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Freelton, Ontario
Freelton is a rural community in the district of Flamborough, Ontario, Flamborough, within the Hamilton, Ontario, City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, formerly a village in the Township of West Flamborough. Its name is derived from Patrick Freel, an Irish immigrant who ran a tavern and hotel at the intersection of Ontario Highway 6, King's Highway 6 (now Freelton Road) and Brock Road (then a toll route to the Dundas, Ontario, Town of Dundas). The Freel family grave can be viewed at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church (1877). In recent years, it has become a popular residential community for commuters to nearby Cambridge, Ontario, Cambridge, Guelph, Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton and Greater Toronto Area, the GTA due to its intersection of Highway 6 (which now bypasses the town along its eastern side) with Regional Road 97, and its proximity to Ontario Highway 401, Highway 401 to the north. This equidistant centrality was the catalyst for the community’s inception and grow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Horwath
Andrea Lynn Horwath (; born October 24, 1962) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 58th List of mayors of Hamilton, Ontario, mayor of Hamilton since 2022. Horwath served as the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2009 to 2022 and as the Leader of the Official Opposition (Ontario), leader of the Official Opposition from 2018 to 2022. Horwath was first elected in 1997, when she won a seat on Hamilton City Council (Ontario), Hamilton City Council. In 2004, she was elected as the Member of Provincial Parliament (Canada), member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Hamilton Centre (provincial electoral district), Hamilton Centre, a seat she would hold until 2022. Horwath was elected as the leader Ontario NDP at the party's 2009 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election, 2009 leadership convention, and led the party through four provincial elections, before resigning in 2022. She was the first woman to lead the NDP, and the third woman (after Lyn McLeo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architecture Of Canada
The architecture of Canada is, with the exception of that of Canadian First Nations, closely linked to the techniques and styles developed in Canada, Europe and the United States. However, design has long needed to be adapted to Canada's climate and geography, and at times has also reflected the uniqueness of Canadian culture. History First Nations Prior to the arrival of Europeans the First Nations lived in a wide array of structures. The semi-nomadic peoples of the Maritimes, Quebec, and Northern Ontario, such as the Mi'kmaq, Cree, and Algonquin generally lived in wigwams. These were wood-framed structures, covered with an outer layer of bark, reeds, or woven mats; usually in a cone shape although sometimes a dome. These groups changed locations every few weeks or months. They would take the outer layer of the wigwam with them, and leave the heavy wood frame in place. The frame could be reused if the tribe returned to the location at a later date. Further south, in what is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenbelt (Golden Horseshoe)
The Greenbelt is a protected area of green space, farmland, forests, wetlands, and watersheds, located in Southern Ontario, Canada. It surrounds a significant portion of the Golden Horseshoe. Created by legislation passed by the Government of Ontario in 2005, the Greenbelt is considered a prevention of urban development and sprawl on environmentally sensitive land in the province. According to the Greenbelt Foundation, the Greenbelt includes of land. That includes of protected wetlands, grasslands, and forests. History The Greenbelt was established around the Golden Horseshoe, one of the fastest growing urban areas in North America. The population in the region increased from 6.5 to 7.7 million between 1991 and 2001. The population increase put urban development pressure on areas surrounding Greater Toronto and Hamilton. Between 1996 and 2001, the amount of farmland decreased by 7% in the GTA, and by 6% in Hamilton. The Golden Horseshoe's population is projected to increase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drumlin
A drumlin, from the Irish word ("little ridge"), first recorded in 1833, in the classical sense is an elongated hill in the shape of an inverted spoon or half-buried egg formed by glacial ice acting on underlying unconsolidated till or ground moraine. Assemblages of drumlins are referred to as fields or swarms; they can create a landscape which is often described as having a 'basket of eggs topography'. Morphology Drumlins occur in various shapes and sizes, including symmetrical (about the long axis), spindle, parabolic forms, and transverse asymmetrical forms. Generally, they are elongated, oval-shaped hills, with a long axis parallel to the orientation of ice flow and with an up-ice (stoss) face that is generally steeper than the down-ice (lee) face. Drumlins are typically between long and between wide. Drumlins generally have a length to width ratio of between 1.7 and 4.1 and it has been suggested that this ratio can indicate the velocity of the glacier. That is, since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlisle, Hamilton, Ontario
Carlisle is a community in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The town lies about north of Waterdown. Notable attractions The downtown of Carlisle is located at the crossroads of Carlisle and Centre Roads. The Community Centre includes an ice rink, where many events and fundraisers are held by both local churches and the Optimist Club. The surrounding grounds include a baseball diamond, tennis court, swings and a play structure. Funds for the play structure were raised by Norah Kraft and Jeff Doyle, with their children and friends from Balaclava Public School deciding on the layout of the structure. The Hamilton Public Library, was once a TD bank until late august 2022. Carlisle was once host to Bluegrass Canada, a Folk Festival which kicked off the beginning of every summer. Progreston Falls is a curtain waterfall on private property in the area. Mulch Park (beside doctors office) is home to a Hamilton building that is a popular graffiti/ hang out spot for local tee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquifer
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing material, consisting of permeability (Earth sciences), permeable or fractured rock, or of unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt). Aquifers vary greatly in their characteristics. The study of water flow in aquifers and the characterization of aquifers is called ''hydrogeology''. Related concepts include aquitard, a bed (geology), bed of low permeability along an aquifer, and aquiclude (or ''aquifuge''), a solid and impermeable region underlying or overlying an aquifer, the pressure of which could lead to the formation of a confined aquifer. Aquifers can be classified as saturated versus unsaturated; aquifers versus aquitards; confined versus unconfined; isotropic versus anisotropic; porous, karst, or fractured; and transboundary aquifer. Groundwater from aquifers can be sustainably harvested by humans through the use of qanats leading to a well. This groundwater is a major source of fresh water for many regions, althoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puslinch, Ontario
Puslinch () is a Township (Canada), township in south-central Ontario, Canada, in Wellington County, Ontario, Wellington County, surrounding the south end of Guelph. The main source of production is agricultural, spring water bottling and mining. Aggregate mining has been dominant throughout the county. About half of the township is forested, and a conservation area lies to the southwest. Near the western edge of the township, just outside Cambridge, Ontario, is Puslinch Lake, the largest kettle lake in North America. It is part of the Guelph census metropolitan area. The township has its own strategic plan, with the current version dated 2015 to 2020. Its mission statement is "Progressing together to provide reliable and sustainable services to our residents, businesses and visitors. We will protect our resources while respectfully building upon our heritage as a safe, fun and prosperous rural community." Communities Puslinch township includes the communities of Aberfoyle, Aik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronte Creek
Bronte Creek is a waterway in the Lake Ontario watershed of Ontario Canada. It runs through Hamilton and Halton Region, with its source near Morriston (south of the intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 401), passing Bronte Creek Provincial Park, on its way to Lake Ontario at Bronte Harbour in Oakville, where the creek is also known as Twelve Mile Creek. Bronte takes its name from the title of the Duke of Bronté held by Horatio Nelson. Bronte Creek in Ojibwe is "Eshkwesing-ziibi", "Esqui-sink", "Eshkwessing", "ishkwessin", and "Asquasing" ("that which lies at the end"). History A village site associated with the Neutral people and located on the east bank of the creek, the Hood site, was excavated in 1977. Geology Just south of the Queen Elizabeth Way at the Bronte Road exit, the creek has exposed an outcrop of Queenston Formation red shale with narrow, greenish layers of calcareous sandstone and silty bioclastic carbonate. See also *List of rivers of Ontario This is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronte Creek Freelton
Bronte may refer to: People ;Surname * Brontë family, an English literary family that included: ** Anne Brontë (1820–1849), novelist and poet ** Branwell Brontë (1817–1848), painter and poet ** Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855), novelist and poet ** Elizabeth Brontë (1815–1825) ** Emily Brontë (1818–1848), novelist and poet ** Maria Brontë (1814–1825) ** Patrick Brontë (1777–1861), curate and writer ;First name * Bronte Barratt (b. 1989), Australian swimmer * Bronte Campbell (b. 1994), Australian swimmer * Bronte Dooley (1867–1913), Australian politician * Bronte Law (b. 1995), English golfer * Bronte Clucas Quayle (1919–1986), Australian barrister ;Title * The Dukes of Bronte: ** ''1st Duke of Bronte'', naval commander, better known as Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson ** ''2nd Duke of Bronte'', clergyman, better known as William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson ** ''3rd Duchess of Bronte'', better known as Charlotte Hood, Baroness Bridport ** ''4th Duke of Bront ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Brant
Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (March 1743 – November 24, 1807) was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York and, later, Brantford, in what is today Ontario, who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution. Perhaps the best known North American Indigenous person of his generation, he met many of the most significant American and British people of the age, including both United States President George Washington and King George III of Great Britain. While not born into a hereditary leadership role within the Iroquois Confederacy, Brant rose to prominence due to his education, abilities, and connections to British officials. His sister, Molly Brant, was the wife of Sir William Johnson, the influential British Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Province of New York. During the American Revolutionary War, Brant led Mohawk and colonial Loyalists known as Brant's Volunteers against the rebels in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Effigy Of Joseph Brant
An effigy is a sculptural representation, often life-size, of a specific person or a prototypical figure. The term is mostly used for the makeshift dummies used for symbolic punishment in political protests and for the figures burned in certain traditions around New Year, Carnival and Easter. In European cultures, effigies were used in the past for punishment in formal justice when the perpetrator could not be apprehended, and in popular justice practices of social shaming and exclusion. Additionally, "effigy" is used for certain traditional forms of sculpture, namely tomb effigies, funeral effigies and coin effigies. There is a large overlap and exchange between the ephemeral forms of effigies. Traditional holiday effigies are often politically charged, for instance, when the generalised figures Año Viejo (the Old Year) or Judas in Latin America are substituted by the effigy of a despised politician. Traditional forms are also borrowed for political protests. In India, for in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flamborough, Ontario
Flamborough is a community in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton in the Canadian province of Ontario. Prior to its Merger (politics), amalgamation in 2001, Flamborough comprised the former townships of East Flamborough, West Flamborough, and Beverly, as well as the village of Waterdown, Ontario, Waterdown. The largest suburban community is the former village of Waterdown, Ontario, Waterdown, containing one third of the population. Other Flamborough communities include Carlisle, Hamilton, Ontario, Carlisle, Christie's Corners, Clappison's Corners, Copetown, Freelton, Ontario, Freelton, Greensville, Ontario, Greensville, Lynden, Ontario, Lynden, Kirkwall, Millgrove, Ontario, Millgrove, Mountsberg, Orkney, Peters Corners, Rockton, Troy, Sheffield, Ontario, Sheffield, Valens, Ontario, Valens, Strabane and Westover, Ontario, Westover. History The escarpment was originally covered with indigenous trails; two are now known as Snake Road (linking this area to the important water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
