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6 days ago · The city was named for George Hamilton, who laid out the original town in 1815 on a sloping plain between the waterfront (north) and the Niagara Escarpment (south), which there rises abruptly to a point (250 feet [75 metres] high) locally known as “the Mountain.”
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
For about a century after achieving its status as a city in 1846, Hamilton has seen itself in terms of industrial production. It adopted or acquired such nicknames as the Ambitious City, Steel City and the Birmingham of Canada.
Cadzow Castle was the original capital of Hamilton parish, and gave name to it till 1445, when, in virtue of a charter from James II. to the first Lord Hamilton, the present name superseded the older one of Cadyhou, Cadyow, or Cadzow.
Oct 22, 2012 · Hamilton, Ontario, incorporated as a city in 1846, population 569,353 (2021 census), 536,917 (2016 census). The City of Hamilton is situated at the west end of Lake Ontario, on Burlington Bay, 68 km southwest of Toronto, and 66 km west of Niagara Falls and the American border.
Hamilton was originally known as Cadzow, derived from the Celtic word Cadihou, the name of the 6th century summer hunting lodge of Rederech, ruler of the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde. It was...
- Stephen Terry
- 2010
Jun 27, 2017 · At the time of Confederation, 150 years ago, the seeds were being planted for Hamilton to become an entrepreneurial, connected and ambitious city.
It is an infinitely expandable timeline to explore the multifaceted history of the land we now call Hamilton, which extends beyond 175 years. YOU have a role to play in highlighting Hamilton’s past, present and future.
