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[Site]: Royal Botanical Gardens
[Date(s)]: 1920s (established)
[Designated]: 1993
[Location]: Hamilton43°17′27.54″N 79°52′30.71″W / 43.2909833°N 79.8751972°W / 43.2909833; -79.8751972 (Royal Botanical Gardens)
[Description]: Comprising 1,100 hectares (2,700 acres) clustered around Burlington Bay, it is one of Canada's most important botanical gardens, and is the international registration authority for cultivar names of lilacs; named Canada's "National Focal Point" for plant conservation targets under the United Nations’ Convention on Biological Diversity
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[Site]: Battle of Stoney Creek
[Date(s)]: 1813 (battle)
[Designated]: 1960
[Location]: Stoney Creek43°13′02″N 79°45′58″W / 43.217271°N 79.766244°W / 43.217271; -79.766244 (Battle of Stoney Creek)
[Description]: The site of a British victory that marked a turning point in the War of 1812, representing the most advanced position achieved by American forces in the Niagara campaign
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[Site]: Hamilton Waterworks
[Date(s)]: 1859 (completed)
[Designated]: 1977
[Location]: Hamilton43°15′22.45″N 79°46′14.51″W / 43.2562361°N 79.7706972°W / 43.2562361; -79.7706972 (Hamilton Waterworks)
[Description]: Built to deliver large quantities of clean water for safe drinking and fire control to rapidly expanding Hamilton, the waterworks is a rare surviving example of a Victorian industrial complex that is largely architecturally and functionally intact
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[Site]: Burlington Heights
[Date(s)]: 1813-14 (wartime activities)
[Designated]: 1929
[Location]: Hamilton43°16′14″N 79°53′10″W / 43.27056°N 79.88611°W / 43.27056; -79.88611 (Burlington Heights)
[Description]: An assembly point and supply depot for the defence of the Niagara Peninsula and support of the navy on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812
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[Site]: Former Hamilton Customs House
[Date(s)]: 1860 (completed)
[Designated]: 1990
[Location]: Hamilton43°15′58.91″N 79°52′1.97″W / 43.2663639°N 79.8672139°W / 43.2663639; -79.8672139 (Former Hamilton Customs House)
[Description]: A former customs house now serving as the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre; a noted example of Italianate architecture, which was popular in Canada from the 1840s to the 1870s; based on designs by Frederick Preston Rubidge 1858
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[Site]: Sandyford Place
[Date(s)]: 1856 (completed)
[Designated]: 1975
[Location]: Hamilton43°15′6.98″N 79°52′23.72″W / 43.2519389°N 79.8732556°W / 43.2519389; -79.8732556 (Sandyford Place)
[Description]: A row of stone terrace houses, typical of the construction style in Hamilton at a time when Scottish settlers sought to recreate the stone terraces of Scottish towns; a good example of the housing erected for merchants in the mid-19th century
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