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From a 2000 City of Hamilton report titled Hamilton Beach Heritage Conservation District. _______________________________________________ Given the prestige of owning a summer or permanent residence on the Beach, the community was home for a selection of notable citizens. This selection...

Councillor Chad Collins: Neighbourhood Report BEACH COMMUNITY EDITION LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PLAN Efforts to restore and replant the areas on the Beach impacted by Hydro One's recent clear cut activity, is well underway In consultation and in cooperation with my office, the City of Hamilton's...

Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator _______________________________________________ Hamilton Spectator July 6th, 2016 The Burlington lift bridge is back open to road traffic following an accident during construction Wednesday — but it will be closed indefinitely to water...

Sent in by David; In 1793 Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe of Upper Canada ordered Dimdas Street to be built along Lake Ontario, but "several miles inland beyond cannon shot from the shore, to the head of hiiltemix navigation at Coote's Paradise, and from the latter to the Forks of the Thames...

Hamilton Spectator By Daniel Nolan June 22, 2016 Where are you Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello when you're needed? Swimming at the city's beaches might not be an activity high on everyone's summer recreation list because of concerns about pollution. Coun. Sam Merulla, however, wants...

Another of Cruikshank's work; ""The Heritage of the People Closed Against Them:" Class, Environment, and the Shaping of Burlington Beach, 1870s-1980s" Ken Cruikshank et Nancy B. Bouchier...

Continued.... In 1907, the Ontario provincial government struck a special government for the beach strip led by a three person commission, to establish and administer health, park development, policing, public utilities and other regular municipal policies in the area (McCowell,et al, pp. 16...

The beach strip * “the heritage of the people closed against them,” 1870*1970 Sent in by David _____________________________ Waterfront Landscapes for the Industrial City: Environment, Recreation, and Class in Hamilton Ontario's Burlington Bay, 1919 -2004 NANCY B. BOUCHIER and KEN CRUIKSHANK...

From the Office of Councillor Collins Lift Bridge Closures The City of Hamilton has received notice from Federal Government representatives that maintenance activities will temporarily close the Burlington Canal Lift Bridge. Please note the information below. As always, please do not...

COMEAU (nee Howard), Linda Published:Jun 04, 2016 Event Date:Jun 01, 2016 Linda COMEAU (nee Howard) COMEAU (nee Howard), Linda January 3, 1950 - June 1, 2016 After a lengthy battle with cancer, Linda peacefully left on a new journey. Survived by her husband of 46 years Rejean Comeau...

A new pub (Harry's Pub)is set to open at the old convenience store at 721 Beach Blvd. I am told that it will open for the Garage Sale day (second Sunday in July) and then there will be a grand opening at a later date. I will post more info when it becomes available.

It is not looking good for the Bridge pair, still no hatchlings and down to two eggs.

Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator __________________________________________ Hamilton Spectator By James S Howlett May 13, 2016 The first thing you notice when you visit the Beachstrip is the lake. The second is the hydro towers. Giant and surreal trophies of the rat race...

It must be that time of the year again as I am starting to get emails, the annual Beach Garage Sale will take place on Sunday July 10th, 2016. There is no cost for vendors, however if you plan to sell food of any kind, you must contact the Hamilton Health Dept. and obtain a permit. There is a...

I you have been on the Trail in the last week you would of noticed a Hydro One helicopter moving along the hydro lines. They are installing some engineered reflector cards (last picture) that are supposed to warn birds that the cables are in their flight path. Hopefully the experts are right.

Looking Back by Dennis Smith Burlington Post October 18, 1992 About 1,100 buildings around have had their architectural heritage evaluated in Burlington, and some of the more interesting ones are located near the lakeshore. This comes as no surprise, since much early settlement originated...

It was announced in the Beach Banner and just a reminder that Beach Clean-up day is this Saturday. Gloves and bags can be picked up at the Rescue Unit starting at 9am and a barbeque to follow.

Beach Strip the place with new hotel Hamilton Spectator July 20, 1985 J. Brian Henley EARLY IN the month of February, 1875 the winter's stillness along the Beach Strip was disturbed as construction of a large and commodious pleasure hotel, to be called the Ocean House, began. When the spring...

Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator _____________________________________________________ Hamilton Spectator By James S Howlett Apr 14, 2016 In May of 1988 my wife, Carol, answered a knock at our front door, which is not far from where the Hamilton Beach Waterfront Trail...

Leonard Douglas Bowley September 5 1951 - March 8 2016 There wasn't an obit posted in the Spec, so I am passing this along after the fact. A celebration of life was held last Saturday at the Rescue Unit which from what I have been told, was very well attended by friends and family of Len. A...