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Here's a bit more history on the Brant Inn. http://www.insidehalton.com/opinion-story/2894681-city-s-historic-brant-inn-commemorated/ http://bayobserver.ca/dancing-stars-brant-inn-fans/

Well for some reason, the URL that I provided in my last post doesn't work. So I did a Google surch to try and find the page again. And I found it. The problem is, it's only part of what I had originally read. So somewhere on the site is a link to open the intire article. But I don't know...

I've found a page on the stone that was used to construct the beach lighthouse in 1856. Interestingly, the stone didn't come from the escarpment in Hamilton, but rather from Queenston. "Queenston stone is a strongly crinoidal dolomitic limestone, until recently quarried at Queenston from...

I've found what I think is a good reference site on canals in Upper and Lower Canada. It has a little bit on the Burlington Canal. '66 Upper Canada, Statutes, 1823. "An Act to provide for constructing a navigable canal between Burlington Bay and Lake Ontario" (4 Geo. IV, C. 8); also "An Act to...

This page indicates that the P.E. Young crashed into the Grand Trunk Railroad bridge in 1891. "The little scow-schooner P. E. YOUNG arrived on the 4 December to load stone from Hancock'sQuarry for Toronto. She had been built in 1864 at Normandale by Wilcox. The following day there was a heavy...

scotto 04-15-2014, 03:59 PM Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator _________________________________________________ Feb 15, 2012 Brant Inn By Jeff Mahoney Walking out onto the sloping grounds of Spencer Smith Park in Burlington, at its far western reaches, I ask Stewart...

Scott, the thread 'the History of Bell Cairn School' states, "SCHOOL HISTORY The children of the earliest Beach families attended school at Van Wagner's Beach. After the coming of the radial car in 1896, some families chose to send their children to city schools. However, the area was still...

When did Van Wagner's School open?

Drogo 05-15-2014, 01:09 PM "Here is a good candidate 1891 Census Beach William H Depew 47 fisherman Margaret 48 Robert 17 fisherman Wm. Frederick 16 fisherman (married Annie Hall dau. of George Hall of the Beach) William H 15 Thomas 13 Mary H 10 Charles 6 I then went to the 1881 to see if there...

Thanks Scott. So 'bathing machines' must be similar to 'bath-houses' which were also on the beach. 1875 - H. L. Bastien announced his intention of erecting a new boathouse, complete with the latest conveniences for the season of 1876. He had also built bath-houses on the Beach for the use of...

scotto 05-14-2014, 12:36 PM From; Brant Inn Memories by Stewart Brown (Joseph) Brant's home and lifestyle reflected both his native upbringing and his admiration for things English. He maintained liveried black servants and fine appointments, yet continued to dress in a mixture of native garb...

Drogo 05-11-2014, 05:21 PM "Fantastic piece. Got the first one??? Do you know who this lady is? Sounds like a later comer to the Beach. Any informtaion. ________________________________________ scotto 05-11-2014, 06:26 PM Fantastic piece. Got the first one??? Do you know who this lady is? Sounds...

Here is a picture of the Brant Inn's Lido Deck. http://vitacollections.ca/burlingtonhistoricalsociety/2299818/data

scotto 11-15-2010, 09:45 PM The Brant Hotel was located to the east of where lakeshore blvd intersects lakeshore road..in other words on your right as you approached lakeshore rd coming from hamilton..the hospital was not built on the same piece of land.. Collings; Wouldn't that be the Brant...

Fred Briggs 10-02-2005, 01:34 AM "The errors in this thread have been piling up and compounding to the point where I feel I have to set the record straight. It's difficult to know where to start, so in the interest of clarity, I have decided to begin with the first posting in the thread and take...

Drogo "I'm sure Scott will chime in on this because I don't have dates. I remember they filled in to provide enough land to hold the Skyway (which is pretty well on reclaimed land) and to put the service road on the west side going to the Canal. If I guess how old I was when they built 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 "I am not an expert on the piers were built, but by judging from old photos and post cards I would say that there were many different methods of construction. Some were built very well with some pride and craftsmanship and others looked like that they just did the best they could. Also I...

Scott, the 1915 news paper article(Development on Hamilton Beach has been Rapid) "HOTELS FLOURISHED Thirty years ago there were no less than nine hotels in operation along the Beach strip, although the population was considerably less than 200. ... this then would have been in 1885... About 100...

Scott, "The Beach Road of today use to be part of Beach Blvd that we have today, Beach Blvd at that time was named Beach Road." Scott, does Beach BLVD run north and south along the length of the beach. The 1915 news paper article seems to imply it ran east and west.