Rural Routes Ontario - City of Burlington (Lower Tier Halton)

688 Brant
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 2H4

Ontario Tourism Region : Hamilton, Halton, and Brant

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Pop. 132,772. City in the Reg. Mun. of Halton at the end of L. Ontario on the QEW and C. Rd. 1, directly N across the bay from Hamilton.
In 1669, explorer Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle, left Montreal on the first of several voyages of exploration, seeking a passage to the Far East.
He was accompanied by the Sulpician missionaries Francois Dollier de Casson and Rene Francois de Brehan de Galinee. They reached Burlington Bay, travelled inland for a time, and then returned to Montreal.
The city grew from what started as Brant's Block, a tract of 3,450 acres (1,397 ha) given to Iroquois Chief Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) by King George III for services during the American Revolutionary War.
The first settler was August Bates, who arrived in 1800. In 1807 James Gage purchased 338 acres (136.89 ha) from Brant's widow and laid out a village site which he called Wellington Square, honouring the Duke of Wellington.
In 1873 the hamlets of Wellington Square and Port Nelson amalgamated and became Burlington, believed to be a corruption of Bridlington, a resort town in Yorkshire, England.
In 1954, William Breckon of Burlington became the first Ontario farmer to win the World Wheat Championship at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair with his Genesee grain.

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Off the beaten track:	Palmer, 0km Clarksdale, 2km Mountain Gardens, 2km Glenwood Park, 3km Nelson, 2km Brant Hills, 2km Freeman, Burlington area, 4km Dynes, 4km Tyandaga, 4km Orchard, 4km Appleby, 3km Tansley, 5km Highview Survey, 4km Maple, 5km Roseland, Burlington area, 5km Port Nelson, 5km La Salle, 6km	Longmoor, 4km Strathcona Gardens, 5km Indian Point, 6km Zimmerman, 7km Burlington Beach, 7km Shoreacres, 5km Aldershot, 7km Ash, 8km Mount Nemo, 6km Elizabeth Gardens, 6km Waterdown North, 7km Waterdown, 7km Bayview, Burlington area, 9km Hamilton Beach, 10km Bronte Station, 8km Bronte, 8km Rockcliffe Survey, 9km	McDonald Court, 9km Braeheid Survey, 9km Lowville, 10km Bridgeview Survey, 10km North End, 12km Millgrove Station, 9km Clappison's Corners, 11km Boyne, 13km Glenorchy, Oakville area, 13km Pleasant View Survey, 11km Flamboro Centre, 10km Central, 13km Normanhurst, 14km The Delta, 15km Corktown, 14km Bartonville, 15km
Nearby Lakes:	Fisher's Pond, 4km Lake Medad, 6km Progreston Pond, 12km West Pond, 15km Mill Pond, 17km Crawford Lake, 15km Carlisle Pond, 14km McClures Lake, 14km Kelso Lake, 19km Campbellville Pond, 19km Gulliver's Lake, 17km Lake Wabukayne, 24km Lake Aquitaine, 25km Christie Reservoir, 20km Scotch Block Reservoir, 25km Mountsberg Reservoir, 21km Lake Niapenco, 30km	Emerald Lake, 26km Valens Reservoir, 26km Dunmark Lake, 30km Fairy Lake, 34km Heart Lake, 41km Claireville Reservoir, 44km West Pond, 41km Grenadier Pond, 41km Little Lake, 36km Dry Lake, 49km Puslinch Lake, 37km Dufferin Lake, 51km Dils Lake, 48km Mohawk Lake, 43km Guelph Lake, 43km Lighthouse Pond, 44km Mill Pond, 40km	Long Pond, 45km Innis Lake, 56km Widgett Lake, 56km Green Lake, 55km Eighteen Mile Pond, 44km Roman Lake, 52km Warnock Lake, 56km Cottrell Lake, 42km Cowan's Lake, 42km Sixteen Mile Pond, 45km Deans Lake, 43km Taylor Lake, 43km Victoria Lake, 51km Fifteen Mile Pond, 45km Blue Lake, 45km Grass Lake, 44km

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