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    The Burlington Canal Bridges

    Scott, "With the completion of the Burlington Canal in 1826, a wooden bridge was constructed to allow the passage of land traffic across the new waterway. However, this bridge sustained heavy storm-damage and was torn down. It was replaced by a swing bridge in 1830. Unfortunately this bridge too...
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    Tracks and Powerline

    In follow up to one of my earlier posts regarding the Hamilton and North Western Railroad, here is a picture of the swing bridge. "The rail line across the Beach Strip opened in 1877, however the trains did not have the right-of-way when crossing the shipping canal. This meant that the railway...
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    Van Wagner's Beach history

    Drogo, I've found some history for the period that you are interested in. 1867 - In December, the schooner ALBERT of Detroit, was driven ashore at Van Wagner's Beach. At daybreak the following morning, a local farmer sighted the ice-covered wreck with seas crashing over her. Mounting his horse...
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    Hotels on the Beach

    Scott, ". The best known, and still the oldest operating tavern in Ontario is Dynes, established in 1846. City folks gladly braved the deplorable dirt road or the choppy ride across the Bay in order to enjoy one of John Dynes' famous fish or duck dinners. Dynes Hotel was destroyed by fire in...
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    Hotels on the Beach

    Scott, "On one occasion, the steamer Ontario had trouble docking at Martin's in rough weather. Some of the passengers were impatient and began to jump from the ship onto the wharf. Rotten planks on the dock gave away, plunging some of the people into the bay. children were drowned. At the...
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    Hotels on the Beach

    Scott, "Other hotels along the Beach were Wells' Tavern, the Lakeside, the Sportsman's Arms, Corey House owned by Jake and Lou Corey, Perry's Hotel and Martin's Pleasure Gardens. The best of these hotels had wharfs on the bayside of the beach strip. Steamers from Hamilton brought boatloads of...
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    Hotels on the Beach

    Scott, "The Ocean House was a popular resort until Wednesday, July 17th, 1895. On that day, the hotel was unusually busy as the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club and the Victoria Yacht Club were having" a joint regatta. According to the Hamilton Herald report, when one of the Ocean House bartenders...
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    The Railroad’s and Radial’s Beach Stops

    Fred, radial station 8 was at Holiday House. And this thread indicates where Holiday House was. http://hamiltonbeachcommunity.com/forum/threads/609-beach-blvd-holiday-house-then.591/
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    The Railroad’s and Radial’s Beach Stops

    Fred, "The radial made several stops along the Beach, all of which were called Stations. When the Radial Line http://www.trainweb.org/hamtransithist/HRER.html withdrew from the Beach and buses replaced their cars, the buses stopped at the same spots, and the Station numbers were kept." Did...
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    hello!

    this is my first time on the forum. does anyone know if the Grant Trunk Railroad had two separate lines on the beach? one from Burlington to Stoney Creek, and the other, the former Hamilton and Northwestern Railroad, and the North and Northwestern Railroad? David
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