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[[File:WhitehernMuseumHamilton.JPG|300px|thumb|[[Whitehern]] Museum]]
'''MacNab Street''' is a Lower City collector road in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], Canada. It starts in the [[Durand (Hamilton, Ontario)|Durand]] neighbourhood on ''Markland Street'', as a one-way street going north to Bold Street, where it becomes two-way for one block until  ''Hurst Place'' where it's cut off by a wall for the [[Hunter Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Hunter Street]] railway bridge. Pedestrians may cross Hunter Street at an underpass. MacNab Street starts again north of the Railway line on ''Hunter Street'' as a two-way street but is cut off again at [[King Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|King Street]] where the [[Lloyd D. Jackson Square]] mall and [[Stelco Tower]] are situated. MacNab Street continues north of this Mall on [[York Boulevard (Hamilton, Ontario)|York Boulevard]], in front of the [[Hamilton Library (Ontario)|Hamilton Public Library]] & the entrance to the [[Hamilton Farmer's Market]], again as a two-way street right through the city's ''North End'' to ''Burlington Street''. It continues  as a one-way street to the waterfront where it ends at ''Guise Street West'', the site of the [[Royal Hamilton Yacht Club]] and ''Pier 5''.
==History==
[[File:MacNabStreetHamiltonA.JPG|thumb|200px]]
[[File:CFL Hamilton A.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] museum]]
''MacNab Street'' was named after [[Allan MacNab]], (1798–1862), ''Sir Allan Napier MacNab'' soldier, lawyer, businessman, knight and former Prime Minister of [[Upper Canada]].<ref name=HAMBIO1>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol I, 1791-1875)|first=Thomas Melville |last=Bailey|publisher=W.L. Griffin Ltd|year=1981}}</ref><ref name=macnab>{{cite book| last = Bailey| first = Melville| title = The History of Dundurn Castle and Sir Allan MacNab | year = 1987|edition=reprint| pages = 1–38}}</ref> ''MacNab Street'' South between [[King Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|King Street]] and [[Hunter Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Hunter Street]] West is also named '''[[Franz Liszt|Franz Liszt Avenue]]''', named after the Hungarian [[composer]]/ [[Conductor (music)|conductor]]/ [[pianist]].
In 1838, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church  on ''Park Street'' (1-block West of ''MacNab'') was built.<ref name=STMARYS>{{cite book|title=Hamilton: An Illustrated History|first=John C. |last=Weaver |publisher=James Lorimer & Company Publishers|year=1982|isbn= 0-88862-593-6}}</ref> Recently given a complete paint job on the outside and additions added in the South-east of property, (Banquet Hall), and a parking lot done in red gravel. The building is architecturally notable both inside & out.<ref name=DOWNTOWN>{{cite book|title=Hamilton: Living Downtown, Familiarity Breeds Content|first=Janet & David |last=Hillen |publisher=North Shore Publishing|year=2000|isbn= 1-896899-13-7}}</ref>
In 1958, [[Conway Twitty]], singer-songwriter and his band were in town and were playing the ''Flamingo Lounge'' where ''Hamilton Place'' auditorium is located today. Legend has it that the drummer, Jack Nance, wrote ''"It's Only Make Believe"'' between sets, although another story puts them at the nearby ''Fischer Hotel''. The song was recorded in 1958 and became the first of nine Top 40 hits for Twitty, selling eight million copies.<ref name=MEMPROJ44>{{cite press release| title =The Hamilton Memory Project;| publisher =The Hamilton Spectator Newspaper- Souvenir Edition page MP44| date = June 10, 2006}}</ref>
[[Thomas McQuesten]]'s, historic downtown family home was willed to the City after the death of the last of his five unmarried siblings in 1968. After its restoration was complete in 1971, [[Whitehern]] has been open as a civic [[museum]] and has occasionally served as a period film location.<ref name=WHITEHERN>{{cite web| title =Whitehern Museum Archives: An Online History of the McQuesten Family| url=http://www.whitehern.ca/| accessdate = 2007-03-23}}</ref>
[[100 King Street West]] (formerly Stelco Tower) was built in 1972 in downtown Hamilton, 26-floors/ 103-metres. At the time of completion was the tallest building in Hamilton but that title lasted less than 2 years until [[Landmark Place]], 43-floors/ 127 meters, (originally known as ''The Century 21 Building'') was complete in 1974.<ref name=stelcotower>{{cite web| title = Stelco Tower: 1973| url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=stelcotower-hamilton-canada| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930083125/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=stelcotower-hamilton-canada| url-status=usurped| archive-date=September 30, 2007| accessdate = 2007-03-26}}</ref>
Hamilton is also home to the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] museum. The museum hosts an annual induction event in a week-long celebration that includes school visits, a golf tournament, a formal induction dinner and concludes with the Hall of Fame game involving the local [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] at [[Ivor Wynne Stadium]].<ref name=hallfame>{{cite web|title=Five more walk into Canadian Football's hallowed shrine |url=http://www.hamiltonscores.com/football/news/?article=092922426 |publisher=Hamilton Scores! |accessdate=2007-04-27 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301084350/http://www.hamiltonscores.com/football/news/?article=092922426 |archivedate=2007-03-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=IVORW>{{cite web|url=http://football.ballparks.com/CFL/Hamilton/index.htm|title=Ivor Wynne Stadium Information|accessdate=2007-04-27}}</ref>
The Royal Hamilton Yacht Club is only minutes from downtown Hamilton. Offers a fantastic waterfront view and spectacular sunsets. Whether you sail, power boat, swim, or just enjoy great food its all there at the RHYC. Also included are dry sail facilities, youth/adult sailing school, excellent year round dining and well-appointed meeting spaces.
The ''Waterfront Shuttle'' is a free service offered by the [[Hamilton Street Railway]]. It has a seasonal schedule that runs weekends from May-to-October connecting Hamilton's downtown core to the waterfront and attractions that can be found there like [[HMCS Haida]] and the [[Parks Canada Discovery Centre]].<ref name=TROLLEY>{{cite web| title =The Waterfront Shuttle- HSR| url=http://www.hamilton.ca/hsr| accessdate = 2007-06-05}}</ref>
==Frank A. Cooke Transit Terminal{{anchor|Transit Terminal}}==
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[[File:MacNab Transit Terminal platforms.JPG|thumb|upright|Frank A. Cooke Transit Terminal]]
The [[Hamilton Street Railway]] bus terminal is located between [[King Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|King St W]] and [[Main Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Main St W]], on a section of the street closed to traffic. Once a through street north of King Street, the demolition of buildings for Jackson Square would give rise to an on street transit terminal after 1969. The pre-2011 terminal had seven platforms with ten routes, mostly serving the upper part of the city. The 9 platform terminal was rebuilt and re-opened on 2 January 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hamiltontransit.ca/terminals/macnab-transit-terminal/ |title=MacNab Transit Terminal |publisher=Hamilton Transit Blog |accessdate=29 June 2015}}</ref> Formerly known as ''McNab Transit Terminal'', the terminal was renamed to the ''Frank A. Cooke Transit Terminal'' on September 12, 2022 in honor of Franklin Arthur Cooke, the former general manager of HSR from 1946 to 1985.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hamilton.ca/city-council/news-notices/news-releases/city-celebrates-frank-cookes-contribution-transit-hamilton | title=City celebrates Frank A. Cooke's contribution to transit in Hamilton &#124; City of Hamilton }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thespec.com/local-ancaster/news/2022/04/28/hamilton-to-rename-macnab-transit-terminal-after-former-transit-general-manager-frank-cooke.html | title=Ontario News &#124; the Spec | newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator }}</ref>
==Hamilton Waterfront Trolley==
The ''Hamilton Waterfront Trolley'' is a narrated tour along the 12 kilometre ''Hamilton Waterfront Trail''. The main stop and departure spot is at the Hamilton Waterfront ''SCOOPS'' Ice Cream parlour, which provides the famous ''Stoney Creek Dairy Ice Cream''. There are a dozen stops along the way between Princess Point at the western-end of the route to the eastern-end, the site of [[HMCS Haida]]. Also near this eastern-end route is the site of the ''Hamiltonian Tour Boat'', which is a 12-passenger tour boat that offers a leisurely guided tour of [[Hamilton Harbour]] with the captain providing interesting stories and history of one of North America's most noteworthy harbours. In addition to this there is also the ''Hamilton Harbour Queen Cruises'' which is another ship that offers 3-hour tour of the harbour along with Lunch, Dinner or other special events like Dance parties. This Harbour Queen Cruise was also the 2005 winner of the Hamilton Tourism Awards for "best tourism idea."<ref name=TROLLEY2>{{cite web| title =Hamilton Waterfront Trolley| url=http://www.hamiltonwaterfront.com| accessdate = 2007-06-05}}</ref>
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
MacNabStreetHamiltonBBB.JPG|Ellen Fairclough building
MacNabStreetBDC.JPG|[[BDC Building]], view from atop of Stelco Tower
HamiltonWaterfrontTrolleyC.JPG|Waterfront Trolley
HamiltonWaterfrontTrailD.JPG|Waterfront Trail
</gallery>
==References==
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*MapArt [[Golden Horseshoe]] Atlas - Page 647 - Grids E12, F12, G12, H12
==External links==
{{commons category|MacNab Street, Hamilton}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070519000132/http://www.durandna.com/ Durand neighbourhood Association]
*[http://www.northendneighbours.blogspot.com/ North End Neighbours]
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=MacNab+St+N,+Hamilton,+Hamilton,+Ontario,+Canada&sll=43.2663,-79.863911&sspn=0.01575,0.053902&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=43.267331,-79.864812&spn=0.01575,0.053902&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr Google Maps: MacNab Street (Hybrid)]
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