Queen Street
Historic buildings.
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An elegant small nineteenth-century town where the Niagara River flows into Lake Ontario, once the first capital of the province of Upper Canada, and counted among Canada's prettiest small towns, with historic houses, flowering gardens and old trees. Its main Queen Street is lined with shops, cafés, bakeries and stores selling sweets and fruit preserves in well-kept old buildings, with horse-drawn carriages carrying visitors. In summer the town hosts the well-known Shaw Festival theatre. On the edge of town stands Fort George, the British fort that saw fighting in the War of 1812 with the United States, now with soldiers in period costume. Peach and cherry orchards and fruit farms surround the town. The town is free and the fort charges admission. The route from the falls along the Niagara Parkway by the river is one of the area's loveliest drives and can be cycled.
Historic buildings.
War of 1812.
The river road.
Where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario, about 20 km north of the falls
About twenty kilometres north along the Niagara Parkway by the river.