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Burlington Beach

1   formed by a sand bar, four miles long, known as Burlington Beach. About three quarters of a mile from the North end

2   and see what took place before the cargo reached the Beach.

3   gangs of men began digging through the sand of Burlington Beach in 1825, those interested in shipping were

4   realized that the digging of a channel through Burlington Beach was about to change Burlington Bay into Hamilton

5   Capt. Hugh Richardson, was making calls at Burlington Beach. Another vessel, the steamboat NIAGARA came out

6   Salt, and this was for sale at his store on Burlington Beach.

7  Burlington Beach, July 27, 1827. Work to be done to complete the

8  Burlington Beach, July 27, 1827. Work to be done to complete the

9   It stated: "The railroad from the Mountain to the Beach is now completed and the hauling of the stone has

10   night, a man was making his silent way along Burlington Beach. He was John Henry Palmer, a zealous Custom House

11   Now that so many are obliged to come by way of the Beach, since the Desjardins bridge has fallen, it would

12   Sunday, from MacKay's Wharf to Oaklands and the Beach. The VALLEY CITY had been built by John Malcolmson

13   was from the north-east and drove seas across Burlington Beach in several places. In addition, it made a breach

14   a very deleterious effect upon the fisheries at the Beach. It is said that the water, on certain mornings,

15   service from the Great Western Ry. wharf to the Beach on the 14 July. Passengers were requested not to

16   and the schooners MAGGIE and IRIS came ashore on Burlington Beach. The following day, the THERMUTIS unloaded her

17   been in the habit of making regular trips to the Beach or Oaklands during the summer

18   August, the ARGYLE was running to Oaklands and the Beach, but the PRINCESS OF WALES had taken leave of the

19   was running two trips per day to Oaklands and the Beach. She started from the Victoria Wharf and called at

20   Victoria Wharf before proceeding to Oaklands and the Beach. She then had to get the boys back in time to

21   the proposal to build a summer hotel on Burlington Beach. All interested parties were invited to attend.

22   Queen's Brithday were excursions to Oaklands and the Beach on the steamer ARGYIE, round trip 25 cents, trips

23   parties and would make trips to Oaklands and the Beach during two or three days of each week. The

24   7 June, that they had leased Martin's Wharf on the Beach and that their steamer ONTARIO would be the only

25   papers for some time occurred on the 1 July at the Beach. Late in the afternoon, the flimsy jerry-built

26   about for a while and was then taken in tow for the Beach and grounded. Some 1,000 bbls. of flour had been

27   the foot of Bay Street for The Gardens at the Beach.

28   an article under the title of "A Trip to the Beach" and it read as follows: "On Saturday last, a

29   days later, the Beach Committee notified the public of its willingness

30   season of 1876. He had also built bath-houses on the Beach for the use of his

31   the DENNIS BOWEN and the ARGYLE will also ply to the Beach."

32   so the company had decided upon a route across Burlington Beach and then, northward through Georgetown and Beeton

33   in the shape of another steam boat running to the Beach and from all appearances, the water may expect a

34   for the steamers FLORENCE and TRANSIT running to the Beach. The latter called at the Brant House, on her

35   of Picton. She made a trip from Toronto to Burlington Beach and Hamilton on Mondays and on Thursday, 9

36   in that paper's issue of 10 August, "Since the Beach has become a place of public resort, the

37   correspondent was again on the subject of the Beach on the 27 August and said, in part, "In the year

38   ferry TRANSIT which had been in service to the Beach during the past two seasons, was towed to Toronto

39   excursion party at Oaklands and was headed for the Beach, in company with the steam yacht WINNIE T. MOORE,

40   to be dragging her anchor and heading for the Beach."

41   was advertised as "leaving the Ocean House, Burlington Beach for Toronto". Her connection to Hamilton was

42   Collier. The steamer PRINCE ARTHUR made trips to the Beach on Wednesdays, going on to Grimsby in the

43   making three round trips per day to Oaklands and the Beach.

44   with the street railway from MacKay's Wharf to the Beach during the day and it is the intention, we

45   started and he, along with several citizens of the Beach, proceeded with their buckets, as they had done

46   holiday. She carried about 1,500 passengers to the Beach during the

47   Capt. A. G. Stanton, made five round trips to the Beach daily from MacKay's Wharf, 15 cents return. Also,

48   around to the G. W. Ry. She was booked to run to the Beach in the summer from MacKay's Wharf. The steamer

49   brought a large excursion party from Dundas to the Beach.

50   house at Oaklands, also calling at Rock Bay and the Beach. The JULIETTE was built by Mr. Cooper of Mayville,

51   new steam launch named SHAMROCK, entered the Beach trade this season, built in Hamilton by Capt.

52   from Mr. & Mrs. Tuckett, to their villa on the Beach, where they were right royally welcomed and

53   make hourly trips from the James St. Wharf to the Beach. She could carry 500 passengers and would run

54   damage was done along the Beach. Many trees came down, small boats were smashed

55   on the 4 July 1887 and was to commence trips to the Beach on the 21 May, sailing from the James St.

56   had the honour of towing the new lifeboat to the Beach. This little boat, christened ADAM, after Mr. Adam

57   UNA had made a trip to Toronto and back to the Beach for a load of sand. Capt. Parslow was sailing

58   Timber--The Canal at the BeachThe Calvin Company of Garden Island, was still

59   scow-schooner UNA took a cargo of sand from Burlington Beach to Toronto on the 30 March, at which time, there

60   end for those waiting to board the MAZEPPA, for the Beach and a ticket office would, be situated at the

61   telephones, every fisherman living along the Beach would have the word as soon as he did. It would

62   commercial fishermen who made their homes on the Beach, had had a very good winter. There was no ice in

63   proceeded down the canal for an excursion to Burlington Beach in the steam launch ALFIE. On arrival at the

64   UNA had made a trip to Toronto and back to the Beach for a load of sand. Capt. Parslow was sai1ing

65   Stoney Creek, the junction with the short cut to Burlington Beach. By the time they arrived here, there was a north

66   end with Campbell because he had never been over the Beach line. McKeown lived and Shaw was found floating

67   the towline parted and the scows drifted in on the Beach north of the piers. The tug, meanwhile, was

68   wind on the 29 March drove the ice against the Beach and did considerable damage to the Hamilton

69   of the Hamilton Steamboat Co. wharf at the Beach. It also did some damage to the old Northern &

70   a skiff from H. L. Bastien and rowed across to the Beach. He visited Capt. Campbell and talked about

71   on the 19 April made things lively along the Beach and also around the City Docks. Murton's and

72   long arm of the law reached out across the Beach and arrested Capt. Titus of the scow-schooner

73   for tenders for the construction of a wharf at Burlington Beach on the 30 January. It was to be situated on the

74   purchase a steamer for service from that Town to Burlington Beach and Rock Bay and Jas. Reynolds was sent to

75   RIPPLE, owned in Rochester, had stranded at the Beach on 1 July and sustained bottom damage, which was

76   were expressed by the residents at the Beach that the proposed wharf would interfere with

77   every twenty minutes from the James St. Slip to the Beach, using the MACASSA, MODJESKA, MAZEPPA and the CITY

78   Steamboat Co.qpany's pier at Elsinore on Burlington Beach, was being repaired and strengthened. The south

79   went from the James St. Slip to Dynes' Hotel on the Beach, in nine

80   Gray, of the Dept. of Public Works, visited the Beach on the same day and decided upon the location for

81   Geo. E. Perley, had taken up residence on the Beach to supervise the

82   the south-west corner and some piled up along the Beach. On the following afternoon, Capt. John Corson set

83   Electric Ry. Co. acquired a right of way across Burlington Beach, according to an announcement on the 6 March. They

84   in the City was 95 F. Many people were eyeing the Beach and thinking of cool lake breezes while at the

85   was scheduled to Make two trips to Bay View and the Beach on Sunday, 24 May and the following day, the

86   new landmark was about to appear on Burlington Beach, in the form of a brick power house for the

87   Railway reached the Canal. Further north along the Beach, Messrs. Goldie & McCullough had built the three

88   was not thick enough for cutting, although near the Beach, ice 12 to 14 inches thick was being

89   in contact with the wheelhouse. Passengers for the Beach were landed and the Toronto run was cancelled so

90   MAZEPPA was making ten round trips daily to the Beach. The fare was 20 cents return and this included

91   of John Dynes, proprietor of the famous hotel on the Beach, was noted in the press. He was born in 1816 in

92   that the ice was still piled 15 feet high along the Beach, but five days later, a strong westerly wind moved

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