Main Street is a street in

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a 2021 Canadian census, population of 569,353 (2021), and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which encompasses ...

, 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

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'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

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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 McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood, Ontario, Ainslie Wood and Westdale, Ontario, Westd ...

arrived in Hamilton in 1930 from

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. The total student population at McMaster University is well over 27,000. Almost two-thirds of the students come from outside the immediate Hamilton region. Built in 1931,

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was immediately deemed the largest composite school in the

, having cost $1.3 million to build and consisting of 4.7 hectares of building, grounds and athletic fields.

Landmarks

*Crystal Palace Site *Wentworth County Court House Site ''Note: Listing of Landmarks from West to East.'' *White Chapel Cemetery *CNIB building *Canadian Martyrs Elementary School *

*Scottish Rite Castle/ Masonic Centre, Originally the home of George Elias Tuckett, (1835-1900), ''Tuckett Tobacco Company'' owner + Hamilton's 27th Mayor in 1896. (just South of ''Main Street'' on Queen Street South * Hess Village *Bay 200, residential apartment building (Hamilton's 10th-tallest building, just South of ''Main Street West'') *

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Building *New Hamilton City Hall *Irving Zucker Sculpture Court *MacNab Street Presbyterian Church *

Hamilton Street Railway The Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) is the public transport agency for Hamilton, Ontario. 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 us ...

*Hamilton Public Library *

Canadian Football Hall of Fame The Canadian Football Hall of Fame (CFHOF) is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates achievements in Canadian football. It is maintained by the Canadian Football League (CFL). It includes displays about the CFL, ...

Museum *Bank of Montreal Building (Hamilton) (converted to a National Law firm office) *Landed Banking and Loan Company building *Exchange Building (site of the first telephone exchange in the British Empire) *

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Courthouse *Hamilton Courthouse *

Landmark Place Landmark Place is the tallest building in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, at the corner of Main Street (Hamilton, Ontario), Main Street East and Catharine Street (Hamilton, Ontario), Catharine Street South in the Corktown neighbourhood. This ...

(Hamilton's tallest building) * First Place Hamilton *

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's Grapevine site *St. Patrick Church *St. Patrick Elementary School *Cathedral Secondary School *Columbia Elementary School *Gage Park *Hamilton Children's Museum (inside ''Gage Park'') *Gage Park Bandshell (concert stage) *Gage Park fountain *Memorial Elementary School * Ottawa Street Shopping District - "Textile District" * Delta Secondary School *Montgomery Park *Burlington Synchronized Swimming Club *Queenston Traffic Circle ( Queenston Road branches off from this point) *Sir Winston Churchill Park * Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School *Parkdale Park *Parkdale Arena *Roxborough Park

Communities

''Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from West to East.'' * Ainslie Wood * Westdale * Strathcona/ Kirkendall North *Central/ Durand * Beasley/ Corktown *Landsdale/ Stinson *Gibson/ St. Clair *Stipley/ Blakeley *Crown Point West/ Delta West *Crown Point East/ Delta East *Homeside/ Bartonville *Normanhurst *McQuesten West

Gallery

Image:MainAndOttawaHamilton.JPG, Corner of Main & Ottawa Streets Image:HamiltonPlace.JPG, Hamilton Place Image:HamiltonPlaceConventionCentre.JPG, Hamilton Place/ Convention Centre

References

*MapArt

Golden Horseshoe The Golden Horseshoe () is a secondary region of Southern Ontario, Canada, which lies at the western end of Lake Ontario, with outer boundaries stretching south to Lake Erie and north to Lake Scugog, Lake Simcoe and Georgian Bay of Lake Huron. T ...

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External links

Downtown HamiltonGoogle Maps: Main Street (Hybrid)
{{Hamilton Roads in Hamilton, Ontario Former segments of Ontario Highway 2