Grimsby Beach, Ontario

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Grimsby Beach is today a quiet residential area in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada. It is located just north of the Queen Elizabeth Way on the shore of Lake Ontario.

In the past, Grimsby Beach was a major holiday resort. Grimsby Park started in 1846 as a park for the Hamilton district of the Methodist Church. In 1910, the park's new owner, Harry Wylie, modernized the park with carousels, a motion picture theater, and a "Figure 8" roller coaster. Canada Steamship Lines bought out the park in 1916, but the park declined through the 1920s, mainly due to multiple fires that consumed many of the wooden buildings. Operations continued until 1949, with attractions gradually closing and developers buying land to build houses.