Burlington in Halton Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

The Brant Inn

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 8, 2024

1. The Brant Inn Marker

Inscription. Whatever the decade, a night at the Brant Inn was something special. Indeed, it was usually a special occasion - a birthday, an engagement, a chance to hear a famous American band - that prompted a visit.

The Brant Inn, most of all, was a dancing place that attracted a dancing crowd: fox trots and waltzes and the occasional polka and maybe a Latin move like the rumba. You went in couples. You dressed up. No tie or jacket? Well, then, you'd have to rent them from the checkroom stockpile.

Whether it was the indoor Lido Deck or the outdoor Sky Club, your anticipation of the evening had been whetted by the Saturday night remote broadcasts on CBC radio that made the Brant Inn a familiar name across Canada and into the United States.

Stewart Brown, Brant Inn Memories, by the Burlington Historical Society

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment.

Location. 43° 19.13′ N, 79° 48.012′ W. Marker is in Burlington, Ontario, in Halton Region. It is at the intersection of Lakeshore Road and Maple Avenue, on the

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right when traveling east on Lakeshore Road. The marker is in Spencer Smith Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1292 Lakeshore Road, Burlington ON L7S 1Y2, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Toronto,

specifically on the Golden Horseshoe,

in the Hamilton-Halton-Brant Area,

and specifically in the Toronto Metropolitan Area.

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Victory at Burlington Bay (here, next to this marker); Terry Fox Marathon of Hope (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named The Brant Inn (about 90 meters away); The Brant House (about 90 meters away); Brant Street Pier (about 120 meters away); Beach Strip (about 120 meters away); Joseph Brant Hospital (about 120 meters away);