YUKON ULYSSES NORTHWEST NUNAVUT La TERRITORIES NEWFOUNbra N dor AND LABRADOSea Hudson D LAND ALBERTA Bay N A R BRITISH E C MANITOBA C COLUMBIA O A TCHEWAN QUÉBEC C P.E.I I F ONTARIO I N N.B. C SASKA N.S. A A U N P D A N A E I T C E O D IC Ontario S T T A T N E S LA AT From Heartland to Hinterland, Experience All of Ontario! Ontario Here’s the new and completely revised edition of the Ulysses Travel Guide Ontario, the most complete guide to this Canadian province. Travel through the charming 19th-century villages that dot the banks of the St. Lawrence River and the shores of the Great Lakes. Fall under the spell of the modern cities of Ottawa, the nation’s capital, and Toronto, its proudly multicultural metropolis. Discover all of Ontario’s stunning natural splendours, from the majestic Niagara Falls to the sprawling beaches on Lake Huron and the untamed landscape of the Canadian Shield. This guidebook features • An in-depth look at the province’s cultural and historic treasures, with thorough descriptions and ratings, as well as a new thematic section that will help you better plan your itineraries and organize your time. • The inside scoop on the best accommodations and restaurants for every budget. • Complete information on the province’s parks and reserves and the many outdoor activities that can be enjoyed in them. • Precise maps and all the practical information you’ll need to find your way around Ontario. ISBN:978-289464-773-8 ULYSSES £17.99 $28.95 USD Travel better, enjoy more www.ulyssesguides.com $32.95 CAD Port Loring Gore Bay Little Killarney Sundridge Algonquin Shawville River Plantagenet ONTARIO Current Prov. Park Provincial Ottawa QUÉBEC Byng Inlet Magnetawan Park Killaloe Station Renfrew Ottawa Alexandria Excelsior Ardbeg GatinGatineaueau Evansville Burk's Falls Madawaska Barry's Bay Manitoulin Island 60 Carp 417 Pointe au Baril Station Lancaster 6 Whitney Calabogie Avonmore River 60 15 Richmond 401 69 11 127 G Griffith Carleton Place 16 31 Cornwall e Orrville o Huntsville Maynooth Upper Canada r Kemptville 43 g 28 Denbigh Village Malone ia Parry Sound Dorset Lanark n Bancroft Smith Falls Tobermory B Perth a Footes Bay Haliburton Lawrence y Carnarvon Merrickville 62 Bon Echo Potsdam Prov. Park Prescott Bracebridge Minden Tory Hill Maberly 69 7 Brockville N St. Gravenhurst s Kinmount Crosby d 11 Kaladar n Interesting Not tobemissed Worth avisit Worth 6 11 la Penetanguishene Midland s Coboconk Frontenac I Bobcaygeon Petroglyphs d Wiarton Madoc 41 Prov. Park n Lake Port McNicoll Prov. Park a Waverley Kirkfield ous Burleigh Tamworth Th Huron Orillia Marmora Gananoque St. Lawrence Owen Sound 26 Meaford Wasaga Lakefield Falls 3 Beach Lake Beaverton Islands National Simcoe Napanee Park Southampton Thornbury Hastings Campbellford Kingston 23 Collingwood Lindsay Belleville Chatsworth Barrie Sutton Peterborough Creemore Bethany Adolphustown Watertown Flesherton Angus Quinte'sQuinte Tiverton Cookstown Bewdley Port Perry 401 Isle Picton Durham 10 12 NEW YORK Kincardine Walkerton 400 Brighton Bloomfield Shelburne Port Hope Presqu'ile 6 Schomberg Aurora Cobourg 81 (United States) Amberley Prov. Park Port Austin Newcastle 86 Orangeville Harriston Markham Oshawa Harbor Wingham Arthur 10 Fort Hope Ogoki JamesAlder Creek0 200 400km Beach Elora Moosonee Bay 21 Brampton Toronto Listowel N Moose Factory Bad Axe Goderich Elmira Fergus Acton Lac Ontario599 401 Mississauga Rome Clinton St. Jacobs Armstrong Sebewaing Bayfield Kenora 72 Savant Lake UticaQUÉBEC Waterloo Guelph Oakville Dryden Nakina Mitchell Silver Dollar Gulf Bay Lake 104 Kitchener 71 Nipigon Fraserdale Matagami Port Niagara-on- 104 Geraldton 90 6 Ignace Beardmore 11 Hearst Sanilac St. Joseph Stratford Burlington the-Lake Lake of 502 Rochester Caramat SyracuseMattice 8 622 Jellicoe The Woods 17 Upsala Provincial Park Hornepayne Kapuskasing Sangerfield MICHIGAN Grand Bend Russeldale Cambridge Hamilton Pine Portage Opasatika Smooth Rock Falls Fort Frances Atikokan Nipigon Moonbeam Val-Paradis Raith Cochrane 20 Pinery P.P. Grimsby QEW Niagara Rossport Manitouwadge (United States) St. Marys BataviaQuetico 11 Ouimet90 Red Terrace Bay La Sarre St. Catharines Kakabeka Canyon Rock Amos Parkhill Falls 53 Provincial P. P. White River Brantford Park Falls Neys Marathon Senneterre Avon 20 Sleeping Giant P. P. Timmins Rouyn- Woodstock Fort Provincial Park Chapleau Crown Ingersol Welland MINNESOTA Thunder Bay 17 Game Preserve Noranda 88 Erie Foleyet Kirkland Lake Val-d’Or London Norwich Pukaskwa Malartic Imlay City 402 (United States) Ntl. Park Wawa Matachewan Lovicourt 69 Port Huron Sarnia 401 3 Port Colborne Deer River 12 Geneseo61 101 Tillsonburg Simcoe Buffalo Virginia Lake Chapleau Elk Lake Oneonta Watford Strathroy Hibbing Superior Lake Superior Réserve Faunique Provincial Park La Vérendrye Cobalt St. Thomas 90 129 Petrolia Aylmer Port Dover Duluth Ithaca 11 15 81 Temagami Courtright Glencoe Ashland 94 Port Rowan Port Marquette Samuel Port Port 35 28 Sault Ste. Marie de Champlain Dresden Stanley 17 Copper Cliff Sudbury P. P. Pontiac Wallaceburg Bruce Burwell Long Point Westfield Gros Cap Mattawa MICHIGAN Massey Espanola Eagle 17 Binghamton637 North Bay Lake Thamesville (United States) Gore Bay Algonquin WISCONSIN EscanabaElmira Killarney Provincial St. Clair Manitoulin P. P. 69 Chatham Ridgetown G Park Lake Erie (United States) e Parry St. Paul Island o Detroit rg Huntsville 3 Wellsville Lake Petoskey17 ia Sound 17 90 94 n Menonimee Michigan Tobermory B Wausau a Blenheim Rondeau y 17 Olean 75 Alpena Windsor 401 Prov. Park Erie Lake Merlin Huron Midland Tilbury Green Bay Owen Sound Amherstburg Essex PENNSYLVANIA NORTHERN ONTARIO Barrie Pointe Pelee (United States) National Park www.ulyssesguides.com enjoy more better, Travel Ontario Sixth Edition Pascale Couture Out on the lake the last thin threads of the mist are clearing away like fl ecks of cotton wool. The long call of the loon echoes over the lake. The air is cool and fresh. There is in it all the new life of land of the silent pine and the moving waters. - Stephen Leacock Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Travel better, enjoy more Author Computer Graphics Pascale Couture Marie-France Denis Pierre Ledoux Publisher Olivier Gougeon Cartographer Bradley Fenton Production Director André Duchesne Photography Cover page Copy Editing Spring tulips in Ottawa Matthew McLauchlin © Masterfi le / Bill Brooks Inside pages Translator © Ontario Tourism Cindy Garayt © Dreamstime.com/ Artur Jan, Elena Elisseeva, Sergey Ivanov © Philippe Renault Acknowledgements The 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 fi nancial 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. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and Library and Archives Canada cataloguing in publication Couture, Pascale, 1966- Ontario 6th ed. (Ulysses travel guide) Translation of: Ontario. Includes index. ISBN 978-2-89464-773-8 1. Ontario - Guidebooks. 2. Ontario - Tours. I. Title. II. Series. FC3057.C6813 2007 917.1304’5 C2006-941288-X No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including photocopying, without the written permission of the publisher. © June 2007, Ulysses Travel Guides All rights reserved Printed in Canada ISBN 13 978-2-89464-773-8 3 Table of Contents List of Maps 4 Entertainment 218 List of In-Depth Articles 5 Shopping 222 Map Symbols 6 Symbols Used In This Guide 6 The Lakelands 227 Ontario in Due Time 8 Getting There and Getting Around 228 Ontario À La Carte 8Useful Information 230 Where is Ontario in the World? 10 Exploring 230 Outdoor Activities 241 Portrait 11 Accommodations 243 Geography 12 Restaurants 249 Fauna 13 Entertainment 253 History 15 Shopping 253 Politics 23 Economy 24 The Niagara Peninsula Architecture 25 and Surroundings 255 The Arts 27 Getting There and Getting Around 256 Useful Information 258 Practical Information 33 Exploring 258 Entrance Formalities 34 Outdoor Activities 279 Getting There and Getting Around 34 Accommodations 281 Useful Information, from A to Z 37 Restaurants 292 Entertainment 298 Outdoors 47 Shopping 298 Parks 48 Summer Activities 50 Southwestern Ontario 301 Winter Activities 53 Getting There and Getting Around 302 Useful Information 304 Ottawa 55 Exploring 304 Getting There and Getting Around 57 Outdoor Activities 314 Useful Information 58 Accommodations 316 Exploring 59 Restaurants 322 Outdoor Activities 76 Entertainment 325 Accommodations 78 Shopping 326 Restaurants 83 Entertainment 89 Northeastern Ontario 329 Shopping 91 Getting There and Getting Around 330 Useful Information 332 Eastern Ontario 95 Exploring 333 Getting There and Getting Around 96 Outdoor Activities 346 Useful Information 98 Accommodations 350 Exploring 98 Restaurants 356 Outdoor Activities 113 Entertainment 358 Accommodations 116 Shopping 359 Restaurants 122 Entertainment 125 Northwestern Ontario 361 Shopping 126 Getting There and Getting Around 362 Useful Information 362 South-Central Ontario 129 Exploring 362 Getting There and Getting Around 130 Outdoor Activities 370 Useful Information 131 Accommodations 373 Exploring 131 Restaurants 376 Outdoor Activities 140 Entertainment 376 Accommodations 142 Shopping 377 Restaurants 147 Entertainment