Burlington Street is a partially at grade and elevated roadway in Hamilton, Ontario , stretching along the south shore of Hamilton Harbour in Lake Ontario . Burlington Street has four different statuses along the route. In its western terminus, it is a collector route ending at Bay Street North . Upon the intersection at Wellington Street , the road becomes an arterial route with four lanes. The Street ends at Parkdale Avenue. On October 14, 2015, city council approved the renaming of the upper portion of Burlington Street from 165 meters east of Ottawa St to the QEW to Nikola Tesla Boulevard .
50-698: Nikola Tesla Boulevard is the official exit No. 90 from QEW. The signage along the QEW for Burlington Street was eventually replaced between October 22–23, 2016, to reflect the name change. After this change, the westbound lanes of Burlington street begin from the first exit on Nikola Tesla Boulevard, heading westbound. Burlington Street's original name was "Industrial Road". It derives its name from its proximity to Hamilton Harbour , which used to be called Burlington Bay . (Note: Still referred to as "Burlington Bay" in Burlington, Ontario ) After World War II , when Hamilton
100-403: A 23-building super centre on the property on Barton Street East . Cost is estimated to be around $ 100-million and will take up 700,000 square feet (65,000 m ) of retail space. This will end up being the largest redevelopment project in the history of Hamilton's east-end. The overhaul will take about two-and-a-half years to complete but the bulk of the work is expected to be done by the end of
150-528: A large snake-like creature. A diver drowned in the bay during the filming of a low-budget horror film titled Marina Monster on August 21, 2005. Ottawa Street (Hamilton, Ontario) Ottawa Street is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario , Canada. It starts off at Lawrence Road at the base of the Niagara Escarpment (mountain) and is a two-way street throughout, cutting through
200-462: A major problem by 1917. Many working-class families were overcome by health hazards when dumping sewage into the inlets and the bay itself became a regular occurrence. Laurel Sefton MacDowell writes in her book An Environmental History of Canada that, "As early as the 1860s, a fishery inspector at Hamilton Harbour discovered that fish found along the shore tasted of coal oil and that dead ducks and muskrats were coated with oil from two refineries. " By
250-449: A money-maker and Studebaker was looking to curtail disastrous losses. That took the plant from a single to double shift – 48 to 96 cars daily. The last car to roll off the line was a turquoise Lark cruiser on March 4, 1966. Studebaker officially shuts down the next day on March 5, 1966 as its last car factory. It was terrible news for the 700 workers who had formed a true family at the company, known for its employee parties and day trips. It
300-645: A number of Canadian cities when it successfully lured International Harvester. The reasons the company cited for its selection of Hamilton were as follows: it had waterside property that enabled the firm to control its own docks, its proximity to the steel industry, railway connections and the Cataract Power Company supplied them with cheap energy. In 1913, Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company (based in Cincinnati ) purchased 7 acres (28,000 m) of land and 2 acres (8,100 m) of water on
350-480: A number of railways cross Hamilton Harbour on a glacial sandbar (similar in formation to the present day beach strip to the east) and separates Cootes Paradise from Hamilton Harbour. The harbour also houses the Port of Hamilton which is the busiest Canadian Great Lakes port and handles in excess of 10 million tonnes of cargo per year. The bay is thought by some to host a North American cryptid , described by witnesses as
400-460: A site in the southeast corner of the harbour, is considered the most dire of identified water pollution issues awaiting remediation in Canada. The environmental containment facility, about 7.5 hectares in size, covers in-situ about 130,000 m of sediments contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons , and contain about 500,000 m of dredged PAH contaminated sediments. The containment facility
450-620: A stable level, Stelco has returned to profitability and on August 26, 2007, United States Steel Corporation acquired Stelco for $ 38.50 (Canadian) in cash per share, owning more than 76 percent of Stelco's outstanding shares. Dofasco in 1999 was the most profitable steel producer in North America and in 2000 it was the most profitable in Canada. It currently has approximately 7,300 employees at its Hamilton plant and produces over four million tons of steel annually, representing about 30% of Canada's flat rolled sheet steel shipments. Dofasco
500-426: Is Canada's No.1 co-packer of beer, non-alcohol and spirit-based products. The company is also said to be North America's most modernized beverage alcohol production facility. On Monday May 8, Labatt Brewing Company made it official and announced that Lakeport, who they purchased earlier in the year, (March 29, 2007), for $ 200-million for rights to the income trust, which controlled the plant, will continue to operate in
550-498: Is also used in inks and coatings like copier and computer printer cartridges and paints. The Hamilton plant was built in 1961 and in 2007 employed 100 people. Note: Listing of Landmarks from West to East. Note: List of neighbourhoods from North to South. Two way two lane collector route from Bay Street to Wellington Street ; a four lane arterial route from Wellington Street to McKinstry Street. A two lane one-way arterial street from Sherman Avenue to Ottawa Street . Prior to
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#1732790223148600-643: Is based in Hamilton. They have been building rail transportation products since 1912. National Steel Car won a contract in January 2007 for 1,200 custom-made railcars for TransLoad America, a New Jersey–based waste transport firm. Columbian Chemicals Ltd. on 755 Parkdale Avenue North , are manufacturers of carbon black - an agent used to reinforce and extend the life of products made with rubber, giving it durability and strength. This includes tires and hoses and plastics such as wire and cable coverings. Carbon black
650-587: Is naturally separated from Lake Ontario by a sand bar . The opening in the north end was filled in and channel cut in the middle for ships to pass. The Port of Hamilton is on the Hamilton side of the harbour. Hamilton Harbour was known among the Mississauga Anishinaabek as Wiikwedong simply meaning "at the Bay". Early Settlers to the area called the bay Lake Geneva. The bay was formally renamed Burlington Bay in 1792 by John Graves Simcoe ,
700-618: Is now the Kenilworth Access near the old water reservoir entrance. Its routing up the mountain is fairly consistent with the current Kenilworth Access with one exception - another hair-pin turn at the top; not the traffic circle that is present now. It was because of these hair-pin turns that the Hamilton Street Railway discontinued bus service on this road in 1944, and why the City planned a new Kenilworth Access to
750-514: Is referred to as the Burlington Shipping Canal. It was proposed in 1824 and opened in 1826. Burlington Canal Lift Bridge is a lift bridge the spans over the canal. The bay today is crossed by two highways: 403 & Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW). The Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway (nicknamed "The Skyway") bridge, part of the QEW, crosses the border between Hamilton Harbour and Lake Ontario. The 403, York Street and
800-545: Is to reclaim the harbour's wetlands. While most of the carp in the harbour had been eradicated by early 2021, Maclean's reported that numerous goldfish had been found, presumed to have come from the dumping of pet fish by the public. One expert stated that the goldfish "is the ultimate survivor of difficult conditions ... it can feed on blue-green algae blooms that native species cannot—blooms that appear with increasing frequency in Hamilton Harbour". Randle Reef,
850-419: The "5 Johns" . At the entrance of Nikola Tesla Boulevard, there are high voltage transmission towers on either side of the road, each one stands as a monument to Nikola Tesla as they bring Electricity, to power the city. In 1902, Canadian Otis Elevator Company (1902–1987) is formed (August 22) on Victoria Avenue North . For many years Hamilton was home to the largest single elevator manufacturing facility in
900-635: The Hamilton Port Authority ($ 14 million), and Stelco ($ 14 million). On March 9, 2022, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced the completion of the clean-up project where over 615,000 m of contaminated sediment was managed. The final stage of the project, the installation of the environmental cap, will be completed by 2025, which will provide new port land that will be managed by the Hamilton–Oshawa Port Authority. The opening from Hamilton Harbour to Lake Ontario
950-649: The 1950s, city officials had deemed Hamilton Harbour unfit for any recreation use and shut down all beaches. In 1919, a Federal Order-In-Council changed the name of Burlington Bay to Hamilton Harbour . By the 1970s, the International Joint Commission , which governs water usage in the Great Lakes Basin , and other agencies began to recognize the need for action. Greater water quality awareness, improved pollution controls, and an economic downturn all served to improve conditions in
1000-527: The 1980s. In the 1990s, beautification and ecological control were well underway. These measures included sealing the Lax Lands, contaminated with heavy metals and other pollutants, under a cap of clay; landscaping Bayfront Park and Pier 4 Park ; and keeping common carp from entering Cootes Paradise. The visible and measurable improvement in water quality in Burlington Bay was showcased in 1994 by
1050-691: The Cataract Power still on it. On the corner of Burlington Street and Strathearne Ave, is the major Electrical transformer station that receives power from 3 sources, Niagara Falls, Decew Falls and the Pickering Nuclear Station. The power that arrives from Decew Falls travels down the original power line built in 1898 by the Cataract Power, Light and Traction Archived 2016-10-18 at the Wayback Machine owned by
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#17327902231481100-574: The City of Hamilton. It will continue to operate in Hamilton as they believe it is a "viable plant" and "the company is proud to integrate it with Labbat's." The operations employees continue to brew Lakeport in Hamilton but the marketing and sales jobs are now centralized at Labatt's head offices. Bunge is an oilseed processing plant and Canada's largest canola processor. It has crushing facilities in Altona and Harrowby, Manitoba ; Fort Saskatchewan , Alberta ; and Nipawin, Saskatchewan in addition to
1150-598: The Copp brothers endured, but their employees suffered wage cuts and layoffs. Canadian patent laws and the underemployed workers skilled in machinist trades lured an important new industrial enterprise from the U.S.A.- the manufacture of sewing machines by Richard Wanzer . From this development there evolved the ready-made clothing industry, which William Eli Sanford introduced locally. The Textile District evolved in East Hamilton, centered on Ottawa Street and boomed during
1200-524: The Delta and Crown Point neighbourhoods and the City's North End industrial neighbourhood. It ends at Industrial Drive, the site of the Dofasco steel company. This used to be one of the east ends' mountain access roads - it continued south over the train tracks at Lawrence Road and quickly turned right towards the brick manufacturing plant once known as Hamilton Brick. It took several turns before joining what
1250-525: The First and Second World Wars . In 1913, Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company (based in Cincinnati, Ohio ) purchased 7 acres (28,000 m ) of land and 2 acres (8,100 m ) of water on the south side of Burlington Street between Depew and Ottawa Streets. This event marked the beginning of Procter & Gamble's operations outside of the United States . In 1914, construction started on
1300-625: The Procter & Gamble Hamilton plant, which cost $ 1 million and consisted of seven buildings: the Crisco building, the boiler house, the gas plant, the soap building, the hardening plant, the kettle and glycerin house, and the machine shop. By 1915, Procter & Gamble officially opens Hamilton plant, employing 75 workers who made six different products. The Tim Hortons chain was founded in Hamilton in 1964. The original store still operates on Ottawa Street. Centre Mall owners announced plans for
1350-472: The assessment rolls, thus preventing a levy of special tax. Foundries and machine shops associated with the Great Western Railway failed and several established wholesalers closed their accounts. Daniel C. Gunn's locomotive works went bankrupt, but the manufacturers of farm implements and stoves-the mainstays of iron foundries- were able to weather the crisis. Those owned by Dennis Moore and
1400-477: The company plant sprawled along the Hamilton waterfront and claimed to be the " largest agricultural implement works in the British Empire. " The plant was also involved in wartime production of specialized military items. The company started building heavy duty diesel trucks in Hamilton in 1959. The first to roll off the line was delivered to Dofasco , complete with a Rolls-Royce engine. Hamilton won over
1450-541: The early water transportation and industrial development of the area, including Dundas, Ontario , which had an early but ultimately unrealized lead over both Burlington (Brant's Block) and Hamilton. Over the years, the bay was roughly treated by its littoral residents. Constant infilling, particularly in the North End of Hamilton, damaged fresh water streams and the wildlife they supported. Channel dredging tended to stir up natural and unnatural sediments, further disrupting
1500-562: The east which opened in 1957. In 1862, The city had invested in the Great Western Railway but the government of Canada favoured the rival Grand Trunk Railway . Also, after the end of the Depression (1857–1862), the population dips downwards in Hamilton and the city could not meet the interest on its bonds, many of which were held by British investors. To save the city from its creditors temporarily, Henry Beasley removes
1550-529: The ecological land balance in the area. Chemical, industrial and thermal pollution , especially as a byproduct of the burgeoning steel industry after the 1890s, continued to degrade the environment. The waterways in Hamilton have not always been polluted. The north-end of the Harbour used to be a regular swimming spot for working-class families. The pollution of Hamilton Harbour waterways is caused by industrialization and, by proxy, urbanization, which came to be
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1600-604: The facility. The clean-up project had an estimated cost of $ 138.9 million, with the containment expected to have a 200-year lifespan. Environment and Climate Change Canada , and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change , each committed $ 46.3 million, with the final third of funding coming from the City of Hamilton ($ 14 million), the City of Burlington ($ 2.3 million), Halton Region ($ 2 million),
1650-720: The first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada , for the former name of the town of Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire , England . Prior to this, the bay was also known as Washquarter , notably as a landmark to delineate the extent of the Between the Lakes Treaty No. 3 negotiated between Simcoe and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation in 1792. Access to the bay was important for
1700-588: The harbour was 739; Domestic/U.S.: 577 (78%), International: 162 (22%) from countries including Malaysia , Philippines , Russia and Brazil . Percentage of Imports: 87%, Percentage of Exports: 13%. International arrivals at the port grew from 130 ships in 2005 to 162 ships in 2006. In 2006 most of the materials arriving at the port include raw materials including iron ore and coal for steelmaking at Stelco and Dofasco , as well as imported steel from Brazil. The port also accepted 24,000 litres (5,280 Imp gallons ) of bulk Jamaican rum . The oddest new arrival
1750-522: The kettle and glycerin house, and the machine shop. By 1915, Procter & Gamble officially opens Hamilton plant, employing 75 workers who made six different products. On August 18, 1948, surrounded by more than 400 employees and a battery of reporters, the first vehicle, a blue Champion four-door sedan, rolls off the Studebaker assembly line. The company was located in the former Otis-Fenson military weapons factory off Burlington Street East , which
1800-526: The processing plant in Hamilton. The Hamilton plant serves food manufacturers, the biodiesel industry and farmers in Ontario and Quebec . As the largest steel manufacturing city in Canada and home of the two Steel giants; Stelco and Dofasco where 60% of all the steel in Canada is produced. It is the steel and metals manufacturing Capital of Canada. In the last decade, Hamilton's heavy industry reached
1850-707: The renaming of the upper level of the road, From just west of Ottawa Street on to the QEW , the upper level of the road has been renamed to Nikola Tesla Boulevard, an expressway above Burlington Street (with speed limit of 60 km/h as you approach the Nikola Tesla Boulevard/QEW terminus) and the lower level an arterial road with a speed limit of 50 km/h. Hamilton Harbour 43°17′24″N 79°50′06″W / 43.2900°N 79.8350°W / 43.2900; -79.8350 Hamilton Harbour (formerly known as Burlington Bay ) lies on
1900-456: The south side of Burlington Street between Depew and Ottawa Streets . This event marked the beginning of Procter & Gamble's operations outside of the United States . In 1914, Construction started on the Procter & Gamble Hamilton plant, which cost $ 1 million and consisted of seven buildings: the Crisco building, the boiler house, the gas plant, the soap building, the hardening plant,
1950-490: The summer of 2008. Some new buildings will go up before the enclosed mall is torn down. The redevelopment of Centre Mall is transforming the entire neighbourhood from Ottawa to Kenilworth Avenue . The $ 100-million investment in the mall has boosted Ottawa Street North - already the city's No.1 tourist destination. The garment district has also morphed into a holistic home decor destination area, complete with lighting, antique, design & glass stores. The Ottawa Street B.I.A. had
2000-484: The top ten selling brands in the province of Ontario. Lakeport has more than 200 employees at its production facility. It is one of the fastest-growing companies in the Hamilton region. Lakeport Brewing Company joined forces with the Hamilton Port Authority who will finance and construct a 35,000 square foot (3,250 m²) expansion to Lakeport's Hamilton harbour front facility. Lakeport Brewing Company
2050-560: The very public swim of Sheila Copps , a local MP and federal cabinet minister . Access and recreational use of the bayfront has improved, and swimming is now allowed at two beaches in the harbour: Bayfront and Pier 4. Hamilton Harbour is listed as a Great Lakes Areas of Concern in The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the United States and Canada. Part of the remediation plan
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2100-601: The western tip of Lake Ontario , bounded on the northwest by the City of Burlington , on the south by the City of Hamilton , and on the east by Hamilton Beach (south of the Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway ) and Burlington Beach (north of the channel). It is joined to Cootes Paradise by a narrow channel formerly excavated for the Desjardins Canal . Within Hamilton itself, it is referred to as "Hamilton Harbour", "The Harbour" and "The Bay". The bay
2150-475: The world. The workers produced all kinds of elevators, escalators and later, forklifts. In 1969, the company took over the old Studebaker plant. It was a return home for Otis, which had built the 350,000-square-foot (33,000 m) facility for wartime production of anti-aircraft guns and other military equipment. International Harvester became the second major United States industry to locate in Hamilton, Ontario (1902). Originally known as Deering Harvester ,
2200-590: Was windmill blades (some more than 80 feet (24 m) long) destined for wind farms in southern Ontario. This is the first year windmill parts have arrived in the port. Exports include 500,000 metric tonnes (550,000 short tons) of agricultural products including grain. Lakeport Brewing Company is based in Hamilton and focused on producing value-priced quality beer for the Ontario take-home market. Lakeport produces nine proprietary beer brands, two of which, Lakeport Honey Lager and Lakeport Pilsener, are two of
2250-483: Was a huge blow to the city, too. Studebaker was Hamilton's 10th largest employer at the time. The Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority , formerly known as Hamilton Harbour Commission, handles over 12 million metric tonnes of cargo through over 700 vessels each year. This ranks Hamilton as the busiest of all the ports of Canada's great lakes and 28% of all movements on the St. Lawrence Seaway System. In 2006 Total ships in and out of
2300-591: Was at its industrial peak, Burlington Street was the address of some of the city's most prestigious manufacturing companies. In the 1950s, the Canadian head offices of Stelco , Dofasco , Firestone , International Harvester , Procter & Gamble and Westinghouse were situated on or close to Burlington Street. On August 25, 1898, the City of Hamilton received Power from the Decew Falls Power Generating Station . This station
2350-480: Was built in 1941. The Indiana -based Studebaker was looking for a Canadian site and settled on Hamilton because of its steel industry. The company was known for making automotive innovations and building solid distinctive cars. 1950 was its best year but the descent was quick. By 1954, Studebaker was in the red and merging with Packard , another falling car manufacturer. In 1963, the company moved its entire car operations to Hamilton. The Canadian car side had always been
2400-471: Was built using Nikola Tesla 's invention of the Alternating Current system of generators, transformers and motors. The arrival of Power to Hamilton usher in a new age of innovation and industrial growth. The city became known as the "Electric City". On Victoria Avenue, just south of Burlington Street, stand the first building to receive power in 1898. The building even has part of the name of
2450-627: Was constructed in 2018 using two walls of steel sheet piling . Later in 2018, contaminated sediment surrounding the containment facility was dredged and placed inside the facility. The wastewater will be treated by an on-site water treatment system using sand filtration and granular activated adsorption and discharged back into the harbour. Last, an environmental cap will be built of layers of several materials including aggregates of various sizes, geotextile and geogrid , wickdrains, and surface materials (asphalt and/or concrete), placed sequentially from bottom to top in order to contain toxic sediment in
2500-597: Was purchased by Arcelor Mittal in January 2006, and in addition to being one of North America's most profitable steel companies, Dofasco has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index seven years in a row. Dofasco's wide range of steel products is sold to customers in the automotive, construction, energy, manufacturing, pipe and tube, appliance, packaging and steel distribution industries. National Steel Car , North America's leader in freight and passenger train cars and equipment
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