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Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) facing east, 1947

Black and white photo of Queen Elizabeth way facing East towards Grimsby area passing through a rural landscape with the lakeshore at the left.

Courtesy: Photo © Archives of Ontario – RG-14-162-5-166, 972-39, Photo #49

The QEW, built in the late 1930s and upgraded in the late 1940s, had sped up travel from Hamilton to Grimsby, but it was still a 25-minute commute. When land was purchased in Grimsby, some of the 120 families who had completed the study period dropped out of the co-op project. Eighty-one went on to build their homes together.