Places to visit in Ontario, Canada
29 places to visit in Ontario, Canada, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Kingston Fortifications, Rideau Canal, Point Pelee National Park and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Ontario volume.
2 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 1 Heritage site · 19 Famous places to visit · 7 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Ontario (2)
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Kingston Fortifications
A group of 19th century defences in Kingston, Ontario, built to guard the harbour on Lake Ontario and the Rideau Canal. They include Fort Henry on its hill and several Martello towers, and Fort Henry is open in summer with costumed guards.
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Rideau Canal
A 202 kilometre canal from Ottawa to Kingston, opened in 1832 and still in use for boats. In winter the Ottawa section freezes into the Rideau Skateway, one of the longest outdoor skating rinks in the world.
Heritage sites in Ontario (1)
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Point Pelee National Park
A national park in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, where a peninsula of marsh and woodland tapers into Lake Erie. Pelee is French for bald, and the tip is the southernmost point of mainland Canada.
Famous places to visit in Ontario (19)
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Algonquin Provincial Park
Ontario's oldest provincial park, created in 1893, a wide area of lakes and forest between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River. It is known for canoe routes, moose and wolves, and the autumn colours that inspired painter Tom Thomson.
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Ambassador Bridge
A suspension bridge over the Detroit River joining Windsor, Ontario with Detroit. It opened in 1929 and carries a large share of the trade between Canada and the United States. Its main span between the two towers is 564 metres long, and the crossing is open to cars and trucks day and night.
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Art Gallery of Ontario
An art museum on Dundas Street West in Toronto, with a major collection of Canadian and European art. The building was remodelled by Frank Gehry, who was born in Toronto, and reopened in 2008.
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CN Tower
A 553.3 metre communications and observation tower in downtown Toronto, built on the former Railway Lands and completed in 1976. Its name comes from Canadian National, the railway company that built it, and it held the record as the world's tallest free standing structure for over three decades.
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Casa Loma
A Gothic Revival castle style mansion and garden in midtown Toronto, built from 1911 to 1914 as the home of financier Sir Henry Pellatt. The architect was Edward Lennox, and the house is now a museum and landmark.
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Georgian Bay
A large bay of Lake Huron in Ontario, with about 30,000 islands along its eastern shore. Its pink granite shores and wind bent pines inspired the painters of the Group of Seven.
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Hockey Hall of Fame
A museum in downtown Toronto devoted to the history of ice hockey, with exhibits on players, teams and trophies. The Stanley Cup is kept here when it is not travelling, and the entrance is inside a former bank building.
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Kensington Market
A multicultural neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, known for its tightly packed shops, food stalls and vintage stores, and one of the city's best known districts. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in November 2006.
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Manitoulin Island
An island in Lake Huron in Ontario, the largest freshwater island in the world at 2,766 square kilometres. Many First Nations communities live here, and visitors come for lighthouses, limestone cliffs and quiet beaches.
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National Gallery of Canada
Canada's national art museum, in a glass and granite building by Moshe Safdie opened in 1988. Outside stands Maman, a giant spider sculpture by Louise Bourgeois. The collection holds Canadian, Indigenous and European art, and the Rideau Chapel interior is preserved inside.
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Niagara Falls
A group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between Ontario and New York State. The largest is Horseshoe Falls, which straddles the international boundary, and visitors watch it from the Canadian side or from boats at its foot.
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Parliament Hill
An area of Crown land on the southern bank of the Ottawa River that houses the Parliament of Canada. It holds a group of Gothic revival buildings whose details were chosen to evoke the history of parliamentary government, and the lawn is a gathering place for national events.
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Rogers Centre
A stadium at the base of the CN Tower, home of the Toronto Blue Jays. When it opened in 1989 as SkyDome, it was the first stadium with a fully retractable roof.
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Royal Ontario Museum
Canada's largest museum of world cultures and natural history, on Bloor Street in Toronto. Its collections include dinosaur skeletons, and the angular Michael Lee-Chin Crystal addition by Daniel Libeskind opened in 2007.
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Thousand Islands
An archipelago of 1,864 islands in the Saint Lawrence River, on the border between Canada and the United States where the river leaves Lake Ontario. It stretches for about 80 kilometres downstream from Kingston, and boat tours pass castles built on tiny islets.
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Toronto Islands
A chain of 15 small islands in Lake Ontario, just south of downtown Toronto and reached by a short ferry ride. The car free islands hold beaches, parkland, a small amusement park and sweeping views of the city skyline.
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Union Station
Toronto's main railway station, opened in 1927, with a great hall in Neoclassical style under a tall coffered ceiling. It is still a busy transport hub and a national historic site. Commuter trains, intercity trains and subway lines all meet here, and a covered walkway called the Skywalk leads to nearby downtown buildings.
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Welland Canal
A ship canal across the Niagara Peninsula that lets vessels bypass Niagara Falls between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Ships are lifted and lowered about 99 metres through eight locks, and a viewing platform at St. Catharines lets visitors watch them pass.
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Yonge Street
A main street in Toronto that runs north from Lake Ontario towards Lake Simcoe. It was laid out in 1796 and divides the east and west halves of the city's street numbering.
Hidden gems in Ontario (7)
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Bruce Peninsula National Park
A national park on the Bruce Peninsula, on part of the Niagara Escarpment, covering 156 square kilometres. It is one of the largest protected areas in southern Ontario, with limestone cliffs and clear Georgian Bay water.
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Canadian Museum of Nature
Canada's national natural history museum, housed in the Victoria Memorial Museum Building in Ottawa, an 18,910 square metre structure. Its galleries cover fossils, minerals, birds, mammals and the natural world of Canada.
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Canadian War Museum
Canada's national museum of military history, in Ottawa. Its 40,860 square metre building serves as both an educational facility and a place of remembrance, with galleries tracing conflicts from early times to the present.
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Distillery District
A district on the lower east side of downtown Toronto, set in the heritage buildings of the former Gooderham and Worts distillery. The Victorian industrial brick complex is now a pedestrian area of cafes, galleries, restaurants and shops.
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Fort York
An early 19th century military fortification in Toronto that housed British and Canadian troops and defended the entrance to Toronto Harbour. It has stone lined earthworks and the largest collection of original War of 1812 buildings in Canada.
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Peace Tower
The clock and bell tower rising from the centre of Parliament's Centre Block in Ottawa. It replaced the 55 metre Victoria Tower, which burned down in 1916, and it holds a carillon and a Memorial Chamber honouring Canadians who died in war.
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Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
A 244 square kilometre park on the Sibley Peninsula in northwestern Ontario, east of Thunder Bay. Established in 1944 as Sibley Provincial Park and renamed in 1988, it is named for a rock formation that looks like a sleeping figure.
Collecting in Ontario
What are the best places to visit in Ontario?
LOQAH lists 29 places in Ontario. The best known include Kingston Fortifications, Rideau Canal, Point Pelee National Park, Algonquin Provincial Park and Ambassador Bridge. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Ontario?
29, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Ontario?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Ontario before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Ontario and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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