1 66 Samia to Toronto. 



Chkago . in its sudden growth and expanse, no city in 

 C^iPada has so quickly risen into such a permanent state of 

 presperity as Hamilton ; and from its peculiar situation 

 on the lake, coupled with the splendid railway connection it 

 holds, it at some time bids fair to rival in prosperity the 

 " Queen City of the West" — Toronto. Too much praise 

 cannot be ascribed to its merchants and leading men, who 

 have contributed to place it in its present position. 



South-west of Hamilton, some i8 miles, lies Grimsby, on 

 Forty-one Mile Creek, the scene of some hard fighting in 

 I Si 2, and at Stofiy Creek, seven miles from the city, a^mall 

 body of British regulars and Canadian militia, numbering 

 700, under command of Sir John Harvey, thoroughly routed 

 in a night attack the American army, consisting of 3000 

 men, killing and capturing great numbers, and causing them 

 to beat a hasty retreat to Fort George, leaving the com- 

 munication with part of the Niagara frontier open to the 

 British, and eventually thus saving the Province. 



The branch of the Great Western Railway to Toi'onto 

 runs most of the way near the lake. The whole length of 

 the line is flat and uninteresting, presenting at Oakville 

 and Port Credit glimpses of water scenery, and, when 

 nearing Toronto, running directly along the shore of the 

 Humber Bay, till passing near the Garrison and the old 

 Fort, it enters the new Station of Toronto. 



North of Port Credit lies Georgetown, on the Grand 

 Trunk Railway. Half-a-mile east of the station is the 

 railway bridge over the Credit River, — perhaps the finest 

 structure of its kind west of Toronto. The head waters of 

 the Credit River and its tributaries swarm with speckled 

 trout. It is no uncommon thing for an expert to take from 

 100 to 300 in one day. The best ground is " the forks" of 

 the Credit and Shaw's Lake. 



Many sportsmen think it necessary to go out for a fishing 

 excursion with their legs encased in high, cumbrous water- 



