Category: Brian Roulston
A Lot Has Changed Since Then…
by Brian Roulston The village of Hamilton, in the beginning, was shaded by large trees, some of...
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Letters to Santa
By Brian Roulston It’s that time of year again when Santa and all the elves at the North Pole are...
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Steamboats on the Bay and the Great Lakes. Part 1
By Brian Roulston Once hundreds of steamboats navigated the inland seas from the St. Lawrence...
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A Canal and a Harbour, Part 2
By Brian Roulston By the mid-nineteenth century, the Port of Hamilton had grown into the fourth...
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A CANAL AND A HARBOUR
By Brian Roulston The piers of the Burlington Canal, lighthouse and the Beach Strip are popular...
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SUMMERTIME IN THE CITY
By Brian Roulston Everybody loves a picnic, even the ants and our beloved North End is one of the...
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F.F. Dalley’s
By Brian Roulston Near the end of the19th century, leather shoes and boots became affordable to...
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Lake Monsters
by Brian Roulston Almost every culture around the world has myths and legends of large snake-like...
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Gas Lighting In Hamilton
By Brian Roulston Today, we often take for granted that our brightly lit streets or sidewalks have...
Read MoreBurlington Heights
By Brian Roulston There was a time when there were no cars or roads, only a trail left by horses through the dense forest. On a clear sunny day, the sky would be a heavenly blue. Free of smog and pollution which would not become...
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The Boathouse Community of Cootes Paradise
By Brian Roulton Sometime during the early 1900s, a community with about 100 boathouses made...
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ICE HARVEST ON HAMILTON BAY
Cutting Ice On the Bay Image courtesy of Local History and Archives, Hamilton Public Library By...
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