The Niagara Peninsula and Surroundings · Niagara Falls 4267 Bridge St. Useful Information Tourist Information Southern Ontario Tourism Kitchener-Waterloo and Surroundings KW Tourism

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The Niagara Peninsula

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Niagara and the Wine Route

Kitchener-Waterloo and Surroundings

Hamilton and Surroundings

Getting There and Getting Around 4

Useful Information 6

Exploring 6Kitchener-Waterloo

and Surroundings 6Waterloo 6Kitchener 7St. Jacobs 10Elmira 11West Montrose 11Elora 11Fergus 11Guelph 11Acton 13Cambridge 13Brantford 13

Hamilton and Surroundings 15Mississauga 15Oakville 16Burlington 16Hamilton 16

Niagara and the Wine Route 19Grimsby 19Vineland 19Jordan 19St. Catharines 20St. Davids 22Niagara-on-the-Lake 22Queenston 23Niagara Falls 24Fort Erie 27Crystal Beach 27Port Colborne 27

Outdoor Activities 27

Accommodations 29

Restaurants 40

Entertainment 46

Shopping 46

Index 51

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Getting There and Getting Around

By Car


From Toronto: Take Highway 401 to Kitch-ener-Waterloo.


From Toronto: Take the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW).


From Toronto: Take the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW), which leads to Hamilton and St. Catharines.

By Bus


Bus Stations:

Kitchener15 Charles St. W.p519-585-2370

Waterloo170 University Ave. W.p519-886-0400

Brantford64 Darling St.p519-756-5011


Bus Station:

Hamilton36 Hunter St. E.p800-268-9000


In summer, there is daily bus service between Niagara-on-the-Lake and both St. Catharines and Niagara Falls. If you don’t have a car, the only way to get to Niagara-on-the-Lake during the rest of the year is by taxi.

One urban area leads into the next at the eastern end of Lake Ontario. The city of Toronto dominates the landscape for many kilometres in all directions. And, just as you think you

have finally left the Toronto traffic behind, you enter one of the large towns that surround the metropolis. Among these are the very pleas-ant towns of Oakville, Burlington, and above all, Hamilton, which spreads out at the end of the lake.

There are some interesting places to visit along this route, but the real treasures in this part of Ontario are found on the southern shore of the lake. Little by little, urban areas give way to vast, furrowed fields and vineyards that produce some very good wines. You then reach the area’s most splendid natural attraction, Niagara Falls, which has impressed visitors from all over the world for more than a hundred years. Finally, this chapter takes you to the Kitchener-Waterloo region and its surrounding areas with their magnificent rural landscape of fertile farmland.

Three different tours are described here. The first, “Kitchener-Waterloo and Surround-ings,” takes you through these cities and other the charming hamlets. The second, “Hamilton and Surroundings,” shows you the best of this industrial region, including the pretty vacation town of Oakville. Finally, the third, “Niagara and the Wine Route,” winds through a superb region of vineyards and stops at Niagara Falls, unquestion-ably the province’s most popular natural attraction.

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Bus Stations:

St. Catharines70 Carlisle St.p905-682-9206

Niagara Falls4555 Erie Ave.p905-357-2133

By Train


Train Stations:

Kitchener126 Weber St., corner Victoria St.

Brantford5 Wadsworth St.


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Train Station:

Oakville200 Cross Ave.


Train Stations:

St. Catharines5 Great Western St.

Niagara Falls4267 Bridge St.

Useful Information

Tourist Information

Southern Ontario Tourismwww.soto.on.ca


KW Tourism191 King St. W.Kitchener, ON, N2G 1B1p519-745-3536 or 800-265-6959o519-745-3218www.kwtourism.ca


Tourism Hamilton34 James St.Hamilton, ON, L8P 2X8p905-546-2666 or 800-263-8590o905-546-2667www.hamiltonundiscovered.com


Tourism Niagara2201 St. David’s Rd.Thorold, ON, L2V 4T7p800-263-2988www.tourismniagara.com

Exploring


Located inland, far from the usual settle-ment sites, the Kitchener-Waterloo re-gion was only colonized at the very end of the 18th century. In fact, it was only in 1784 that an Iroquois, Joseph Brant, who had fought with the British dur-ing the American Civil War, was given 240,000 hectares by Great Britain. This land stretched around the Grand River, and Brant and his men established them-selves in the area that is now known as Brantford (named in his honour). In addition, around 1796, he sold part of his land to Loyalist Colonel Richard Beasley, which marked the beginning of colonization in the region. The first set-tlers hailed from Pennsylvania; they were attracted to this new, fertile land that was still uninhabited and could be purchased at a low price. The new residents, most of whom were Mennonites, went on to found two of the region’s largest cities, Kitchener and Waterloo.

This region of extensive farmlands that stretch as far as the eye can see has been dubbed the “greenhouse of Ontario.” The Mennonite population has, for the most part, been able to preserve its trad-itional way of life. This gives the area a distinctive character that makes travel-ling here a pure delight.

Waterloo

In the late 18th century, Pennsylvanian immigrants Samuel Bricker and Daniel Erb bought vast plots of land that had once belonged to Joseph Brant from Richard Beasley. Their goal was to have members of their German-speaking Men-nonite community come live in Canada. The properties were divided into equal plots and bought by a number of Men-nonites who wanted to leave the United States. Abraham Erb purchased the plots of land that became the city of Waterloo.

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Symbols Used In This Guide

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4 Travel by bike

6 Travel by bus

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The grey-bordered sections of this guide list the covered areas distinctive establishments.

You can refer to the following pictograms to find the information you need:

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Attraction Classification

Not to be missed Worth a visit Interesting

Accommodation ClassificationUnless otherwise noted, all prices indicated in

this guide apply to a standard room for two people in peak season.

$ less than 60$ $$ from 60$ to 100$ $$$ from 101$ to 150$ $$$$ from 151$ to 225$ $$$$$ more than 225$

Restaurant ClassificationPrices in this guide are for a meal for one person,

excluding taxes and tip.

$ less than 15$ $$ 15$ to 25$ $$$ 26$ to 50$ $$$$ more than 50$

All prices in this guide are in Canadian dollars.

Page references marked with asterisks (see p ***) refer to pages located outside this chapter.

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Author: Pascale CoutureProduction Director: André DuchesneCopy Editing: Matthew McLauchlinTranslator: Cindy GaraytComputer Graphics: Marie-france Denis, Pierre LedouxCartographer: Bradley fenton

This work was produced under the direction of Olivier Gougeon.

AcknowledgementsThe author would like to thank Benoit Prieur for his assistance, as well as her children, Maxence and Alicia, for their patience and good cheer during the long trips. She would also like to thank Pierre David.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing activities. We would also like to thank the Government of Québec – Tax credit for book publishing – Administered by SODEC.

The Niagara Peninsula and Surroundings, ISBN ��8-2-8��-�2�-8 (PDf version), is a chap-ter taken from Ulysses guide Ontario, ISBN ��8-2-8��-��3-8 (printed version), published and legally deposited in June 200�.

No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means with-out the written permission of the publisher.

© 200�, Ulysses Travel GuidesAll rights reservedISBN ��8-2-8��-�2�-8 (PDf version)


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