John Street (Hamilton, Ontario)

Talk of creating a townsite at what is now the intersection of John and Main streets arose as early as 1809, but the war delayed the scheme until 1816 when George Hamilton and Nathaniel Hughson successfully promoted Hamilton as the judicial centre for the counties of Halton and Wentworth (the Gore District).

For the first few years they made do with meeting in local taverns such as Thomas Wilson's Inn on the corner of John and Jackson Streets.

[3] The John A. Macdonald Statue at Gore Park arrived in Hamilton from London, England on 30 October 1893.

Originally, the statue was located at the intersection of King and Hughson Streets and pointed West.

His first gig was at the Golden Rail in Hamilton near the corner of King and John Streets where he became an overnight success.