Biography
He was the son of William Basil Hamilton, the first Mayor of Collingwood ON.
He was Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
He established prairie townsites and surveyed the Canada/US border while working for the CPR as a land commissioner.
He arrived in Vancouver BC in 1883 where he surveyed and named Vancouver Streets.
He served as an Alderman of Vancouver 1886-87 (on the first city council).
He proposed the establishment of Stanley Park and laid out its perimeter.
Named Features
Hamilton Street (Vancouver (BC)
References
Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press.
