Cannon Street is a Lower City collector road in

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, Canada. It starts off at Queen Street North as a one-way street (Westbound) up to Sherman Avenue North where it then switches over to a

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the rest of the way Eastward and ends just past Kenilworth Avenue North on ''Barons Avenue'' and merges with ''Britannia Avenue'', a street that runs parallel with ''Cannon Street'' from Ottawa Street North to ''Barons Avenue''.

History

''Cannon Street'' was originally called ''Henry Street''. The section between

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and James Streets was called ''Miles Street''. The origins of the ''Cannon'' street name remains a mystery for local historians. Cannon Street today at Brian Timmis/ former Ivor Wynne Stadium/ Tim Horton's Field location is also known as ''Bernie Faloney Way'' which is named after the

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who played for the local

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team, Hamilton Ti-Cats, between the years of 1957-64. On 24 May 1909 a

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-type

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was opened in Hamilton. It was known as ''Maple Leaf Park'' and was bounded by Barton Street (north), Ottawa Street (east), ''Cannon Street'' (south), ''Rosslyn Avenue'' (west). It failed to attract enough visitors to keep the gates open and only lasted a year. Investors of the Park sold the land to local real estate speculators for $25,000 interested in the property because the land itself was a valuable commodity in the booming East Hamilton market.

Landmarks

''Note: Listing of Landmarks from West to East.'' *Hess Street Elementary School *Railway Street * Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School *Tan Thanh Supermarket Inc. (

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) *T & H Auto Electric Ltd., building *Jamesville, which is shared by the

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& Portuguese communities of Hamilton *Mixed Media, (building) *site of the old ''Tivoli Theatre'' *Auto Part Source- (discount auto parts centre) *Active Green + Ross: Complete Tire & Auto Centre *Firth Brothers Ltd. (5-storey factory building) *Giant Tiger (All-Canadian family discount store) *McLaren Park *United Trophy Mfg. (since 1926) *Good Shepherd Centre *134 Mary Street Building (Cannon Knitting Mills Limited) *

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City, (car dealership) * Beasley Park *Beasley Park Community Centre *Barton Auto Parts *Paper Fibres Inc., (company) *Wellington Tavern *

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: Hamilton letter carrier depot 1 *Barton Auto Parts *St. Brigids Elementary School *Hamilton Cab 777-7777 (headquarters) *Wentworth Baptist Church *Hamilton Stirton TS Electrical complex *

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, **

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(right behind Brian Timmis Stadium) *Scott Park Secondary School *Scott Park Arena *

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railway line *Holy Name of Jesus Elementary School *Gospel Hall, (church) * Ottawa Street Shopping District - "Textile District" *Laidlaw Memorial United Church *

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5 kilometre marker *Queen Mary Elementary School *Holy Family Roman Catholic Church **Holy Family Elementary School (right behind Holy Family R.C. Church) *Cannon Street ends and merges here with ''Britannia Avenue'' *Andrew Warburton Park

Communities

''Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from West to East.'' * Strathcona *Central - The financial center of

* Beasley *Landsdale *Gibson *Stipley *Crown Point West *Crown Point East *Homeside

Roads that are parallel with Cannon Street

''Lower City Roads:'' *

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, West/East * Barton Street, West/East *Cannon Street, West/East * Wilson Street * King William Street * King Street, West/East * Main Street, West/East; - Queenston Road * Jackson Street, East * Hunter Street, West/East * Augusta Street * Charlton Avenue, West/East * Aberdeen Avenue ''Niagara Escarpment (Mountain) Roads:'' * Concession Street *Queensdale Avenue West/ East *Scenic Drive - Fennell Avenue, West/East *Sanatorium Road * Mohawk Road, West/East *Limeridge Road West/East * Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway - Mud Street, (Hamilton City Road 11) *Stone Church Road, West/East *; Rymal Road, West/East *Twenty Road

Roads that cross Cannon Street

''Note: Listing of streets from West to East.'' * Queen Street, North * Hess Street, North *

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, North * MacNab Street, North * James Street, North * Hughson Street, North * John Street, North * Catharine Street, North * Ferguson Avenue, North * Wellington Street, North * Victoria Avenue, North * Wentworth Street, North * Sherman Avenue, North *

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, North * Ottawa Street, North * Kenilworth Avenue, North

References

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External links

Google Maps: Cannon Street (Hybrid)

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