St. George in Brant County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Nixon Way

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 26, 2022

1. Nixon Way Marker

Inscription. In recognition of three generations of the Nixon family, who represented the residents of the County of Brant between 1919 and 2004 both Provincially and Federally, this portion of Highway #5 is being designated as the “Nixon Way.”

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1919.

Location. 43° 14.862′ N, 80° 14.805′ W. Marker is in St. George, Ontario, in Brant County. It is on Beverly Street East (Nixon Way) (County Highway 5) 0.2 kilometers east of Tolhurst Avenue (Reid Street), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: St George ON N0E 1N0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Hamilton-Halton-Brant Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

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least 8 other markers are within 10 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: St. George Community Memorial Hall (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); St. George & South Dumfries Memorial (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); The Hon. Harry C. Nixon (1891-1961) (approx. 2.3 kilometers away); Adelaide Hunter-Hoodless (approx. 3.6 kilometers away); Adelaide Hunter Hoodless (approx. 4.2 kilometers away); a different marker also named Adelaide Hunter Hoodless (approx. 4.2 kilometers away); Centennial of Confederation (approx. 4.3 kilometers away); William Charles Good (approx. 9.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. George.

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Also see . . . In Brant County, the Nixon Way is more than just a road. Excerpt:

(by Steve Paikin, May 16, 2018) Robert “Bob” Nixon heads up one of the most remarkable political families in this province’s history. The 89-year-old has finally received some much-deserved recognition. The Nixon family has been a fixture in Brant County, just west of Hamilton, since Bob’s great-grandfather Charles
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 26, 2022

2. Nixon Way Marker
Looking east along Brant County Highway 5; marker is in the background, on the right-hand shoulder.
moved the family there from Grimsby in 1850. Charles’s grandson Harry entered politics in 1919, becoming provincial secretary in the United Farmers of Ontario government. Harry Nixon represented Brant in the Ontario legislature for more than 42 years; he died of a heart attack while still an MPP in 1961. His son Bob succeeded him in the ensuing byelection and proceeded to win nine more elections before retiring from politics to become Ontario’s agent-general in the United Kingdom in 1992. But the story doesn’t end there. Nixon’s daughter, Jane Stewart, entered federal politics in 1993 and served in Jean Chretien’s government for more than a decade; she was a cabinet minister for seven of those years.
That’s why last week, more than 100 people gathered in St. George’s arena to pay tribute to Nixon and his family by renaming the stretch of Number 5 Highway in front of Woodview “Nixon Way.” It has a wonderful double meaning: it not only describes a road, but also the no-nonsense way Bob Nixon practised politics and the unusual turns his career in public life took.

(Submitted on March 23, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 23, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 221 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 23, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.