Gage Avenue is a Lower City arterial road in

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, Canada. It starts off at Lawrence Road at the base of the

Niagara Escarpment The Niagara Escarpment is a long escarpment, or cuesta, in Canada and the United States that runs predominantly east–west from New York through Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin, and into Illinois. The escarpment is most famous as the cliff over ...

(mountain) at the south end of Gage Park. It is a two-way arterial road that extends north through the city's North End industrial neighbourhood and ends at Industrial Drive.

History

Gage Avenue and Upper Gage Avenue are named after the park of the same name whose western border is bounded by Gage Avenue. The park was on lands sold by Robert Russel Gage, a descendant of William Gage and named in honour of the Gage families that descended from

James Gage ] ] James Gage (25 June 1774 – 15 February 1854) was born in North Greenbush, New York, Greenbush, New York. His father, also James Gage, served as a private in the New York militia during the Revolutionary War, and was killed fighting the Brit ...

, a lumber merchant and his uncle William Gage, a farmer. Together James and William had farms that were the site of the

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during the

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. The wounded were treated inside their homes and they were both awarded compensation for it by the government. Originally Gage Avenue was called Trolley Street. Tim Horton's Field (2 blocks West of Gage Avenue) is the home of the

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of the

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. The stadium was originally known as Civic Stadium and was constructed in 1930 to host the 1930

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; Canada's first major international athletic event, held in Hamilton from August 16 to 23, 1930. The stadium is now surrounded by residential housing in Hamilton's east side. The CFL's annual Eastern Division Labour Day Classic pits the Hamilton Tiger-Cats against perennial rivals the

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. This particular weekend, typically the tenth or eleventh week in the season, is known for its fixtures that do not change from year to year. Oddly, for many years before his death, Harold Ballard owned both the

and the

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, the

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(NHL) franchise in rival city Toronto. The Hamilton A.A.A. Grounds, (Hamilton Amateur Athletic Association Grounds), is a park that was home to the

from 1872 to 1949. That Park is still there today and can be found at Queen Street South, right before Charlton Avenue West.

Festivals

Hamilton, Ontario has hosted several cultural and craft fairs since the 1960s, notabl
Festival of Friends
which made it a major tourist destination. The Festival of Friends, founded in 1975, is the largest annual free music event in

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, Lighthouse,

Finger Eleven Finger Eleven is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 1990. They have released seven studio albums (six as Finger Eleven and one as Rainbow Butt Monkeys), with their album '' The Greyest of Blue Skies'' bringing them into th ...

, and Bruce Cockburn have been among the main stage headliners at the George R. Robinson Bandshell at Gage Park.

Landmarks

''Note: Listing of Landmarks from North to South.'' *Pier 17 *Steel Company of Canada (

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), Piers 16, 17, 18 Sherman Avenue North to Ottawa Street North * Canadian National railway tracks * Tim Hortons Field, home of the CFL

, (2 blocks West of Gage Avenue on Cannon) * Gage Park *Hamilton Children's Museum (inside Gage Park) *Gage Park Bandshell (concert stage) *Gage Park fountain *Escarpment Rail Trail (abandoned railway path) *

Bruce Trail The Bruce Trail is a hiking trail in southern Ontario, Canada, from the Niagara River to the tip of Tobermory, Ontario. The main trail is more than long and there are over of associated side trails. The trail mostly follows the edge of the Nia ...

* Mountain Face Park *

(mountain)

Communities

''Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from North to South'' *

Northend North End or Northend may refer to: Places Canada * North End, Hamilton, Ontario * North End, Halifax, Nova Scotia * North End St. Catharines, Ontario * North End, Winnipeg, Manitoba * North End, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia South Africa * North End ...

- Everything north of the Canadian National Railway tracks * Stipeley/ Crown Point, Gage Avenue is the division between these two neighbourhoods. * Blakeley/ The Delta, Gage Avenue is the division between these two neighbourhoods.

Images

Image:GageParkWaterfountainHamilton.JPG, Gage Park Fountain prior to restoration Image:GageParkHamiltonA.JPG, Gage Park Fountain and watercourse prior to restoration Image:GageParkHamiltonD.JPG, Gage Park Waterfountain, turtle statuette Image:GageNorthTracksHamilton.JPG, Railway Tracks, Gage Avenue North Image:GageNorthTruckLot.JPG, Truck Lot, Gage Avenue North Image:HamiltonNorthEndIndustrial.JPG, Dofasco & North End industrial buildings

References

*MapArt Golden Horseshoe Atlas - Page 647 - Grids E15, F15, G15, H15

External links

North End NeighboursBruce Trail AssociationHikes on the Bruce TrailGoogle Maps: Gage Avenue (Hybrid)

{{Hamilton Roads in Hamilton, Ontario