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Niagara-on-the-Lake is in the Niagara Region of Ontario and is the only town in Canada that has a lord mayor. [3] It had a population of 19,088 as of the 2021 Canadian census. Niagara-on-the-Lake is important in the history of Canada: it served as the first capital of the province of Upper Canada, the predecessor of Ontario. It was called ...
Outlet Collection at Niagara is Canada's largest open-air outlet shopping mall and is located in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.It opened on May 15, 2014. [1]Located a 10-minute drive from Niagara Falls, 15 minutes from the US border and 90 minutes from the City of Toronto, the property is situated along the QEW highway connecting the Greater Toronto Area and Niagara Falls.
In the 1960s, there was increasing interest in Ontario for the historic preservation of buildings to prevent their demolition. [1] In Niagara-on-the-Lake, an economic decline that began in the late 19th century left the town with plenty of its early buildings, no "unsightly factories, warehouses, or tracts of undistinguished workers' housing", and a "pre-industrial, upper-class streetscape". [1]
Built in 1864, the three storey 110 room hotel went by several names (Long's Hotel, Arcade Hotel, The Niagara House) [1] and was renamed with the current name in 1901 after royal guests The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (afterwards known as The Prince and Princess of Wales until 1910) stayed.
Reif Estate Winery is located in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario, Canada. Reif Estate is primarily known for playing an important in role pioneering the Ontario wine Industry, as well as planting some of the first Vitis vinifera vines in the Niagara region .
A white, single-storey clapboard Georgian building on Niagara-on-the-Lake’s main commercial street, it served as an apothecary/pharmacy from approximately 1866 to 1964 and it is one of the very few remaining examples of an old apothecary shop Niagara District Court House [33] [34] 1847 (completed) 1980 Niagara-on-the-Lake
Navy Hall is a wooden structure encased within a stone structure that was the site of Upper Canada's (Ontario's) first provincial parliament, from 1792 to 1796.It is a unit of Fort George National Historic Site located in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, then known as Newark, Upper Canada.
The Olde Angel Inn is one of the oldest pubs in Ontario (built in 1789 as The Harmonious Coach House). [2] It has been reported as one of the oldest buildings in Canada. Although the Inn was rebuilt after the War of 1812 , the exposed hand-hewn beams and thick plank floors laid in 1815 can still be seen. [ 3 ]