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of Lake Nippissing, 210 miles
Moored boats reflected in (339 km) north of Toronto. HIDDEN GEM
Wortley Village
the glasslike water of The region’s most famous
Hamilton’s harbor at sunset residents are the Dionne Head to this charming
quin tuplets, born in 1934. neighborhood in London
Nearby Lake Nippissing is for the city’s best
18 renowned for its fishing and inde pendently owned
shops, cool cafés, and
wilderness scenery. Cruises
London across the lake follow the old lively nightlife.
French explorer route.
k ~ £ @ n 391 Wel lington
St; www.londontourism.ca
constructed has survived
London sits in one of the most 20 pretty much intact.
fertile parts of Ontario and Today, visitors take pleasure
is the area’s most important Niagara-on-the-Lake in exploring the town’s lovely
town. It is home to the g n 26 Queen St; www. streets, but the major attrac­
University of Western Ontario, niagaraonthelake.com tion is Fort George National
which has a modern art gallery Historic Site, a restored British
and a campus with dozens of Niagara­on­the­Lake is a stockade built in the 1790s
Victorian mansions. The finest charming little town of just southeast of town. There
buildings in the town center ele gant clapboard mansions are ten replica buildings, and
are the two 19th­century and leafy streets, set where guides in old­style British
cathedrals: Saint Paul’s, a the mouth of the Niagara military uniforms describe life
Gothic Revival edifice built for River empties into Lake in the fort in the 19th century.
the Anglicans in 1846, and Ontario. Originally known as Niagara­on­the­Lake is also
Catholic Saint Peter’s Cathedral Newark, the town became the noted for its excellent wineries,
Basilica, dating from 1885. capital of Upper Canada (as which produce some of the
The city’s Museum of Ontario Ontario was then known) best icewine (a dessert wine
Archae ology focuses on the under this name in 1792. produced from grapes frozen
1,100­year history of the area. Just four years later, the on the vine) in Canada.
The Lawson Iroquoian Village British decided to move the
here is a recon struction of a capital farther away from Fort George National
500­year­old site. the US border, and chose Historic Site
York (now Toronto) instead. " ⌂ 51 Queen’s Parade,
It was a wise decision. The Niagara Pkwy § (905) 468
19 Americans crossed the 6614 # Apr & Nov: 10am-
Niagara River and destroyed
5pm Sat & Sun; May–Oct:
North Bay Newark in the War of 1812. 10am–5pm daily; Dec–Mar:
The British returned after the noon–4pm Sat & Sun
~ £ @ n 1375 Sey mour St;
www.tourismnorthbay.com war to rebuild their homes,
and the Georgian town they
Billing itself as the Gateway The facade of Saint
to the Near North, North Peter’s Cathedral
Bay sits at the eastern end Basilica in London

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