Hamilton, Canada Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Some 70km from Toronto, HAMILTON lies at the extreme western end of Lake Ontario and was the focus of a district first surveyed by George Hamilton, a Niagaran storekeeper-turned-landowner who moved here in 1812 to escape the war between America and Britain. Strategically located, the town was soon established as a trading centre, but its real growth began with the development of the farm-implements industry in the 1850s. By the turn of the last century, Hamilton had become a major steel producer and today its mills churn out sixty percent of the country's output. more »