Glanbrook was formerly a rural township of about ten thousand inhabitants south of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with which it was amalgamated in 2001. Unlike the other municipalities which became part of the new city of Hamilton, Glanbrook lacked a sense of common identity. Therefore, this entry will be entirely historical. The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. ... Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Area: 1,117. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ...

Glanbrook was wholly located on the Niagara Escarpment. It typically suffered from heavier snowfall in the winter and consequently greater runoff in the summer. Although it appeared relatively flat to the naked eye, it sat on the height of land so that the northern portion ultimately drained into Lake Ontario and the southern portion drained into Lake Erie. The Niagara Escarpment, as a feature of geography is a long escarpment or cuesta running through southern and central Ontario, Canada and western New York in the United States. ... Lake Ontario seen from near Wolcott, New York Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ... Lake Erie, looking southward from a high rural bluff near Leamington, Ontario Lake Erie is one of the five large freshwater Great Lakes in North America, the worlds largest such lakes. ...

As its township status implies, it was dotted with several small settlements, hamlets and crossroads. The largest of these -- Mount Hope and Binbrook, the hubs of the two townships which amalgamated in 1974 to form Glanbrook -- had a sense of local identity that did not extend to the merged township as a whole. Mount Hope is the location of Hamilton’s municipal airport, which provides a strong link with its past and future. AirPort is a wireless networking protocol from Apple Computer designed for both Macintosh and PC computers. ...

History to 1938

Glanford and Binbrook Townships were surveyed as part of Upper Canada in the 1790s, and originally formed part of Lincoln County. They became part of Wentworth County when the latter was created in 1816. After being deforested by pioneer settlers, Glanbrook was suitable for grain cultivation and mixed agriculture. However, its harsher climate did not make it nearly as suitable for growing fruit as its counterparts on the Niagara Peninsula. Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario Upper Canada is an early name for the land at the upstream end of the Saint Lawrence River in early North America – the territory south of Lake Nipissing and north of the St. ... Lincoln County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Wentworth County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). ... The Niagara Peninsula is the portion of Ontario, Canada lying on the south shore of Lake Ontario. ...

A local married couple (http://www.hpl.hamilton.on.ca/Local/SPCOLL/gwash.shtml) gained fame in a popular song in the 19th century. Margaret “Maggie” Clark was born in Glanford Township in 1841. She was taught at public school by George W. Johnson, who was born in Binbrook Township in 1839. They married in 1864, but she died shortly after of typhus. In 1866, Johnson had his friend J.C. Butterfield and a poem about his now deceased wife he published around the time of his marriage to music. "When You and I Were Young, Maggie"was (http://members.shaw.ca/tunebook/maggie.htm) debuted by his sister-in-law, and became popular worldwide. Johnson remarried twice and died himself in 1917.

Due to the barrier presented by the Niagara Escarpment, settlement was slower and sparser than that of its neighbours to the north in Saltfleet and Barton Townships (later Stoney Creek and Hamilton). Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the townships remained placid agrarian backwaters, far removed from the bustling heavy industry growing only a dozen miles away in Hamilton. Stoney Creek was a municipality which is now part of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

Politically, the townships’ local governments were neither active nor intrusive nor controversial. As part of the Wentworth (and later Wentworth East) provincial and federal ridings, voters in the townships helped elect largely non-descript and conservative members of the Ontario legislature and Canadian parliament. The Ontario Legislature Building at Queens Park The Legislative Assembly of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... The interior of the House of Commons chamber, also called the Green Chamber The House of Commons (in French, la Chambre des communes) is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of Canada which sits in the nations capital of Ottawa, Ontario. ...

History 1939-1974

During the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Air Force built an airfield in Glanford Township. It opened in 1940 to as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, and successively hosted Nos. 10 Elementary Flying Training School, 33 Air Navigation School and 1 Wireless School. The graves of 13 Britons and a Jamaican are still maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in the churchyard (http://www.stpaulschurch.net/RAF.htm) where they were buried. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The RCAF Roundel is based on that of the British Royal Air Force with a maple leaf, a symbol of Canada in the centre. ... AirPort is a wireless networking protocol from Apple Computer designed for both Macintosh and PC computers. ... External links The Canadian Contribution (includes newspaper archives) World War II Newspaper Archives — The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. ... The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is a joint governmental organisation responsible for marking and maintaining the graves of members of the Commonwealth military forces who died in the two world wars and subsequent wars, to build memorials to those with no known grave, and to keep records of the war...

After a long, gradual decline in its military use, the RCAF Station Mount Hope was declared surplus and the airport was wholly given over to civil aviation in 1963. It developed slowly in fits and starts as a cargo, light aircraft, charter, regional commuting and international airport. Aviation or Air transport refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ...

Since 1971, a dam at Binbrook Conservation Area near the source of the Welland River has created a reservoir to control flooding downstream. The conservation area is operated by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (http://www.conservation-niagara.on.ca), and hence the reservoir is called Lake Niapenco. Binbrook Conservation Area offers opportunities for fishing, boating, hiking and birding. Scrivener Dam, Canberra Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood event A dam (a common Teutonic word, compare to Dutch dam, Swedish and German damm, and the Gothic verb faurdammjan, to block up) is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow... The Welland River is a river in the Niagara Region of southern Ontario which flows from its headwaters south of Hamilton, Ontario to empty into the Niagara River near the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario. ... A reservoir (French: réservoir) is an artificial lake created by flooding land behind a dam. ... A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float) is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge. ... Fishing from a Pier Fishing is both the recreation and sport of catching fish (for food or as a trophy), and the commercial fishing industry of catching or harvesting seafood (either fish or other aquatic life-forms, such as shellfish). ... Boating is the activity of travelling by boat. ... Many beautiful natural scenes are only accessible if one is willing to hike to get to them. ... Birding or birdwatching is a hobby concerned with the observation and study of birds (the study proper is termed ornithology). ...

In 1974, the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth was created. Glanford and Binbrook were amalgamated to form the Township of Glanbrook as one of the regions six second tier municipalities which were responsible for such things as fire services. The Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth was proclaimed by the Progressive Conservative government of Ontario on January 1, 1974 (with legislation being passed the previous year). ... Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ...

History 1975-2001

Beginning in the early 1970s, a small group of enthusiastic volunteers with an interest in military aviation history helped create Canadian Warplane Heritage. Their small collection of Second World War-era aircraft few at such events as the CNE Air Show in Toronto and the Hamilton International Air Show. Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) is an annual event held at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Canada. ... The Utterly Butterly wing-walking display team flying Boeing Stearman PT-17 biplanes An airshow is an event at which aviators display their flying skills, normally to the public, but occasionally to invited guests, or employees and their families only. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ...

As the CWH’s warplane collection grew, the first paid employees were hired and it expanded to occupy two hangars at Mount Hope Airport. Unfortunately, in 1993, a fire there destroyed five aircraft including a rare Spitfire and Hurricane of the Victory Flight, but it sparing an Lancaster. The Supermarine Spitfire was a single seat fighter used by the RAF and many Allied countries in World War II. The Spitfires elliptical wings gave it a very distinctive look; their thin cross-section gave it speed; the brilliant design of Chief Designer R.J. Mitchell and his successors... The Hawker Hurricane is a fighter design from the 1930s which was used extensively by the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. ... The Avro Lancaster was a four-engined World War II bomber aircraft made initially by Avro for the Royal Air Force. ...

The airport itself was privatized in 1995. The following year, aided by provincial grants, a replacement hangar for the CWH was built and a proper static museum opened on the site. The airport was renamed for John Munro, former MP for Hamilton East and a former transport minister, in 1998. Privatization (sometimes privatisation, denationalization, or, especially in India, disinvestment) is the process of transferring property, from public ownership to private ownership and/or transferring the management of a service or activity from the government to the private sector. ... A museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... John Carr Munro (1931-2003) was a Canadian politician. ...

In 2001, over the vocal objections of most of its ten thousand inhabitants and its elected representatives, the regional government and that of its constituent municipalities were amalgamated as the new City of Hamilton. Glanbrook was no more. Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Area: 1,117. ...

External links

• City of Hamilton (http://www.city.hamilton.on.ca/Visiting-Here/Historical-Hamilton/glanbrook/default.asp)’s Glanbrook historical section
• Canadian Warplane Heritage (http://www.warplane.com) flying and static museum
• John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (http://www.hamiltonairport.com/index.shtml) business website
• Binbrook Conservation Area (http://www.conservation-niagara.on.ca/binbrook.htm) and reservoir
• Glanbrook Conservation Committee (http://www.glanbrookconservation.on.ca) ecological group
• Canadian National Exhibition (http://mmi.theex.com) including air show
• “When You And I Were Young, Maggie” (http://www.hpl.hamilton.on.ca/Collections/landmark/maggie.shtml) song background