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From; Brant Inn Memories by Stewart Brown Brant's property remained in the family (he had nine children all told) until the death of grandchildren Simcoe Kerr in 1875 and Mary Osborne in 1876. Meantime much of Brant's Block had been sold to settlers, usually to pay off family debts. The Brant...

May 14, 2014 Beach Canal Lighthouse Group General Meeting Notice Good morning: The Beach Canal Lighthouse Group moves to our summer General Meeting schedule, Wednesday, May 14, 7:00 pm. The General Meeting will be held at the Fortinos (Plains Road), Community Room, QEW-403 Centre (where Ikea...

A Spec. Editorial from 1956 Beach Memories By Dorothy Depew In the second of two articles. Miss Depew continues her memories of fishing days at the Beach, off Station Four. She tells of an era that has become a part of the history of, the Hamilton district. Grandfather's fish shanty was quite a...

Dog Owners Get Police Summonses Hamilton Beach, July 19 - The Beach Police Department has issued 12 summonses to residents who have not purchased new dog license tags. The Burlington Beach Commission is again warning residents that tags must be purchased and dogs kept off the streets...

Chief Nickling Rides Again-- With Soapy Beard? To the Editor: It was back in 1936 when Chief Howard Nickling took up his duties as police chief of Hamilton Beach. A few days ago he left to become police chief of Caledonia. On his last night cruising-the Beach in the modern radio-equipped...

I am adding more articles, but it seems that I missed a few in between, hopefully the mix up in dates isn't too confusing. _______________________________________________________________________ Beach Troop Members Become Queen's Scouts Hamilton Beach, April 24 - A scrap metal and paper...

The annual Beach Clean-Up will take place this weekend; Date; Saturday May 3rd Time; 9:00 am to 12:00 noon Place; The Beach Rescue Unit Hall. Between 11am and 12noon there will be hotdogs and refreshments available. Garbage bags and gloves will be provided by the City of Hamilton.

The Brant Inn was east of the tracks, located on the shore of the lake. Collection's Canada (taken Oct. 24th 1927); Old Post Cards; Edit; I have added another picture of the Brant Inn from 1927; Courtesy Burlington Archives. Courtesy Burlington Archives.

There seems to be some confusion on my part about the different hotels that were in business near the canal, mostly the Lakeside Tavern. I had thought that the Perry Hotel and the Lakeside were different buildings, but looking at the attached pictures, the first shows the Perry Hotel with the...

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 Brown where the old place...

Date; Good Friday ( April 18th) Time; Pictures start at 10am, Easter Hunt starts at 11am. A donation of $2 is appreciated.

From Tourism Burlington http://www.tourismburlington.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Scenic-Beach-Drive-Burlington-to-Hamilton.pdf

I recently attended a presentation given at the Burlington Historical Society where the topic of concern was Canals of area. The Welland Canal, the Burlington Canal and the Desjardins Canal were discussed during a Power presentation. There was a speaker on hand who did a great explaining the...

Dear Beach Strip Resident, As it has for the past 119 years, The Around the Bay Road Race, will be taking place On Sunday March 30, 2014 This is the 120th Anniversary of the Around the Bay Road Race and will see over nine thousand participants running through Hamilton and Burlington. Money...

Hamilton Spectator Traffic on the Burlington Canal Lift Bridge will be restricted to the northbound lanes of the bridge from today until Friday. Public Works and Government Services Canada is advising motorists of traffic disruptions on the bridge from 7 a.m. today until 7 a.m. on Friday...

Sunday, March 9, 2:00 pm, Beach Canal Lighthouse Group's General Meeting will be held at the Fortinos (Plains Road), Community Room, QEW-403 Centre (where Ikea is), 1059 Plains Road East (at Francis Road), Burlington. Erno Rossi will be giving an illustrated presentation about the 1903 and...

Some of these have already been posted in the Beach Trail thread where there was some talk about how cold it is this year and doesn't seem to ending anytime soon.

Nancy SMITH SMITH, Nancy Peacefully in the arms of her loving husband and life partner Bob, of 37 years, at St. Peter's Hospital on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at the age of 53. Predeceased by her parents Don and Muriel Dusenbury (nee Little), brother Michael and father-in-law Robert Smith...

Burlington lift bridge is ‘money pit’ Bridge an unfair burden on local taxpayers (Editorial, Feb. 21) The Hamilton Spectator Here we go again! The federal government has been attempting to divest itself of the lift bridge for probably 20 years. It has been on its "divestiture list" for as long...

Thanks Sue, I liked how someone wrapped a scarf around the carving to save it from the winter. More on the carvings here; http://hamiltonbeachcommunity.com/forum/threads/bills-chips-off-the-old-blocks.2170/#post-14140 Ribfest 2014