Beamsville, Ontario
| Beamsville | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
King Street in Beamsville.
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 Beamsville
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| Coordinates: 43°9′57″N 79°28′35″W / 43.16583°N 79.47639°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| Regional Municipality | Niagara |
| Town | Lincoln |
| Founded | 1788 |
| Government | |
| • Governing Body | Town of Lincoln Council |
| • MP | Dean Allison (CPC) |
| • MPP | Tim Hudak (OPC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.69 km2 (3.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 10,679 |
| • Density | 1,228.4/km2 (3,182/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Forward sortation area | L0R |
| Area code(s) | 905 / 289 / 365 |
| Highways |
 Queen Elizabeth Way
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| NTS Map | 030M03 |
| GNBC Code | FEGRM |
The community of Beamsville (2011 Urban area estimated population 10,679) is part of the town of Lincoln in the province of Ontario in Canada. It is located along the southern shore of Lake Ontario and lies within the fruit belt of the Niagara Peninsula. It contains century-old brick buildings, an old-fashioned downtown area with barbershops, women's dress shops, a bakery, a print shop, restaurants, banks, and other businesses, and plenty of orchards and vineyards.
The Queen Elizabeth Way - the main road that connects Toronto and Buffalo, New York has an interchange at Beamsville. Many tourists stop off at the highway exit for something to eat at the many fast food restaurants located nearby.
Beamsville is in the heart of Ontario's wine country and contributes greatly to the wine industry in the Niagara Peninsula. Many wineries from the area have taken home top awards, including Grape King at the Niagara Grape & Wine Festival, as well as international awards. A short list of Beamsville wineries include; Malivoire, Fielding Estate Winery, Hidden Bench Estate Winery, Organized Crime Winery, Thirty Bench, Angel's Gate, Peninsula Ridge, Cave Spring Cellars, Daniel Lenko Estate Winery, Magnotta, Mountain Road Winery, Legends Estates, Megalomaniac winery, and Crown Bench.
Beamsville, Ontario was named after Jacob Beam (1728-1812), a United Empire Loyalist. Both of his homes — the original one located on the Thirty Mile Creek, as well as the one near downtown Beamsville — are still intact today.
Jacob and Catharine Beam (1737-1820), along with their daughter Catharine (Beam) Merrell (1766-1842), and son-in-law Samuel Merrell (1758-1833), emigrated to Canada from New Jersey in 1788, and founded Beamsville.
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