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Hello! friends and neighbors. We attended one of the monthly B.C.L.G last night held at the Burlington Central Library. This group was formed just over 5 years ago with the goal of restoring the lighthouse & lighthouse keepers cottage. Located in the shadow of the Burlington Canal lift bridge...

Date; Friday September 27th, 2013 Time; Starts at 1pm until whenever(about 4pm). Place; Beach Rescue Unit hall, 316 Beach Blvd Across from the old Dynes property. See you there!

The Canada Steamship Lines have added some new ships to their large fleet, the first one to make it's way our neck of the woods is the CSL Thunder Bay which came through today. Notice the plaque in the last picture, made in China. More Info...

The accident only pushed up the plans for the Skyway Bridge as the QEW Bascule route along the Beach Strip was already considered to be woefully inadequate for the amount of traffic of the day. There was already talk of replacing the canal bridge with a tunnel or a high level bridge, but the...

PWGSC will be doing some road work on the span next week starting on Monday September 9th, 2013. The Burlington Lift Bridge will have nightly closures for road traffic, on the following times and dates. Monday September 9 from 2300 to Tuesday September 10 at 0600 Tuesday September 10 from...

Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator ___________________________________________________ Hamilton Spectator Aug 22, 2013 By Matthew Van Dongen A feathery flap over road kill is poised to turn Eastport Drive into Hamilton's first gull safety zone. No, you're not being gulled...

By Margaret Lindsay Holton Published August 26, 2013 Raise The Hammer The Beach Canal Lighthouse has languished for decades. We need to act now to save this unique waterfront structure before it falls down. Much of late has been made of the heritage issues facing Hamilton: what to protect...

By Margaret Lindsay Holton Published August 26, 2013 Raise The Hammer The Beach Canal Lighthouse has languished for decades. We need to act now to save this unique waterfront structure before it falls down. Much of late has been made of the heritage issues facing Hamilton: what to protect...

Do you mean the new rental place at the Power House on the Burlington side? I can't see one of those four person paddle boats doing too well on Lake Ontario. The last day of Ribfest

January 2, 1902 BLOCKS AT THE CANAL Repairs to Railway Bridge Are Being Made as Rapidly as Possible. Repairs of a temporary sort have already been made to the Grand Trunk railway bridge at Hamilton beach. The canal length of the bridge has been piled up all the way across the canal, and a...

The FireFit challenge was held last weekend at Confederation Park, there was a good crowd and an added chili cook off. More info on FireFit; The Champs

The quickest route to Toronto is through the Beach Strip, that is why the QEW was built there. And yes that paragraph was summarized from Mr. Cooper's books. There are still many rivers, creeks, inlets, land that is privately owned and other obstacles to contend with when building around the...

Globe and Mail Wednesday, Jul. 31 2013, ‘Get in the car, we’re going to Hamilton.” These were sweet words when I was young. Though it sometimes meant going on Highway 403 and up the mountain (itself a quaint idea: the Niagara Escarpment is more a bump than a mountain), it usually meant...

The Burlington bascule bridges were the Strauss bascule type, the owner of the present lift bridge (PWGSC) also operate a Strauss Bascule bridge in Kingston, Ont. Hamilton Public Library

Thanks Crawfish, but the credit goes to authors of the books of which I plagiarized their work, with permission of course. Thanks to Bill Manson, Gary Evans and once again to Charles Cooper. Too bad you didn't have a camera when you were a kid...

One minor correction on Mr. Henley's description; View from 1890′s or so showing the ferry - probably taken from the railway swing bridge. That photo was taken from the lighthouse, the railing at the bottom right of the picture is still there. Compare the railing construction in the...

Not an exact date at present, but according to the book "The Sand Strip"; A small swing bridge was installed, and was opened on October 2, 1830. The bridge was light and could be swung by one man. However, it had not been in operation long when one of the larger sailing vessels crashed into it...

From the Office of Chad Collins The City of Hamilton’s Public Works Department continues to respond to impacts from this weekend’s storm, which caused power outages and tree damage in a number of areas across the City. All clean-up efforts are prioritized to address life threatening...

JOSEPH BRANT DAY FESTIVAL 2013! Civic Holiday Monday, August 5th At Historic LaSalle Park! Burlington, ON - Monday August 5th—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...

I have been asked about the many bridges that have spanned the Burlington Canal since it was first cut through the Beach Strip back in 1826. Some early history from author Bill Manson ____________________________________ With the completion of the Burlington Canal in 1826, a wooden bridge was...