Upper Wellington Street (Hamilton, Ontario)

Upper Wellington Street is an Upper City (mountain) arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts at the Jolley Cut, a mountain-access road to the north, beside Sam Lawrence Park and extends southward past Rymal Road where it ends at the Mount Hamilton Cemetery. It is a two-way street throughout. As with most of the "Upper" streets, their addresses start at roughly the point where their lower counterpart finishes just below the Escarpment and were originally labelled without the "Upper" prefix.

History

Named Upper Wellington Street because it is in alignment with Wellington Street in the Lower City Hamilton. Originally Wellington Street was called Lovers' Lane.[1]

Landmarks

Note: Listing of Landmarks from North to South.

  • Jolley Cut, mountain-access road
  • Sam Lawrence Park
  • Bruce Park, (off of Queensdale Avenue East)
  • YMCA building
  • St. Michael's Elementary School, (off of Hester Street)
  • Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway, "The LINC"
  • Crerar Park 2, (off of Sirente Drive)
  • Jerome Park
  • Senior Citizen's Home
  • Mount Hamilton Cemetery
    • Turner Park, (next to Cemetery on Rymal Road)
  • The Wellington
  • The Wellington Stone
  • The Wellington Hospice

Communities

Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from North to South. [2]

  • Centremount/ Inch Park, Upper Wellington cuts through these two neighbourhoods
  • Balfour/ Hill Park, Upper Wellington cuts through these two neighbourhoods
  • Greeningdon/ Bruleville, Upper Wellington cuts through these two neighbourhoods
  • Jerome/ Crerar, Upper Wellington cuts through these two neighbourhoods
  • Barnstown

Roads that are parallel with Upper Wellington Street

Note: Listing of Roads from West to East.

Roads that cross Upper Wellington Street

Note: Listing of streets from North to South.

See also

References
  1. Manson, Bill (2003). Footsteps In Time: Exploring Hamilton's heritage neighbourhoods. North Shore Publishing Inc. ISBN 1-896899-22-6.
  2. "Hamilton Neighbourhood Boundaries, (map.hamilton.ca)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  • MapArt Golden Horseshoe Atlas - Page 647, 657 - Grids J13, K13, L13, M13, N13, P13



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