Why Hamilton?

What are the secrets that make Hamilton great? This is a collection of curated content representing the best of Hamilton. Suggestions are always encouraged, but the team will endeavour to explore them personally in order to avoid the spam that can plague other similar sites.  There will be a major focus on location, and all posts will have a relevant map and location info–as well as directions so that you can explore this city on your own.

-Dwayne Ali (Head Curator)

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The Aviary

The Aviary
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If you work at the Dundurn National Historic Site, the Castle of which was once home to Sir Allan MacNab, you know that not a week goes by without a visitor asking after the birds that used to be housed in its park.

But while the Dundurn Park Aviary is part of the nostalgic experience of Dundurn Castle, it was not what Sir Allan MacNab would have known or envisioned during his premiership in 1855, the year to which the Castle was restored in the mid-1990s. The MacNab-era state of the site predated the aviary, and for reasons of historical consistency, the birds needed to find a new home.

Haunted Hamilton – The Hermitage Ruins

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The air was damp, the wind was howling and the scene was set for a spooky night at the Hermitage. Normally people are not allowed in the woods surrounding the Hermitage after sunset but Haunted Hamilton has special permission to do their very popular ghost walk there. Haunted Hamilton has had the Hermitage featured on the show Creepy Canada. They now have their own show on Cable 14 where they go and investigate supposed haunted areas in Hamilton. I had only been on the downtown ghost walk, so I kind of thought I knew what to expect. I liked the ghost walk downtown but it had been a couple of years since I had been on the walk and I figured that the Hermitage ghost walk would be perfect for the creepy month leading up to Halloween. 

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