Just posting this to wish a very Merry Christmas to Toronto readers. Even if the border is essentially closed it was my Toronto readers that really launched this blog, and that will never be forgotten.
We have not yet finished our visit to the Toronto area. The area to the west of Toronto includes Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington and, Hamilton. We have seen the rest of "Toronto" in the visit by that name.
Here is Toronto's Pearson International Airport, with the skyline of Mississauga in the background. This is known as an efficient airport, I have taken off and landed here five times. Although I have been on an Air Canada flight only once. The last mishap that I can remember at this airport is the one with an Air France plane, in 2005. The plane was destroyed, but no one was killed.This is where the Air India flight left from, in 1985, that was the deadliest bombing of an aircraft, and so many of the victims were from the Toronto area. This was part of India's internal conflict of the mid-1980s, following the raid on the Golden Temple by the Indian Army, and including the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in retaliation for the raid. But we see how far India has come since that time.
The airport is named for the former prime minister, and native of the Toronto area, Lester Pearson. He was the prime minister when I lived as a child on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, in the late 1960s. His successor was the father of the present prime minister.
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Here are some more views of Mississauga starting in the food court of Square One, which is actually the largest mall in Ontario. The two buildings with the twisted shape are built that way purposely. They are condominiums, known as Absolute World.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.5933479,-79.6423632,3a,75y,270h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1szacAZPE10vQAAAQfr8cjiA!2e0!3e2!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DzacAZPE10vQAAAQfr8cjiA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D69.83083%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Here is some typical everyday scenery in Burlington, which is at the far western end of the Toronto metropolitan area.
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Moving further west, we come to the city of Hamilton. The first thing that comes to mind are Stelco and Dofasco, the makers of steel which was the largest industries in Hamilton. Where do you suppose that the structural steel to make the buildings in Toronto came from?
Hamilton is built right on the Niagara Escarpment, with half of the city below the escarpment, and the other half above. Being as far west as one can go on Lake Ontario, and having a good natural harbour, it was the logical place for a city. The older part of the city, as well as the industrial sector, is below the escarpment.
These are some views of downtown Hamilton. Quite a bit of my early writing was done in the library that is attached to the mall at Jackson Square. My late wife and I would sometimes have lunch in the food court of the mall, and then visit the library.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2563067,-79.8679538,3a,75y,294.48h,89.51t,1.1r/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s391k9cjKMz5iTRYSwHYK5A!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D391k9cjKMz5iTRYSwHYK5A%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D14.749572%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Hamilton is known for McMaster University, with it's own nuclear reactor.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2615623,-79.9187167,3a,75y,357.48h,90.83t,2.26r/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s5YrTQQR1nJNmhOGGbbJwKQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D5YrTQQR1nJNmhOGGbbJwKQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D266.30426%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Finally, one town that I have always liked in Dundas. It appears as typical of small-town Ontario. The name is better known as one of the main streets of Toronto, with Dundas Square in the heart of Toronto, but this is the town that the street and square are named for.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2667441,-79.9587837,3a,75y,90h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sLScEgaNpXfhu2aTtsBYlhA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DLScEgaNpXfhu2aTtsBYlhA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D23.541088%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Here are some more views of Mississauga starting in the food court of Square One, which is actually the largest mall in Ontario. The two buildings with the twisted shape are built that way purposely. They are condominiums, known as Absolute World.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.5933479,-79.6423632,3a,75y,270h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1szacAZPE10vQAAAQfr8cjiA!2e0!3e2!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DzacAZPE10vQAAAQfr8cjiA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D69.83083%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Here is some typical everyday scenery in Burlington, which is at the far western end of the Toronto metropolitan area.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.3482498,-79.7948187,3a,75y,357.26h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sBwjuPz53w3EAAAQWtEX7Uw!2e0!3e2!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DBwjuPz53w3EAAAQWtEX7Uw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D73.186455%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Moving further west, we come to the city of Hamilton. The first thing that comes to mind are Stelco and Dofasco, the makers of steel which was the largest industries in Hamilton. Where do you suppose that the structural steel to make the buildings in Toronto came from?
Hamilton is built right on the Niagara Escarpment, with half of the city below the escarpment, and the other half above. Being as far west as one can go on Lake Ontario, and having a good natural harbour, it was the logical place for a city. The older part of the city, as well as the industrial sector, is below the escarpment.
These are some views of downtown Hamilton. Quite a bit of my early writing was done in the library that is attached to the mall at Jackson Square. My late wife and I would sometimes have lunch in the food court of the mall, and then visit the library.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2563067,-79.8679538,3a,75y,294.48h,89.51t,1.1r/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s391k9cjKMz5iTRYSwHYK5A!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D391k9cjKMz5iTRYSwHYK5A%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D14.749572%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Hamilton is known for McMaster University, with it's own nuclear reactor.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2615623,-79.9187167,3a,75y,357.48h,90.83t,2.26r/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s5YrTQQR1nJNmhOGGbbJwKQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D5YrTQQR1nJNmhOGGbbJwKQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D266.30426%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Finally, one town that I have always liked in Dundas. It appears as typical of small-town Ontario. The name is better known as one of the main streets of Toronto, with Dundas Square in the heart of Toronto, but this is the town that the street and square are named for.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2667441,-79.9587837,3a,75y,90h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sLScEgaNpXfhu2aTtsBYlhA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DLScEgaNpXfhu2aTtsBYlhA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D23.541088%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
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