Garth Street (Hamilton, Ontario)

Garth Street is an Upper City (mountain) arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Beckett Drive, a mountain-access road in the north, and extends southward where it ends at Twenty Road just east of the Glancaster Golf and Country Club. It is a two-way street throughout.

History

Originally, Garth Street was almost given the street name of "Upper Dundurn Street" because it's in alignment with Dundurn Street in Lower City Hamilton.

Landmarks

"Note: Listing of Landmarks from North to South."
* Bruce Trail
* Niagara Escarpment
* Hillfield-Strathallan College
* Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway, "The LINC"
* Glancaster Golf and Country Club, (On Twenty Road West, just West of Garth Street)

Communities

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* Westcliffe/ Mohawk, Garth Street cuts through these two neighbourhoods
* Buchanan
* Gilbert/ Rolston, Garth Street cuts through these two neighbourhoods
* Gilkson/ Gourley, Garth Street cuts through these two neighbourhoods
* Falkirk East
* Villages of Glancaster/ Twenty Place, Garth Street cuts through these two neighbourhoods
* North Glanford

Roads that are parallel with Garth Street

"Note: Listing of Roads from West to East."
* Wilson Street (Ancaster)
* Highway 403
* Upper Paradise Road
* Garth Street
* West 5th Street
* Upper James Street
* Upper Wellington Street
* Upper Wentworth Street
* Upper Sherman Avenue
* Upper Gage Avenue
* Upper Ottawa Street
* Nebo Road
* Upper Kenilworth Avenue
* Mountain Brow Boulevard
* Upper Centennial Parkway

Roads that cross Garth Street

"Note: Listing of streets from North to South."
* Scenic Drive - Fennell Avenue, West
* Sanatorium Road
* Mohawk Road, West
* Limeridge Road West
* Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway
* Stone Church Road, West
* , West
* Twenty Road, West

References

*MapArt Golden Horseshoe Atlas - Page 647, 657, 667 - Grids J10, K10, L10, M10, N10, P10, Q10

External links

* [http://www.brucetrail.org Bruce Trail Association]
* [http://brucetrail.wholemap.com/ Hikes on the Bruce Trail]
* [http://www.escarpment.org/ Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) Official web site]
* [http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Garth+Street,+Hamilton&sll=43.230821,-79.888973&sspn=0.054281,0.153809&ie=UTF8&ll=43.220064,-79.906654&spn=0.054291,0.153809&z=13&iwloc=addr Google Maps: Garth Street (Hybrid)]