Hughson Street (Hamilton, Ontario)

Hughson Street is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts at "Charlton Avenue East" at "St. Joseph's hospital" and runs north to Haymarket Street in the downtown where it's cut off by the Hamilton GO Transit station. Up to this point it is a two-way street. It then starts up again north of the station on "Hunter Street East", where it then becomes a one-way street going north just past "Barton Street East" to Murray Street where it's cut off again by a parking lot for "LIUNA Station". It then starts up again one block north past the CN railway tracks on "Strachan Street" and from this point onwards becomes a two-way street again that extends to the city's "North End" to the waterfront on "Guise Street West", the site of the "Canada Marine Discovery Centre" and "Pier 9".

History

Hughson Street was named after Nathaniel Hughson (1755-1837) a farmer and hotel owner. Hughson was a Loyalist who moved to Canada following the American Revolution, one of the city founders. Other streets in the city were named after his family members: "James Street" (son), "Rebecca Street" (wife) and "Catharine Street" (daughter). cite book|title=Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol I, 1791-1875)|first=Thomas Melville |last=Bailey|publisher=W.L. Griffin Ltd|year=1981]

The Sir John A. Macdonald Statue at "Gore Park" arrived in Hamilton from London, England on 30 October, 1893. Official dedication of the statue took place 1 November, 1893. Originally, the statue was located at the intersection of "King" and "Hughson Streets" and pointed West. Prime Minister Sir John Thompson was in attendance. cite web| title = Sir John A. Macdonald statue, 1893| url=http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/LibraryServices/Localhistory/Sir+John+A.+Macdonald+Statue.htm| accessdate = 2007-03-26] "Alexander Aitchison", a local Hamilton Fire Chief, died of injuries he sustained from crashing into the base of the statue with his horse and buggy and because of it, the statue was then relocated to "Gore Park" near "King" and "John Streets" only this time the statue instead of pointing West, now points East. cite book|title=The Hamiltonians, 100 Fascinating Lives |first=Margaret |last=Houghton |publisher=James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers Toronto|pg=6|year=2003|id= ISBN 1-55028-804-0]

"Canadian Canners Ltd.", (1903-1986), use to be on "44 Hughson Street South" across the street from the "County Courthouse". Today it is the site of a parking lot. cite web| title = History of Industry in Hamilton, Ontario| url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060206234910/collections.ic.gc.ca/industrial/intro.htm| accessdate = 2007-04-03]

In 1996, The refurbished "TH&B Station" became the "GO Station", as well as the city's bus terminal. cite web|last = Johnston| first = Bill| title = Hamilton Spectator article: "Lament for a Downtown"| url=http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Render&c=Page&cid=1021025161885| accessdate = 2007-03-26]

Waterfront Trolley

The "Hamilton Waterfront Trolley" is a narrated tour along the 12 kilometre "Hamilton Waterfront Trail". The main stop and departure spot is at the Hamilton Waterfront "SCOOPS" Ice Cream parlour, which provides the famous "Stoney Creek Dairy Ice Cream". There are a dozen stops along the way between Princess Point at the western-end of the route to the eastern-end, the site of HMCS Haida. Also near this eastern-end route is the site of the "Hamiltonian Tour Boat", which is a 12-passenger tour boat that offers a leisurely guided tour of Hamilton harbour with the captain providing interesting stories and history of one of North America's most noteworthy harbours. In addition to this there is also the "Hamilton Harbour Queen Cruises" which is another ship that offers 3-hour tour of the harbour along with Lunch, Dinner or other special events like Dance parties. This Harbour Queen Cruise was also the 2005 winner of the Hamilton Tourism Awards for "best tourism idea." It has a passenger capacity of 200.cite web| title =Hamilton Waterfront Trolley| url=http://www.hamiltonwaterfront.com| accessdate = 2007-06-05]

Landmarks

"Note: Listing of Landmarks from North to South."
*Pier 8, Pier 9
*Hamilton Harbour Queen (seasonal cruise ship)
*Canada Parks Discovery Centre
*Hamilton/ Halton Police Marine Unit
*Waterfront trail
*Canadian National railway tracks (Hughson Street interupted here, resumes again north of tracks on "Strachan Street")
*LIUNA Station
*Downtown Arts Centre
*Hughson Street Baptist Church (http://www.hughson.ca)
*Downtown Bingo Hall
*Gore Park Waterfountain
*Gore Park
*Hamilton GO Transit station, Original site of the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway (1892-1987)
*St.Joseph's Hospital

Communities

"Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from North to South" cite web| title = Hamilton Neighbourhood Boundaries, (map.hamilton.ca)| url=http://map.hamilton.ca/Static/PDFs/General%20Interest%20maps/Overall%20City/NeighbourhoodBoundaries.pdf| accessdate = 2007-05-11|format=PDF]
*North End - Everything north of the Canadian National Railway tracks
*Beasley
*Corktown

Major roads that cross Hughson Street

"Note: Listing of streets from North to South."
*Burlington Street East
*Barton Street East
*Cannon Street East - One way street (Westbound only)
*York Boulevard - One way street (Eastbound Only)
*King William Street - One way street (Eastbound Only)
*King Street East - One way street (Westbound Only)
*Main Street East - One way street (Eastbound Only)
*Jackson Street East
*Hunter Street East - One way street (Westbound Only)
*Augusta Street
*Charlton Avenue East - One way street (Westbound Only)

Roads that are parallel with Hughson Street

"Note: Listing of streets from West to East."
*Locke Street, North, South
*Queen Street, North, South
*Hess Street, North, South
*Bay Street, North, South
*MacNab Street, North, South
*James Street, North, South
*Hughson Street, North, South
*John Street, North, South
*Catharine Street, North, South
*Ferguson Avenue, North, South
*Wellington Street, North, South
*Victoria Avenue, North, South
*Wentworth Street, North, South

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References

*MapArt Golden Horseshoe Atlas - Page 647 - Grids H12, G12, F12, E12

External links

* [http://www.downtownhamilton.org Downtown Hamilton]
* [http://www.durandna.com/ Durand neighbourhood Association]
* [http://www.northendneighbours.blogspot.com/ North End Neighbours]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Hughson+St+N,+Hamilton,+Hamilton,+Ontario,+Canada&layer=&ie=UTF8&sll=43.268206,-79.869318&sspn=0.062998,0.159302&om=1&z=15&ll=43.2663,-79.863911&spn=0.01575,0.053902&t=h Google Maps: Hughson Street (Hybrid)]