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scotto 03-13-2007, 07:02 PM From the 1962-63 school year book, many thanks to Bruce Schneider :tbu: for sending this one in. A second room was added to the school in 1918 and a third in 1922. TO accommodate the increase in enrolment a fourth classroom was opened in 1927, in the Masonic Hall...

scotto 11-28-2013, 05:20 PM "Talking with Peggy many years ago, she brought up the topic of the New Pier Dance Hall, from what I have gathered, the hall was located near the canal at what most people remember as the bowling alley. Attached is a brochure from the hall, showing prices but no...

Here is some more on the Burlington Freeman station, and a lot of Burlington History. https://www.tourismburlington.com/freeman-station/

________________________________________ scotto 04-07-2015, 04:45 AM This comes from an information pamphlet that was sent out to residents by realtor Mary Helen Wood. The editor was beach resident Don Stewart from 368 Beach Blvd. I don't see a year for publishing...

Here is a 1830 Kingston News Paper article on the Burlington Canal. "Burlington Canal - A Gentleman who has lately passed through the Burlington Canal, in one of the Steam Boats, assures us that the passage was without interruption or any difficulty whatever. The sand has been cleared out with...

scotto 02-14-2015, 06:12 PM "The sewers didn't even make it all the way to the canal, the bridge area doesn't have a connection to the sewers, it finishes about quarter mile south of the canal." Scott, Why didn't the sewer main go all the way to the canal? Were there houses and businesses...

scotto 02-15-2015, 02:42 PM Scott, When were water mains installed on the beach? "The water mains were replaced when the sewer lines were installed, if you are digging up the streets, you might as well do both. According to Gary Evan's latest book , the Beach had it's own water works at one...

"The sewers didn't even make it all the way to the canal, the bridge area doesn't have a connection to the sewers, it finishes about quarter mile south of the canal." Scott, Why didn't the sewer main go all the way to the canal? Were there houses and businesses there that didn't get the...

Scott, I think Fred told me that Hamilton's annexation of the beach from Saltfleet Township, included a very small section north of the canal. And when Hamilton provided the sewer service to the beach, it was obviously impossible to extend it underneath the canal. So the Hamiltonians on...

Drogo 02-13-2015, 11:43 PM Good catch David. Thanks! ________________________________________ The information for the 'Hamilton Harbour 1826 1901' site, is from a manuscript held in the Hamilton Public Library. So maybe it would have more information on this smuggling situation. And given...

Drogo 02-03-2015, 03:24 PM "Last night I watched a documentary regarding Cornwall smugglers up to about 1835. Not what I expected at all. I have family from Cornwall and one was called Penrose. There is the story of the "Smugglers of Penrose". They put lights on the beach and lured ships in...

Crawfish 12-16-2004, 08:11 PM "The interior of the Knowles store and one of the two sisters who owned it are shown on page 79 of Gary Evan's "Prints along the Beach". Also in that picture is Miriam Piesanen, the sister of my very good friend Ron who happened to stop in at the time the picture...

Drogo 02-03-2015, 03:24 PM "Last night I watched a documentary regarding Cornwall smugglers up to about 1835. Not what I expected at all. I have family from Cornwall and one was called Penrose. There is the story of the "Smugglers of Penrose". They put lights on the beach and lured ships in...

scotto 02-03-2015, 04:31 PM I think we have talked about this before but it might have been in the Mod section. In a couple of Beach history books there was some speculation that before the lighthouse was built there were some people who would shine strong lights out into the lake during storms...

scotto 04-05-2004, 03:24 PM "This old family photo shows the Young & Christian delivery truck for ice and coal, dated around the late 1920's. Thanks to S. Young for sending in this Picture.:D" ________________________________________ Scott, This thread refers to a 'Hann and Christian' ice and...

Drogo 02-02-2015, 11:54 AM Scott and David I seem to remember a gas station the next property south of Dynes. Wasn't that a Texaco? There was also a gas station beside the old Green Gables Antiques. I can see the ground being a problem for the condo building at either site...

scotto 02-01-2015, 07:42 PM scotto 02-01-2015, 04:12 PM Scott, Do you know exactly when the Texaco station was built there? ________________________________________ I don't have the exact year, but Peggy's maps dated 1936 show the property at 440 Beach Blvd as a service station, doesn't say if...

Fred Briggs 10-31-2010, 11:33 AM The Federal Govenment took it over for a Military Hospital in WWI. The new Joseph Brant Hospital occupies the site now. You can read a lot more of the history in "From Pathway to Skyway Revisited" by Claire Emery Machan. There's also about a page on it in "The...

scotto 10-04-2007, 02:55 AM Attached are a few pictures (one is a painting) of Brant's Pond or Inlet which was located south of Joseph Brant Hospital on the harbour side. Thanks to member Drogo :hail:for the pictures and a little insight into that era (1902) When these oldies were sent in I...

Scott, were there previous editions to this Spectator article pertaining to the 'Sandbar'?