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[[Image:CharltonAvenueHamiltonA.JPG|400px|right|thumb|Central Presbyterian Church]]

'''Charlton Avenue''', is a Lower City collector road in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], Canada. This collector road starts off just west of [[Dundurn Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Dundurn Street]] as a one-way street (Westbound) up to [[James Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|James Street South]] where it then switches over to a [[two-way street]] the rest of the way eastward and ends at [[Wentworth Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Wentworth Street South]] right in front of ''Mountain Face Park'' and the ''Escarpment Rail Trail''.

==History==

''Charlton Avenue'' was named after [[Benjamin Ernest Charlton]], (1835–1901), teacher, manufacturer, politician and mayor of Hamilton.<ref name=HAMBIO1>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol I, 1791–1875)|first=Thomas Melville |last=Bailey|publisher=W.L. Griffin Ltd|year=1981}}</ref> Originally ''Charlton Avenue'' was named ''Hannah Street''.<ref name=FOOTSTEPS>{{cite book|title=Footsteps In Time: Exploring Hamilton's heritage neighbourhoods|first=Bill |last=Manson |publisher=North Shore Publishing Inc|year=2003|isbn= 1-896899-22-6}}</ref>

''Wentworth Street'', at the base of the [[Niagara Escarpment]] (mountain) was the site of the city's second [[incline railway]] (1895–1936). Back then, the incline railway on Wentworth Street was known as the ''Eastend Incline Railway'' but was often called the ''Mount Hamilton incline railway.''<ref name=HSRhistory>{{cite web|url=http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/alltime/hamilton-on.html |title=Hamilton Street Railway History |accessdate=2007-04-14}}</ref><ref name=HSRhistory2>{{cite web|url= http://ca.geocities.com/hamiltontransithistory@rogers.com/|title= Hamilton Transit History|accessdate=2007-04-14|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://ca.geocities.com/hamiltontransithistory%40rogers.com/&date=2009-10-25+03:03:04|archivedate=2009-10-25}}</ref> The city's first incline railway on [[James Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|James Street South]], (1892–1932), was known as the ''Hamilton & Barton Incline Railway.''<ref name="HSRhistory"/><ref name="HSRhistory2"/>

==Landmarks==

[[Image:CharltonAvenueHamiltonC.JPG|right|thumb|Central Presbyterian Church]]

[[Image:CharltonAvenueHamiltonD.JPG|right|thumb|Caroline Street South, near Charlton Avenue West]]

[[Image:OlympiaTowerHamilton.JPG|right|thumb|[[Olympia Apartments (Hamilton, Ontario)|Olympia Apartments]]]]

''Note: Listing of Landmarks from West to East.''

*St. John The Evangelist Church

*Ryerson Middle School

*[[Locke Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Locke Street Shopping district]] (Antique shops, Art galleries, Cafes & fine dining Restaurants)

*[[Hamilton Amateur Athletic Association Grounds]]

**Hamilton Tennis Club

*[[Central Presbyterian Church (Hamilton)|Central Presbyterian Church]]

*First Christian Reformed Church, Hamilton

*[[Durand Park (Hamilton, Ontario)|Durand Park]]

*James Street South Shopping District

*[[St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton|St. Joseph's Hospital]]

**[[McMaster University]] - Division of Cardiology, Dept. of Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital

*Church of the Ascension (1-block north of ''Charlton Avenue'' on [[John Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|John Street South]])

*Oakland Square (shopping plaza)

*[[Olympia Apartments (Hamilton, Ontario)|Olympia Apartments]], (Hamilton's 3rd-tallest building)

*[[Canadian Pacific Railway]] line

*Escarpment Rail Trail

*[[Mountain Face Park (Hamilton, Ontario)|Mountain Face Park]]

*Wentworth Street Stairway (Access to the Upper City, "Mountain"), old site of the Wentworth Street [[Incline railway]], (1895-1936)

*[[Bruce Trail]]

*[[Niagara Escarpment]] (mountain)

==Communities==

''Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from West to East.'' <ref name=BOUND>{{cite web|title=Hamilton Neighbourhood Boundaries, (map.hamilton.ca) |url=http://map.hamilton.ca/Static/PDFs/General%20Interest%20maps/Overall%20City/NeighbourhoodBoundaries.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235056/http://map.hamilton.ca/Static/PDFs/General%20Interest%20maps/Overall%20City/NeighbourhoodBoundaries.pdf |archive-date=2007-09-27 |accessdate=2007-05-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

*[[Kirkendall North (Hamilton, Ontario)|Kirkendall North]]

*[[Durand (Hamilton, Ontario)|Durand]]

*[[Corktown (Hamilton, Ontario)|Corktown]]

*[[Stinson (Hamilton, Ontario)|Stinson]]

==Roads that are parallel with Charlton Avenue==

''Lower City Roads:''

*[[Burlington Street]], West/East

*[[Barton Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Barton Street]], West/East

*[[Cannon Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Cannon Street]], West/East

*[[Wilson Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Wilson Street]]

*[[King William Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|King William Street]]

*[[King Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|King Street]], West/East

*[[Main Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Main Street]], West/East - [[Queenston Road (Hamilton, Ontario)|Queenston Road]]

*[[Jackson Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Jackson Street]], West/East

*[[Hunter Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Hunter Street]], West/East

*[[Augusta Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Augusta Street]]

*'''Charlton Avenue''', West/East

*[[Aberdeen Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)|Aberdeen Avenue]]

''Niagara Escarpment (Mountain) Roads:''

*[[Concession Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Concession Street]]

*[[Queensdale Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)|Queensdale Avenue]] West/ East

*[[Scenic Drive (Hamilton, Ontario)|Scenic Drive]] - [[Fennell Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)|Fennell Avenue]], West/East

*[[Sanatorium Road (Hamilton, Ontario)|Sanatorium Road]]

*[[Mohawk Road (Hamilton, Ontario)|Mohawk Road]], West/East

*[[Limeridge Road (Hamilton, Ontario)|Limeridge Road]] West/East

*[[Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway]] - [[Mud Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Mud Street]], (Hamilton City Road 11)

*[[Stone Church Road (Hamilton, Ontario)|Stone Church Road]], West/East

*[[Image:Ontario 53.png|30px]]; [[Rymal Road (Hamilton, Ontario)|Rymal Road]], West/East

*[[Twenty Road (Hamilton, Ontario)|Twenty Road]]

==Roads that cross Charlton Avenue==

''Note: Listing of streets from West to East.''

*[[Dundurn Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Dundurn Street]], South

*[[Locke Street, (Hamilton, Ontario)|Locke Street]], South

*[[Queen Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Queen Street]], South

*[[Hess Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Hess Street]], South

*[[Caroline Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Caroline Street]], South

*[[Bay Street (Hamilton)|Bay Street]], South

*[[MacNab Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|MacNab Street]], South

*[[James Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|James Street]], South

*[[Hughson Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Hughson Street]], South

*[[John Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|John Street]], South

*[[Catharine Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Catharine Street]], South

*[[Ferguson Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)|Ferguson Avenue]], South

*[[Wellington Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Wellington Street]], South

*[[Victoria Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)|Victoria Avenue]], South (''Victoria Ave.'' mountain-access ramp flows over ''Charlton Ave.'')

*[[Wentworth Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Wentworth Street]], South

==See also==

*[[Niagara Escarpment Commission]]

==References==

{{reflist}}

*MapArt [[Golden Horseshoe]] Atlas - Page 647 - Grids H10, G10, G11, G12, G13, G14

==External links==

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070519000132/http://www.durandna.com/ Durand Neighbourhood]

*[http://kirkendallhood.ca Kirkendall Neighbourhood]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070503210607/http://www.lockestreet.com/ Locke Street.com]

*[http://www.loso.ca Locke Street South Shopping District]

*[http://www.brucetrail.org Bruce Trail Association]

*[http://brucetrail.wholemap.com/ Hikes on the Bruce Trail]

*[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Charlton+Avenue+E,+Hamilton,+Hamilton,+Ontario,+Canada&sll=43.247954,-79.828892&sspn=0.06552,0.159645&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=43.248047,-79.862151&spn=0.01638,0.039911&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr Google Maps: Charlton Avenue (Hybrid)]

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