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Westdale: Canada’s First Planned Community

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An essay from the Spring 2010 newsletter. Please see page 30 of the newsletter for a list of references.

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Author: Malcolm J.A. Horsnell

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The TH&B Railway in West Hamilton

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An essay from the Autumn 2009 newsletter. Please see page 30 of the newsletter for references

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Author: Malcolm J.A. Horsnell

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Hamilton’s Oldest House

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This is the story of a house built in our community. It is the oldest surviving house from Hamilton and might be described as the cornerstone of West Hamilton’s history.

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Author: Loreen Jerome

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Hillfield School

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Hillfield Strathallan College on Hamilton mountain was situation in our neighbourhood between 1930 and 1962.

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Author: Loreen Jerome

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In 1927 the City of Hamilton secured 400 acres of exceptional Westdale land, consisting of ravine lands and adjacent water lots in Cootes Paradise, in lieu of debts owed by the land-development company McKittrick Properties.

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Author: Loreen Jerome

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