Essex County Essex County , Ontario is the southernmost region of Canada with one of the longest growing seasons in the nation, unique outdoor activities and fascinating historic sites. Region of Waterloo The Region of Waterloo is a region in Ontario that spans the gap between the traditional agrarian life of the Mennonites of St.
Kitchener Cambridge Waterloo St. Guelph Orangeville Elora Fergus. Brantford Brantford is a former industrial city of 97, people on the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. Chatham-Kent Chatham-Kent is a municipality of , people which includes the former city of Chatham in southwestern Ontario. Latitude of centre. Photo Map. Point Pelee National Park. And ponder the bouquet of a fine vintage with an award-winning wine maker on Pelee Island - the southernmost tip of Canada.
Shakespeare Country Stroll along the Avon River replete with graceful swans and later rub shoulders with the Bard at the incomparable Stratford Festival. Ontario Cities. All Rights Reserved. Search by Province. Search by Categories. Canada - Ontario - Southwestern. All of these airports and a few others are regularly affected by route changes, new route developments, and the emergence and loss of small regional airlines.
Southwestern Ontario has three major controlled-access highways. Highway , sometimes claimed to be the world's busiest, begins in Windsor and bisects southwestern Ontario on its way to Toronto and onwards to the Quebec border. The other major highways are the , which begins at the Sarnia-Port Huron border and connects to the in London, and the , which begins in Woodstock and proceeds through Brantford on its way to Hamilton and Toronto. While urban public transport is generally adequate, inter-city services are limited.
Locals generally rely on personal vehicles, or limit their travel between the cities and towns in the area. Car rentals are widely available. Hitchhiking is illegal on the series highways, and is both uncommon and challenging on rural roads. Casual ride sharing exists but is disorganized; Try searching on Kijiji. Southwestern Ontario are the final stop on the Underground Railroad for many of those escaping slavery in the United States.
The Alexander Graham Bell Homestead , just outside Brantford, is a museum that has been restored to how it looked when Bell invented the telephone here in the s. Her Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks , on the outskirts of Brantford, was built by the British Crown in for the Mohawk and Iroquois people as a reminder of the agreements made with the British during the American Revolution.
The ports, towns and villages along Lake Erie, including Port Dover, Port Stanley, Turkey Point and Long Point, are lovely places for hanging out on the beach , browsing in shops, or having a drink overlooking the lake.
The Lake Huron beach towns are also buzzing in the summer because of their long stretches of fresh water beaches. The Stratford Festival is one of the main tourist draws for the region. It runs from April to October, and is recognized worldwide for its productions of Shakespearean plays.
The Blyth Festival produces a summer season of all-Canadian plays. The Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest is a Bavarian festival held annually in October; it is the largest in the world outside of Munich, Germany. The Elora Gorge attracts sightseers, campers, hikers, kayakers, zipliners and tubers.
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