Head of the Lake

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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— Hist.

the western end of Lake Ontario: the vicinity of Burlington, Hamilton, and Niagara-on-the-Lake.

See: Lakehead(def. 1)

Quotations

1793

They left Niagara [and] slept a few hours at Jones' farm at the "head of the lake."

1824

My absence at the Head of the Lake was prolonged by ill health. . . .

1911

Richard Beasley . . . was the first settler at the "Head of the Lake."

1958

The region long known as the fond du lac was shortly re-named the "Head of the Lake," a new British colony of settlement.