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Lakes Erie and Ontario start year with high water levels News January 26th, 2020 The Welland Tribune Winter storms could bring more shoreline erosion and flooding as water levels on the...

Attached are the minutes from our January 14th Beach Council meeting. Our nest meeting is scheduled for March 10th, 2020, if you have an agenda item to be brought forward, please email them to hbcf@coegeco.ca

Attached is the January 2020 Beach Banner, many thanks to Lisa Witherington.

More info from a past Beach Commissionaire, the building (#41) was used for storage in the winter, but it was the Beach Pavilion. From Gary Evan's book; "During the early days of the 1900s, many visitors were attracted to the area around the canal and as a result, Pavilion Park was developed...

As of yesterday the one large was covered, I asked the MOE to have another look at the smaller pile which I am sure they did, as it looks like the one small pile got covered today. From yesterday (Jan7th) The piles finally have been covered, but today (Jan 10th) my vehicle is covered with...

The weekend is here and still two uncovered piles. From January 3rd.

Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator ____________________________________________________________________ Shots fired on Hamilton’s Beach Strip? It’s duck-hunting season Police confirm there’s no foul fowl play; hunters have permits News January 5th, 2020 by...

This photo was sent in today some duck hunters transiting the canal, not the best picture and maybe we can get a better one.

Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator _________________________________________________________________________________ It’s time to consider a toll tunnel as a Skyway alternative Considering Niagara’s continuing growth, we need a new option to reduce commuter gridlock, writes Jason...

The CEO of the Port knows very well the issues we have with the salt piles, but they make good money from the storage and we come second to that. We had a meeting a couple years ago at the Eastport salt office and I clearly voiced the concerns of the community but the piles are still there. I...

Attached is the Lake Ontario daily water levels, once again no real change for the whole month of January and if you check past data listed in this thread, this is the time of year when the levels start to inch back up. We will be watching the levels closely to see if this is the case, hopefully...

Many days with salt covering our vehicles and properties, checking the piles back on December 22, two piles were open. Move ahead to today (December 30th) and the same piles are open, added today there were severe wind warnings on the Skyway. Very little respect for our community from the Port...

Attached is a cropped photo from the Hamilton Public Library clearly showing the outdoor bowling alleys.

An update with a couple additions. From Gary Evan's 2009 Beach Calendar Starting with a landmark from past pictures in this thread, #7 is the Angus Inn and beside the restaurant (#40) is the Beach Commission Office which was moved in 1957 to the present day Beach Rescue Unit and used as the...

Attached is the meeting summary for November 12th, 2019, many thanks to Joel Hughes. Also attached is the plans for the condo/townhouse project located north end of the Beach at and near the canoe shop.

Pick up this postcard showing the bay shore taken in 1911. On the right is 1117 Beach Blvd which is named Heart House. In the distance the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club can be seen. From 1980, courtesy M. Neil. A recent photo taken from the same angle J. Lomax Park.

If we check last year, that is the direction, we started to travel back up again. So not a good sign of things to come.

The Lift Bridge has in past years closed to shipping on December 31st, not this year. Expect delays until January 8th, 2020.

Another newspaper advertisement;

An update, the Spec historian Brian Henley writes that the Ocean House was built in 1875, attached is a newspaper advertisement stating that one year later the Ocean has been renovated and ready for guest in 1876, Courtesy, Hamilton Public Library. A slightly less dated picture, courtesy HPL...