Main Street (Hamilton, Ontario)

[1] On June 20, 1877, the first commercial telephone service in Canada began in Hamilton, Ontario.

[2] Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr. learned of Alexander Graham Bell's invention in 1877 at the Philadelphia International Exposition and from there decided to test the communication tool in Hamilton.

[3] Hugh Cossart Baker Jr. is credited with making the first telephone exchange in the British Empire from an office building (Exchange Building) at the corner of James and Main Street East which still stands there today (March 2007).

[4] McMaster University arrived in Hamilton in 1930 from Bloor Street in Toronto.

[5] Built in 1931, Westdale Secondary School was immediately deemed the largest composite school in the British Empire, having cost $1.3 million to build and consisting of 4.7 hectares of building, grounds and athletic fields.