Our next port-of-call heading west is Fifty Point Conservation Area and marina. As you cruise the 17 miles to Fifty Point, you will pass both Jordan Harbour and Grimsby. Jordan Harbour provides excellent shelter and a stop over for services in the well protected manmade harbour. As you approach Fifty Point, ensure you clear the yellow offshore cautionary buoys marking a firing range before picking up the green sector light and turning to shore to the entrance of the harbour.
The Fifty Point Harbour entrance is between two rock breakwalls. It is marked with a white and green cylinder and fixed green sector light on the eastern side and a red flashing private light on a mast on the western side. Once you have passed through the entrance, take a hard turn to starboard and follow the channel to the fuel dock inside the well-protected basin.
The marina at Fifty Point is one of the best on the western shores of Lake Ontario. It offers over 300 floating and fixed docks with a double ramp boat launch, visitor’s docks, fully serviced gas and diesel dock, as well as pump-out facilities, electrical hookups, water, showers and a Laundromat. Boaters will also find a travel lift and mast step here, with some repair facilities close by. However, you will have to arrange to get to Grimsby or Hamilton by car if you need provisions.
Although Fifty Point Marina monitors VHF 68, advanced reservations are suggested. On arrival, report to the fuel dock. If it’s busy, call on the radio for your slip assignment. Once you’re ready to just sit back and relax in the sun, there is a clean sand beach in a protected cove with change-rooms nearby and playgrounds for the children. At the end of the day, there is a casual dining restaurant right onsite for you to enjoy a leisurely dinner. 
Nine miles along the low-lying shore is the busy commercial port of Hamilton, a port-of-call often overlooked by cruising boaters. But don’t let the initial industrial appearance of the harbour deter you from enjoying the many facilities and activities found here. find a well-protected anchorage behind Carroll Point in the northwest corner of Hamilton Harbour.This is a quiet spot to escape from the city.You can sit in your boat and watch the rowers practising along the course in front of the bridge over the Desjardin Canal, which leads into Cootes Paradise.
Hamilton Harbour is entered through the 90-metre Burlington Canal. Approaching from the southwest, you will see two high-level Skyway Bridges and a lower lift bridge.The lower bridge only opens to the required height for recreational boaters to pass.
The principal boating facilities in Hamilton Harbour are found about three miles across the harbour in the southwest corner of the bay.Passing through the eastern entrance in the floating breakwaters, pass by the Canada Discovery Centre and you will see Harbour-West Marina ahead to port. Continue past the fixed docks on the port side and head to the back of the marina, where you will find the fuel dock. 
Harbour-West Marina is a full-service facility with diesel, gas and pump-out, repairs and storage.The 240 slips are in 20 feet of water and are serviced with 30- and 50-amp electricity and water.
In the gazebo, you will find gas barbeques and picnic tables, where you can take some time to enjoy a meal with the family.
A short walk to the east of the marina is the state-of-the-art, interactive Parks Canada Discovery Centre, which allows visitors a virtual glimpse of Canada’s national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas.The “attic” exhibit features Canada’s marine story.
You can walk into Canada’s Marine Heritage gallery and enjoy the sights and sounds of the Pacific, St. Lawrence,Atlantic and Artic waters.Then navigate the history and science of the Great Lakes Waterways and see the Hamilton Harbour of yesteryear. Children will especially enjoy the hands-on learning experiences and all ages will have fun exploring, particularly on a rainy afternoon.
East along the Hamilton Harbourfront, you will find Canada’s most famous warship, the HMCS Haida. Visitors can walk the decks of the ship, which served in both World War II and Korea and is the last Tribal Class destroyer in the world.
Hamilton offers a free Waterfront Shuttle starting at the Discovery Centre and stopping at 24 sights along James Street and around the city centre. Sites to see include the Hamilton Art Gallery, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, Ivor Wynn Stadium, the Dafasco Centre for the Arts and Hamilton Place. You will also find a full range of excellent restaurants, along with various types of entertainment.
If you decide to stay on the water, a neat spot – especially for kids – is Pier 4 Park. Located just past a manmade spit to port as you head for the southwest corner of the bay, the children’s playground has been developed around a converted tugboat.
For those who prefer to anchor out rather than overnight in a marina, you’ll find a well-protected anchorage behind Carroll Point in the northwest corner of Hamilton Harbour.This is a quiet spot to escape from the city.You can sit in your boat and watch the rowers practising along the course in front of the bridge over the Desjardin Canal, which leads into Cootes Paradise.