The king’s head inn Hamilton Spectator, February 26, 1944. An Account of Government House, Burlington Beach, 1794 A Review By Charles R. McCullough IT MAY be a source of surprise to some who read these columns from week to week to learn that once upon a time Burlington Beach had its...
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    Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology.

    From today's Spec Mahoney: Museum's parody video gathering steam MUSEUM DANCE OFF By Jeff Mahoney Jeff Mahoney's column explores the rise of the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology's video that has made it to the finals and is one of three vying for the top spot in a worldwide...
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    Burlington Sound of Music 2014

    I stopped by the Burlington Sound of Music festival today for a couple pictures, I took in all the of the stages and was there for around 1pm and on. So the main attraction was an oldie, the Stampeders.
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    The Baie St. Paul

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    More Ships

    Another of the Robert S. Pierson at the Dofasco dock. CSL Tadoussac: An older shot of the Tadoussac from 2004; Cedarglen
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    The Baie St. Paul

    Another new CSL Trillium Class ship coming through the Burlington Piers.
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    Beach Residents Discuss Local Government Problem

    The Outcome Endorse Commission As Beach Government Hamilton Beach, March 13 - The Hamilton Spectator The sunny spring weather brought out 75 per cent of the taxpayers at the Beach to exercise their franchise as to retaining the present commission government or substituting a munici¬pal...
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    Beach Residents Discuss Local Government Problem

    A Spectator article from March 6th, 1952 Many thanks to the Simmons's family _____________________________________ New Ratepayers' Body Prepares For Referendum Next Wednesday Many questions of interest to ratepayers of Burlington Beach, particularly in view of the vote to be taken on March 12...
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    The Burlington Canal Bridges

    There are a couple of conflicts with other posted information, I only posted what is on the author's article had written and I have seen history being changed and sometimes just plain made up many years after the fact. Just to add, this is an exact date and easily looked up at the library.
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    Van Wagner's Beach School Yearbook

    From the book, Memories of Van Wagner's Beach and Parkview Survey; In 1904 a plot of land owned by the Gage family was purchased for $915. This site, at Lot 28 of the Broken Front, very close to the edge of Lake Ontario, was to be used for the construction of a new schoolhouse. The two-room...
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    Three Santas helping harbour gulls

    Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator ____________________________________________________ That Santa Claus on an island in Hamilton harbour may seem like someone's idea of a joke, but there is a serious purpose behind the red-suited scarecrow. In fact, it's so serious...
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    Councillor Chad Collins Report

    MAY 2014 BEACH COMMUNITY EDITION LOSS OF DOOR TO DOOR MAIL SERVICE Canada Post and the Federal Government recently announced a country wide plan to eliminate door to door mail service. The plan seeks to provide "community mail boxes" in lieu of the current home delivery model, I have received...
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    Algoma Equinox

    I was finally able to catch up with Algoma's newest vessel this week, the Algoma Equinox. It has been through the piers a couple other times but came in and went back out in the early hours. ST. CATHARINES, ON, Oct. 1, 2013 /CNW/ - Algoma Central Corporation (Algoma) announced today that the...
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