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Location of Grimsby in the Niagara Region

Grimsby (population 26 000) is a town on Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. Grimsby is a part of the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. Most of its population lives in the area surrounded Lake Ontario and the Niagara escarpment. The escarpment is home to a section of the Bruce Trail. There are many famous people from Grimsby, including NHL player Kevin Bieksa, and The Three Stooges director Del Lord. Grimsby is known as "the gateway between Hamilton and Niagara". In the early 1900's, Grimsby was known as an amusement park, with a roller coaster, a movie theater, and cabins on the lake. One of Grimsby's elementary schools, Grand Avenue Public School, used to be the fairgrounds for the amusement park.

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  • Grimsby Lake

    Sunset over Lake Ontario

  • 2021 Manor front cropped webpage size

    Nelles Manor, completed in 1798

  • Grimsby Ontario cottages that originated with the Methodist Camp

    Two of the remaining cottages in the Grimsby Park area

  • St Andrews Grimsby

    St. Andrew's Anglican Church, completed in 1825

  • Grimsby Public Library and Art Gallery

    Grimsby Public Library and Art Gallery

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