By Staff
July 11th, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
This came our way with a notation saying the picture is from the 60’s.
Is there anyone who can get a little tighter on the date.
Can anyone put a date on this picture?
There is nothing developed south of Lakeshore Road. The tomato processing plant that was south of Lakeshore is gone. There are no piers.
It appears to be around 1962.
Left hand north side is Ridley’s gas station, left of that is Brant Chrysler.
On the right is the Royale bank , to its right is Olsen’s sporting goods , next that is the Roxy theatre, next to that is Paul’s Victoria Restaurant.
Hope this helps
Bruce Tidd
I think l see the Leggett car dealership on the north west side of Brant st. Maybe they can help with the time frame.
The cannery was still there when I was at BHS up until the late 1950’s.
The Historical Society could help you.
On the opposite corner is the Royal Bank, the Odeon single screen theatre, a small restaurant and the bus terminal-smoke shop-news stand that served Gray Coach and Canada Coach Lines. Burlington Transit began service in 1975. There was a new BT terminal stretching between Elizabeth and Pearl Streets. It was replaced by a kiosk on John St with on road bus pick up and drop off. I have never lived in the downtown area, so more and better details are still out there.
Spencer Smith park may still be mostly a marina. To the left of the Brant – Lakeshore intersection is a 2 bay Shell service station and beside it is Brant Chrysler Plymouth. The town hall opened in 1965, the same year that the Chedoke section of Hwy 403 opened.