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Main Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
Main Street is a street in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. History ''Main Street'' was originally called ''Court Street'', after the first courthouse that stood on it. It is now called ''Main Street'' because it formed the "main" concession line of ''Barton Township''. On June 20, 1877, the first commercial telephone service in Canada began in Hamilton, Ontario. Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr. learned of Alexander Graham Bell's invention in 1877 at the ''Philadelphia International Exposition'' and from there decided to test the communication tool in Hamilton. Hugh Cossart Baker Jr. is credited with making the first telephone exchange in the British Empire from an office building (Exchange Building) at the corner of ''James'' and ''Main Street East'' which still stands there today (March 2007). In 1925, The first traffic lights in Canada went into operation at ''the Delta.'' (11 June 1925). McMaster University arrived in Hamilton in 1930 from Bloor Street in Toronto. The total student popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton Street Railway
The Hamilton Street Railway commonly known as the HSR is a public transport agency in Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name is a legacy of the company's early period, when public transit in Hamilton was primarily served by streetcars. Although streetcars are no longer used in the city today, the HSR operates transit bus, bus and paratransit services, with a ridership of 21 million passengers a year. The HSR uses the Presto card as its method of fare payment, allowing for connections with GO Transit and other transit systems in the Greater Toronto Area, Greater Toronto area. History From 1873 to 1889, the HSR was owned by Lyman Moore and operated as a private business. In 1889 HSR was sold to Hamilton Cataract Interests, later known as Dominion Power and Transmission Company. The HSR was later acquired by Ontario Hydro. Provincial ownership ended in 1946 when HSR was bought by Canada Coach Lines. CCL was purchased by the city of Hamilton in 1960. Hamilton-Wentwor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (Hamilton, Ontario)
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School is a Canadian secondary school located in Hamilton, Ontario. It is a member of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. The school's mission statement is "Educating students to become lifelong learners and contributing citizens in a challenging, changing, multi-cultural world." Apart from the standard course offerings, the school provides special education classes and an ESL program. History Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School was founded in 1967 as part of a plan by the Board of Education for the City of Hamilton to have enough schools available to meet the demand of the baby boomers. In 1972, the school became Hamilton's pilot school in the semester system style of schedule that had been showing positive increases in student achievement amongst schools in Alberta and British Columbia. The school was named after Sir Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. The school gained notoriety in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queenston Road (Hamilton, Ontario)
King's Highway 8, commonly referred to as Highway 8, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The route travels from Highway 21 in Goderich, on the shores of Lake Huron, to Highway 5 in the outskirts of Hamilton near Lake Ontario. Before the 1970s, it continued east through Hamilton and along the edge of the Niagara Escarpment to the American border at the Whirlpool Bridge in Niagara Falls. However, the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) replaced the role of Highway8 between those two cities, and the highway was subsequently transferred from the province to the newly formed Regional Municipality of Niagara in 1970. In 1998, the remaining portion east of Peters Corners was transferred to the city of Hamilton. Between Stratford and Kitchener, Highway8 is concurrent with Highway 7. The two highways widen into a four-lane freeway east of New Hamburg, eventually becoming the Conestoga Parkway within Kitchener, where it splits with High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delta Secondary School (Hamilton)
Delta Secondary School was a Canadian high school in Hamilton, Ontario. Built in 1925, it was one of the oldest high schools in the city. It was located on 1284 Main Street East, and is connected to the Delta Honeybears Daycare. The school had an estimated enrollment of 841 students and is part of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. The school was permanently closed in 2019.{{Cite news, date=2019-05-26, title=A last walk through the halls of Delta Secondary School, language=en, work=The Hamilton Spectator, url=https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2019/05/26/a-last-walk-through-the-halls-of-delta-secondary-school.html, access-date=2021-08-06, issn=1189-9417 History The Greek aphorism "GNOTHI SE", meaning "know thyself", is Delta's motto and was chosen by Mr. Walter Clarke, the school's first Latin teacher. In 1919, projected enrollment predicted overcrowding at Central Collegiate; hence, on July 13, 1922, the debate concerning the second location of the second coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
Ottawa Street is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Lawrence Road at the base of the Niagara Escarpment (mountain) and is a two-way street throughout, cutting through the Delta and Crown Point neighbourhoods and the City's North End industrial neighbourhood. It ends at Industrial Drive, the site of the Dofasco steel company. This used to be one of the east ends' mountain access roads - it continued south over the train tracks at Lawrence Road and quickly turned right towards the brick manufacturing plant once known as Hamilton Brick. It took several turns before joining what is now the Kenilworth Access near the old water reservoir entrance. Its routing up the mountain is fairly consistent with the current Kenilworth Access with one exception - another hair-pin turn at the top; not the traffic circle that is present now. It was because of these hair-pin turns that the Hamilton Street Railway discontinued bus service on this road in 1944, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Cherry (ice Hockey)
Donald Stewart Cherry (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and television commentator. Cherry played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, and later coached the team for five seasons after concluding a successful playing career in the American Hockey League, leading the team to four division titles and two appearances in the Stanley Cup Finals. From 1986 to 2019, Cherry co-hosted '' Coach's Corner''—a segment aired during CBC's Saturday-night NHL broadcast ''Hockey Night in Canada'', with Ron MacLean. Nicknamed Grapes, he is known for his outspoken manner and opinions, and his flamboyant dress. By the 2018–19 NHL season, Cherry and MacLean had hosted ''Coach's Corner'' for 33 seasons. From 1984 to 2019, Cherry hosted ''Grapevine'', a short-form radio segment with fellow sportscaster Brian Williams. He created and starred in the direct-to-video series '' Don Cherry's Rock'Em Sock'em Hockey'' from 1989 to 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Place Hamilton (building)
First Place Hamilton, is a 25-storey, (78.0 m), seniors retirement apartment building in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, which was built in 1976. It is the 15th-tallest building in Hamilton. This high rise is situated at the corner of King and Wellington Street South which was the original site of the ''First United Church'', which burned down in 1969. Described as an active living community that's provided comfortable home and services for seniors in Hamilton for over 3-decades. The property also includes a variety store, post office, pharmacy, restaurants, garden, and faith-based and recreation programs. Images Image:FirstPlaceHamilton.JPG, First Place Hamilton See also *List of tallest buildings in Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is the fifth-largest city in Ontario, Canada. In Hamilton, there are 21 buildings that stand taller than 75 metres (230 ft). The tallest building in the city is the 43-storey, Landmark Place. The second-tallest building ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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