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Old Posted Oct 16, 2019, 10:50 PM
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Hamilton's most popular castle.....

Dundurn Castle, once home to Sir Allan Napier MacNab who was a railway magnate

https://crsautomotive.com/what-to-se...e_summer-1920/

Dundurn Castle garden

https://theheartofontario.com/experi...llinator-tour/


Scott Gardner,The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/73...castle-lit-up/

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Old Posted Oct 16, 2019, 10:55 PM
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That looks like it was built by a 19th century Trump.
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Old Posted Oct 17, 2019, 5:48 AM
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That looks like it was built by a 19th century Trump.
That statement may actually hold some truth. There are several similarities, especially in business... though there are likely to be key differences in their political legacies and levels of garnered respect.
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Old Posted Oct 17, 2019, 6:38 AM
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More in Hamilton:

Castle Dean (1830s)

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Ballinahinch (1850)

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Ravenscliffe (1881)

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Scottish Rite (1896) (originally the Tuckett Mansion, home of a former mayor and tobacco baron)

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McMaster's University Hall (1930)




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...and its somewhat less castle-like sibling, Hamilton Hall (1930)

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Old Posted Oct 17, 2019, 8:24 AM
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These two are in Victoria



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Old Posted Oct 17, 2019, 12:57 PM
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This is The Castle Inn in Perth-Andover, NB. A small town of 1,500 set in the hills of western New Brunswick. It was built in the 1930s as a private home but is now an inn.

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This is a "castle" in Logy bay (a municipality in the St. John's metro area, just outside the city). It was built like 10 years ago ish.



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Old Posted Oct 17, 2019, 3:40 PM
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These two are in Victoria

We visited Craigdarroch Castle last month during our trip to BC. Love how they kept the different layers of history, from it's time as a mansion, to it's short stint as a military hospital and its time as uVic's predecessor.
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Old Posted Oct 17, 2019, 5:46 PM
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Here's another one from Hamilton, at 713 Beach Blvd

I believe this is a fairly recent (past decade or two) build or reno. Perhaps in a century it will have its place among the other beauties in this thread.



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This is a "castle" in Logy bay (a municipality in the St. John's metro area, just outside the city). It was built like 10 years ago ish.


That's awesome, I want it!
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Old Posted Oct 17, 2019, 6:07 PM
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The closest Canada has to actual castles is stuff like this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Chambly
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Old Posted Oct 18, 2019, 12:26 AM
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The Reid's Dairy Castle in Belleville.


https://www.harvesthastings.ca/sales/reids-dairy





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Old Posted Oct 18, 2019, 4:54 PM
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This is a "castle" in Logy bay (a municipality in the St. John's metro area, just outside the city). It was built like 10 years ago ish.



Whoa. Is that a private residence?
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The closest Canada has to actual castles is stuff like this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Chambly
Fort Chambly is one of the oldest and best preserved forts in Canada, but yeah, it is impressive how many forts were built during the colonial era in Canada and the US, including in some very remote parts.

Some old forts were even more chateauesque than this, but no longer exist (except some ruins, in most cases)

Fort Longueuil

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Toronto and Kingston had forts before they even existed as settlements.
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Old Posted Oct 18, 2019, 6:38 PM
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Does this qualify?

Dorchester Castle

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Fort Chambly is one of the oldest and best preserved forts in Canada, but yeah, it is impressive how many forts were built during the colonial era in Canada and the US, including in some very remote parts.

Some old forts were even more chateauesque than this, but no longer exist (except some ruins, in most cases)

Fort Longueuil

wikipedia

Toronto and Kingston had forts before they even existed as settlements.
Sounds like this is a fort and not a castle.
Now we need a great Canadian fort thread. I'd be into that.
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^ It's a fort, and it no longer exists. But yeah, as it was pointed out Canada doesn't have real castles.
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^ It's a fort, and it no longer exists. But yeah, as it was pointed out Canada doesn't have real castles.
No castles seem to be a UK/European thing obviously.
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