Hamilton Harbour or Burlington Bay?  by princessicajessica

Hamilton Harbour or Burlington Bay?

Belated upload, because I really hope to eventually catch up with the photos I took each day but didn't manage to post!

I took this photo of the ships on the water just as we were coming off of the Burlington Bay Skyway-- a high-level bridge that connects the cities of Hamilton and Burlington. First I said the ships were in Hamilton Harbour, but then I thought "wait... shouldn't that be Burlington Bay?" So I asked Chris, who's from Hamilton originally. He said it was Burlington Bay. I said "Ok. But... Then where is Hamilton Harbour?" We looked them each up on the Maps app, and it dropped the pin in exactly the same place for both! Further Googling told us that the body of water is called Hamilton Harbour nowadays, but it was formerly called Burlington Bay. I guess there are still people who use each name!
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