List of attractions in Hamilton, Ontario
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Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
has a large variety of historical sites and cultural and educational institutions.
Historical sites and museums
- Battlefield House MuseumBattlefield House (Stoney Creek)Battlefield House near King Street East and Centennial Parkway in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is a living history museum and site of the historic Battle of Stoney Creek on June 6, 1813, which was fought during the War of 1812. It was built in 1796...
, Stoney Creek - Canadian Warplane Heritage MuseumCanadian Warplane Heritage MuseumThe Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is a Canadian aviation museum located at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport near Hamilton, Ontario. The museum has 36 military jets, propeller-driven aircraft and helicopters on display....
, home of one of the last two remaining operational Lancaster bombers, also in operation Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, Bristol Bolingbroke. - Dundurn CastleDundurn CastleDundurn Castle is a historic neoclassical mansion on York Boulevard in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The house took three years and $175,000.00 to build, and was completed in 1835....
, including the Hamilton Military Museum and Dundurn Park, west end. Home of Sir Allan Napier MacNabAllan MacNabSir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Baronet was a Canadian political leader and Premier of the Province of Canada before Canadian Confederation .-Biography:...
, former Prime Minister of Upper CanadaUpper CanadaThe Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
. - Erland Lee MuseumErland Lee MuseumThe Erland Lee Museum is a National Historic Site of Canada located on the ridge of the Niagara Escarpment in Stoney Creek, Ontario. Originally a farmhouse belonging to Erland and Janet Lee, the museum is recognized as the birthplace of the first Women's Institutes, an international organization...
, birthplace of Women's Institutes, Upper Stoney CreekStoney Creek, OntarioStoney Creek is a community in Ontario, Canada.Note: This article will only deal with matters up to its amalgamation with Hamilton.-Geography and population:...
. - Fieldcote Memorial Park & Museum
- Giant's Rib Discovery Centre (learn about the Niagara Escarpment a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve)
- Green Venture EcoHouse, east end
- Hamilton Children's Museum, east end.
- Hamilton Downtown Arts Centre
- Hamilton Farmer's MarketHamilton Farmer's MarketThe Hamilton Farmer's Market was originally founded in 1837 is located within a large multi-faceted complex in downtown Hamilton, Ontario called Lloyd D. Jackson Square on the corner of James Street & York Boulevard. It is an indoor market known well by locals for its variety of foods and products,...
, founded in 1837. - Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology, east end
- HMCS Haida National Historic Site, historic naval ship; Canada's most famous warship and the last remaining Tribal Class in the world.
- Ottawa Street NorthOttawa 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 and is a two-way street throughout cutting through the Delta and Crown Point neighbourhoods and the City's North End industrial neighbourhood...
, Textile district (Hamilton's #1 tourist destination). - Nash-Jackson House, at Stoney Creek Battlefield Park
- Parks Canada Discovery Centre
- Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Heritage Museum, downtown
- WhitehernWhitehernWhitehern Historic House and Garden in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, built shortly before 1850, is a Late Classical house that is now a historic house museum....
Historic House & Garden, downtown - Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, in the former Custom House, a National Historic Site, north end
Art
- Arctic Experience McNaught GalleryArctic Experience McNaught GalleryThe Arctic Experience McNaught Gallery is an art gallery located in Hamilton, Ontario. It specializes in Inuit art and Canadian landscape paintings.-History:...
- Art Gallery of HamiltonArt Gallery of HamiltonArt Gallery of Hamilton, is located in the heart of downtown Hamilton, Ontario on King Street West and is one of Canada’s oldest galleries with a collection of over 9,000 works of art.-History:...
, downtown. Second largest permanent collection in OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, and third largest in CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. - Imperial Cotton Centre for the Arts
- James Street North Art DistrictJames Street (Hamilton, Ontario)James Street is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at the base of the Niagara Escarpment from James Mountain Road, a mountain-access road in the city, originally was a one-way street going south throughout but now has sections of it that are two-way...
- McMaster Museum of Art, west end
- Sunrise Gallery
- Transit Gallery
Music
- Bach Elgar Choir
- Boris Brott Summer Festival Hamilton, Dundas, Ancaster, Burlington
- ChamberWORKS! music ensemble (Hamilton)
- Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
- Hess VillageHess Street (Hamilton, Ontario)Hess Street, is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at the base of the Niagara Escarpment right before Aberdeen Avenue, and is a one-way street going north past the Durand and Central neighbourhoods. Between Main and King Street West is where you will find Hess...
, a popular summer patio hangout. Many bars, clubs and restaurants feature live music and attractions all year round. Hess Street, downtown. - National Academy Orchestra of Canada (Hamilton, Dundas, Ancaster, Burlington)
- Opera Ontario
- Hamilton All Star Jazz Band
- Symphony Hamilton (Hamilton, Burlington)
Theatre
- Hamilton Theatre Inc.Hamilton Theatre Inc.Hamilton Theatre Inc. provides Hamilton area audiences with "The Best of Broadway", to offer our community an opportunity to get involved in various aspects of musical theatre, and lastly, to provide a quality training ground for individuals wishing to move on to professional theatre.These...
, musical theatre - Players' Guild of Hamilton, Inc. (plays) Queen Street SouthQueen Street (Hamilton, Ontario)Queen Street, is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Beckett Drive, a mountain-access road in the city and is a two-way street up to Herkimer Street and a one-way street the rest of the way north up to the Canadian National Railway Yard where the road turns...
- Ron V. Joyce Centre for the Performing Arts at Hamilton Place, downtown
- Theatre Aquarius, Dofasco Centre for the Performing Arts, downtown
- Westside Concert Theatre, former CHCH TV 11 studiosCHCH-TVCHCH-DT, channel 11, is a television station originating in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with transmitters located throughout Ontario. CHCH currently operates as an independent station, having previously served as a CBC Television affiliate, and more recently as the flagship station of the...
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Festivals
- Festival of FriendsFestival of FriendsThe Festival of Friends is an annual three-day free summer music festival held on the second weekend of August at the Gage Park in Hamilton, Ontario. The 35th year saw it at Ancaster Fairgrounds. It is the largest annual event of its kind in Canada...
, founded in 1975, is the largest annual free music event in Canada. - Food & Drink Fest, Hamilton's Festival with Taste! Is Hamilton's largest culinary event with over 150 exhibitors displaying a variety of local and international wines, specialty beersBeersBeers can refer to either:* plural of Beer - an alcoholic beverage.* Beers - a town in the Netherlands part of Cuijk mun.* Beers - another town in the Netherlands...
, and culinary samples created by Hamilton, Halton and Niagara restaurants, breweries, and wineries. Food and Drink Fest will be moving from its home of four years at the Hamilton Convention Centre to Hamilton's Copps ColiseumCopps ColiseumCopps Coliseum is a sports and entertainment arena, on the corner of Bay Street North and York Boulevard, in Hamilton, Ontario. Depending on event, the Copps Coliseum has a capacity of up to 19,000.It is named after the former Hamilton mayor, Victor K...
in April 2010. - Hamilton Fringe Festival, founded in October 2002, is an 11-day unjuried theatre festival that happens every summer in downtown Hamilton.
- It's Your Festival
- Mustard Festival, in the heart of International Village, Ferguson AvenueFerguson Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)Ferguson Avenue, is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Is a two-way street throughout that starts off at the base of the Mountain on Foster Street. It's interrupted 3-blocks north at Corktown Park where Canadian Pacific Railway lines passes through it...
- Winona Peach Festival
Sports
- Around the Bay Road RaceAround the Bay Road RaceAround the Bay Road Race, is the oldest long distance road race in North America, held in Hamilton, Ontario since 1894, nearly three years before the Boston Marathon, though is not marathon length...
, is the longest continuously held long distance foot race in North America. (since 1894) - Canadian Football Hall of FameCanadian Football Hall of FameThe Canadian Football Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. It is an open to the public institution. It includes displays about the Canadian Football League, Canadian university football and Canadian...
, downtown. - CANUSA GamesCANUSA GamesThe CANUSA Games are an annual contest, primarily for athletes age 18 and under, between the sister cities of Flint, Michigan, USA, and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The Games are the longest-running amateur sports competition in North America...
; Hamilton is twinned with Flint, MichiganFlint, MichiganFlint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...
, and its amateur athletes compete in these Games, since 1958. - Cayuga Speedway ParkCayuga SpeedwayThe Cayuga Speedway, also known as the Cayuga 2000 Speedway, is a racing track located near Cayuga in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.-History:...
; a 5/8-mile oval auto racing track, Cayuga, OntarioCayuga, OntarioCayuga is an unincorporated community and county seat in the province of Ontario, Canada located at the intersection of Highway 3 and Munsee Street and along the Grand River in Haldimand County. Cayuga is about a 20 minute drive from Lake Erie and 30 minutes south of Hamilton and 115 minutes south...
. - Flamboro DownsFlamboro DownsFlamboro Downs is Canada's fastest half-mile harness horse racing track, based in Hamilton , Ontario since April, 1975. It is also home to Flamboro Slots, which has a total of 750 slot machines....
and Flamboro Slots, horse racing as well as car racing. - Kinsman Parade of Lights
- Spectator Indoor Games
Parks, trails and waterfront
- African Lion SafariAfrican Lion SafariAfrican Lion Safari is a family-owned safari park situated in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, about west of Toronto. The mailing address is in Cambridge, Ontario. It includes more than 1,000 animals, representing over 100 species of mammals and birds from across the globe...
, Flamborough - Ancaster Fairgrounds
- Bayfront ParkBayfront Park (Hamilton, Ontario)Bayfront Park is a park found in the West-end of Hamilton Harbour near Bay Street North in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Over $9 million transformed formerly vacant land into a versatile green space, with of shoreline integrating fish habitat, native vegetation and facilities. The park is the site of...
, (Pier 4 Park/ Harbour West/ Cootes Paradise/ Waterfront trail) - Beach Strip and Lighthouse PierBeach Boulevard (Hamilton, Ontario)Beach Boulevard is a Lower city street in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, north of the Hamilton Harbour on a thin piece of land that crosses over Lake Ontario and stretches from where Woodward Avenue becomes Eastport Drive in the east to near the Lift Bridge in the west at Eastport Drive . It runs...
(Beach trail) - Bruce TrailBruce TrailThe Bruce Trail is a hiking trail in southern and central Ontario, Canada.-General:The trail follows the edge of the Niagara Escarpment, one of the thirteen UNESCO World Biosphere Reserves in Canada, for almost...
, Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Dundas, Flamborough. - Confederation Park, featuring largest outdoor wave pool; Wild Waterworks, waterslides, lazy river, batting cages, mini put, picnic area.
- Christie Conservation Area
- Dragon Boat Festival Championships
- Dundas Valley Conservation AreaDundas Valley Conservation AreaDundas Valley Conservation Area is located on the Niagara Escarpment in Dundas, Ontario, a constituent community of Hamilton, Ontario, and is owned and operated by the Hamilton Conservation Authority. Its 40-kilometre trail system provides a connection to the Bruce Trail...
, Dundas - Emerald Lake (quarry, beach, popular with bikers)
- Flamboro Valley Camping Resort, Flamborough
- Four Seasons Nudist Resort
- Gage ParkGage Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)thumb|right|350px|Gage Park WaterfountainGage Avenue, is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Lawrence Road at the base of the Niagara Escarpment at the south end of Gage Park...
(large historical park in the middle of the city) - Gore Park (urban park)
- Hamilton Industrial Heritage Trail - 19th century
- Hamilton Industrial Heritage Trail - 20th century
- Hamilton Waterfront, Hamilton Harbour
- Hamilton Harbour Cruises, Hamilton Harbour Queen
- Hamilton Port Days
- Hamilton to Brantford Rail Trail, Hamilton, Dundas, Ancaster
- Pier 4 ParkPier 4 Park (Hamilton, Ontario)Pier 4 Park is a 2.4 hectare park found in the west-end of Hamilton Harbour near Bay Street North in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.The park features a multi-use asphalt trail, 349 metres in length and 4 metres wide which provides barrier-free access to all areas of the park and linkages with the...
- Ponderosa Naturist (nudist) Park
- Redhill Valley Trail
- Royal Botanical GardensRoyal Botanical Gardens, OntarioRoyal Botanical Gardens is headquartered in Burlington and also include lands in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the major tourist attractions between Niagara Falls and Toronto, as well as a significant local and regional horticultural, education, conservation and scientific resource...
, west end - Valen's Conservation Area
- Sam Lawrence ParkConcession Street (Hamilton, Ontario)Concession Street is an Upper City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts at Belvidere Avenue, just West of Sam Lawrence Park, and extends eastward past Mountain Drive Park on Upper Gage Avenue and ends shortly thereafter at East 43rd Street.Note: East of East 43rd Street the road...
/Viewpoint - Tall Ship Regatta
- Trans Canada Trail
- Westdale Aviary
- Westfield Heritage CentreWestfield Heritage CentreThe Westfield Heritage Centre is home to the Westfield Heritage Village. The village contains over 30 historic buildings on a 3.4 square kilometres site. The village is located just west of Rockton, Ontario, Canada.-Brief history:...
, Flamborough - Jungle Jam Indoor Playground, Ancaster
Tours
- http://www.hauntedhamilton.com/ Haunted HamiltonHaunted HamiltonHaunted Hamilton is a paranormal group website that began in 1999 with a focus on residential and business ghost investigation.- History :Haunted Hamilton is dedicated to the history and ghosts of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and elsewhere around the world...
ghost walks and events tour different historical locations around Hamilton, Ancaster and Niagara-on-the-LakeNiagara-on-the-LakeNiagara-on-the-Lake is a Canadian town located in Southern Ontario where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region of the southern part of the province of Ontario. It is located across the Niagara river from Youngstown, New York, USA...
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