94e MOTOR MILEAGES from SOME AMERICAN CITIES to THE NIAGARA PARKS, Miles Miles Albany, N.Y 312 , N.Y 396 Baltimore, Md 391 Philadelphia, Pa 400 Boston, Mass 483 Pittsburgh, Pa 240 IlIAGARA Chicago, 111. 560 Portland, Me 554 IlIAGARA Cincinnati, 440 Richmond, Va 536 .""• Cleveland, Ohio 206 Rochester, N.Y 92 Detroit, Mich 265 St Louis, Mo 764 Flint, Mich 242 Syracuse, N.Y 175 THE AND NIAGARA FALLl Indianapolis, Ind 511 Washington, D.C 426 Mr A Xm Jf&9 Louisville, Ky 575 Non-motorists can reach The Niagara Parks, Canada, by convenient railway, motor coach and steamship lines. CANADA CANADA Splendid hotel and tourist accommodation adjacent to The Parks. MILEAGE WITHIN, AND IN THE VICINITY OF, THE NIAGARA PARKS, CANADA FROM TO Approx. Miles Head, Fort Erie . Horseshoe Falls 20 Old Fort Erie Chippawa 18 Chippawa Table Rock House 2 Table Rock House Park Restaurant \i Park Restaurant Oakes Garden Theatre % (1) Table Rock House. Where visitors don oilskins and Park Restaurant Information Bureau and rubber boots and proceed by elevator down through the Clifton Gate House .... \s\ solid rock for an inside view of the Horseshoe Falls Horseshoe Falls Whirlpool Rapids 2H Table Rock House Spanish Aerial Car 3 (2) "The Thrill of a Lifetime!" Visitors to The Niagara Park Restaurant The Brock Monument 7 Parks viewing the Horseshoe Falls from a place of advantage Whirlpool Rapids Niagara Glen Restaurant.... 2 100 feet below Table Rock House. Niagara Glen Restaurant. . . , Niagara-on-the-Lake (Newark) . 10 Queenston Hydro Power Plant. Queenston Heights Restaurant , 1 H (3) The Park Restaurant is internationally famous for its Oakes Garden Theatre .... Training School for Gardeners . 4 food and unsurpassed for its magnificent view, by day or Niagara Glen Restaurant . . . Fort George 10 night, of the Mighty Cataracts. Park Restaurant Lookout Point Golf Course. . . 15 Clifton Gate House Welland Ship Canal 14 (4) The Brock Monument at Queenston Heights. This Memorial Arch Lundy's Lane Burial Ground . . 1 % Canadian landmark is known throughout the world. The Park Restautant Stoney Creek Battlefield .... 40 surrounding park attracts countless visitors. The panoramic Fort Erie Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ... 20 view from this point is an outstanding feature of The Niagara Peace Bridge Head Queenston-Lewiston Bridge . . 27 Parks. Park Restaurant City of St. Catharines, Ont. . . . 15 Parks Information Bureau and (5) Oakes Garden Theatre. Man's offering to the Majesty Clifton Gate House .... Niagara Fruit Belt 15 of Niagara A gem within an unrivalled setting. Motor Bus stop-over service throughout The Parks. (6) The Canadian or Horseshoe Falls. To fully appre­ Strtp tickets available for Historic and Scenic Tours. ciate this gigantic and magnificent work of nature, this The Parks Information Bureau will be glad to furnish de­ Cataract should be seen during the day from a point in tails regarding the nine golf courses, riding stables and front of Table Rock House and from the tunnel-portals scenic tours in the neighbourhood of The Niagara Parks. below Table Rock House. The Park Restaurant is a favourite spot for viewing the gorgeous Illumination Spectacle. ... the Playground of North America (7) Niagara Glen Restaurant. The Glen and Gardens adjacent to this restaurant are ranked by many visitors as After thoroughly visiting The Niagara Parks, Canada, plan second oniy to the Falls in natural beauty and interest. your holiday in Ontario. The finest of highways will lead to your favourite outdoor summer pastime, whether it be fishing, swim­ (8) The American Falls as seen from the Oakes Garden ming, boating, golf, riding, camping, sight-seeing, photography, Theatre. The finest view of this Cataract is obtained from exploring new horizons, or resting in a quiet nook. Ontario i The Niagara Parks, Canada. abounds with sandy beaches, rivers, lakes (great and small), woods and forests. The Province holds much for your enjoy­ ment. The following table may help your choice of spots. Mileages commence at The Patks Information Bureau, where details, maps, folders and booklets for your further guidance may be obtained.

MOTOR MILEAGE FROM The Niagara Parks Information Bureau, Clifton Gate House, , Canada TO Approx. Miles Hamilton, Ont., via St. Catharines and the Niagara Fruit Belt . . 49 (choice of three highways) 83 Kawartha Lakes (Fenelon Falls) 176 Rideau Lakes (Village of Portland via Kingston) 300 Prince Edward County (Town of Picton) 220 Georgian Bay District (City of Midland) 172 Muskoka Lakes (Town of Gravenhurst) 200 Haliburton District (Village of Mtnden) 217 Algonquin Park 270 Parry Sound Area 252 Callander ("Quints') , 294 French River, Lake Nipissing (City of North Bay) 303 Timagami Forest Reserve (Town of Haileybury) 400 Manitoulin Island (via Tobermory Ferry) 270 Niagara Falls, Ont to Montreal, Que 433 Niagara Falls, Ont to Quebec City 615 34 34NIAGARA PARKS COMMISSION; OF NATURE AND MAN AT ITS BEST START YOUR HOLIDAY AT THE NIAGARA PARKS, CANADA (jz£c7ttauceMidc//&foty..\Kl HANDIWORK PRINTED IN CANADA (^^£^ Thirty-five miles of magnificent park lands, including internationally famed gardens, rare floral displays, bewitching bowers; the wild rapids and whirlpool of the Niagara River; ancient forts, old battlefields and historic sites of significance to every Canadian and American citizen. Bounded by two of the , The Parks command the unequalled . viewpoint, by day or night, summer or winter, of the Falls of Niagara; Thirty-five miles of scenic boulevard, and along the way, romance and history are combined with the handiwork of nature and man, at its bestJ £9 Operated by The Niagara Parks Commission under the ^^k stmsmmrma^g authority of the Government of the Province of Ontario ^^^mmu\ 1 \. M Queenston Heights Restau­ The Niagara Parks Commission's Niagara Glen and Restaurant—In natural beauty Whirlpool Basin —Sixty acres of Oakes Garden Theatre — Man's offering to the ma­ Rock Garden — An in­ • THE PARK RESTAURANT-i„ter- Chippawa — Here the French Niagara-on-the-Lake — Once called — Is said The Brock Monument and Park jesty of Niagara. This architectural jewel within a The Peace Bridge — Opened by to be the only regular star- — Erected 1853 to the glorious rant and Picnic Grounds — Training School for Apprentice and scenic grandeur. The Glen ranks next to the swirling, fretting, almost bottom­ triguing kaleidoscope of col­ nationally famous for choice food built a stockade 1759. British Edward. Prince of Wales, 1927. For Newark. Visited by La Salle, 1678. A delightful spot to dine amid Gardeners and Nurseries — Main­ Cataract, which was once located here. Enormous less water; 1,700 feet across. setting unrivalled upon earth, embraces rock gardens, ours. One of the finest rock erected a blockhouse during Amer For a period, the seat of the govern­ shaped fort in Canada. Built, memory of General Brock, the lily ponds, terraces, promenades, flower beds, shrubbery and unsurpassed surroundings vehicles and pedestrians only. The 1813. of materials salvaged hero of , who was the ghosts and romance of tained by and for The Niagara Parks, rocks scattered indiscriminately about what was gardens on the continent. ican Revolution. In early days American approach is near the busi­ ment of Upper Canada. It was the North American history. this institution is of great interest to the bed of the Niagara River, are in reality the re­ and an amphitheatre that looks out across magnificent (includes a cafeteria). Dine within was noted as southern end of cockpit of much North American war­ from the fire-swept village of mortally wounded at the battle of lawns to eternal Niagara. In this garden theatre the ness centre of Buffalo, N.Y The Niagara (Newark), Queenston Heights. 1812. The Meals may be had at the res­ "all who love a garden." A three-year mains of an ancient table rock that formerly over­ Rose Garden — Exquisite, full view of the Falls of Niagara. Queenston Chippawa portage Vil- fare and was burned during War of finest arts of man and nature are happily combined in View the Illumination of the Cat­ bridge leads to Fort Erie. Ontario, 1812. Monument. 185 feet taurant and ample provision course, limited to 24 students. Those hung the Falls A paradise to the lover of beauty, an delicate beauty setting off the iage burned in . and the Niagara Boulevard, in height, may be is made for picnic parties. Free of highest rating are sent to Kew unlimited field for the naturalist, and a vast library Spanish Aero Car — A cable car homage to the power and the glory of the Cataracts. rugged grandeur of the Falls. aracts after dining at^Thel'ark (Chippawa—-Obi ibwa.) ascended and a mag­ hot and cold water, pavilion Gardens in England for post-graduate for the man who reads the story of the rocks. Picnic carrying passengers on an exciting The gardens are named for Harry Oakes, Esquire, whose One of the many Floral Fea­ Restaurant. nificent panoramic space and sports ground are work. Visit this unique school. grounds with all facilities are provided free of charge. trip high over the Whirlpool. splendid foresight and princely contribution did much tures of The Niagara Parks. view obtained. provided. to make this dream-garden a reality.

Old Fort at Fort Erie — ^•Ori1- | ginally built by British, 1764. QJuvt fo&jpmcca T&f/ut^n, Tatty&*uv %LJ&t6&fa& attfu&a&i Scene of much warfare. 1812- 1814. Held temporarily by American forces following OR the purpose of illuminating both of the Cataracts, the Niagara battle of Lundy's Lane. Re­ HE many exquisite and extensive floral displays through­ stored by Niagara Parks Com­ F Illuminating Board has installed twenty-four 36-inch searchlights, each THE THRILL OF A LIFE-TIME! out The Parks (especially in Queen Victoria Park, mission. 1938-1939. The Fort. of which emits 55 million candlepower, totalling in all, approximately, 1 T alongside the Falls) make a veritable paradise. No lover SCHEDULE OF FLORAL DISPLAYS (Approx.) Monument and gardens are well billion, 320 million candlepower! The Illuminating Board is supported Subterranean passages cut through the of flowers, beauty or life, should fail to witness this mag­ worth seeing. The village was jointly by the Canadian and American cities of Niagara Falls. The current is solid rock lead to the very edge of the nificent contribution to the joy of living. Here indeed, Tulips, May 15-May 28—Sixty thousand in bloom. once known as Waterloo. REGULAR ILLUMINATION SCHEDULE supplied, free of cost, by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. Lilacs, May 15-June 5—A magnificent display. abyss, and behind the thundering Falls. Dame Nature works her finest magic, presenting designs Iris, May 24-June 20—Five hundred varieties. (Eastern Standard Time) No visitor to the Falls should miss seeing this vast, indescribable sym­ in living colours—unsurpassed. Each successive display Peonies, June 10-June 20—Thousands of blooms. On OB On 0B phony of colour, for here, indeed, man "gilds the lily" and shadows all Countless tons of wild, crashing water during the floral season invites a repetition of your visit. Roses, June 15-July 5—Internationally famous. March .... 7.30 10.00 August 16-31 . 7.45 10.15 the glories of Aladdin's lamp. create an inferno that sends up vast clouds If you live within convenient motoring distance, come Rhododendrons—Late May to early June. April 1-15 . . 7.30 10.00 September . . 7.30 10.00 again and yet again, and carry away a lasting memory Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs—From spring to fall. " 16-30 . . 7.45 10.15 October . . . 7.30 10.00 Coloured lighting is displayed nightly (weather permitting) half an hour of mist, adding further to this unearthly Dahlias, Sept. to frost—Hundreds of plants. May 8.00 10.30 November . . 7.30 10.00 previous to the beginning and ending of the regular schedule which appears scene of nature's magnificent savagery- of all that is beautiful. Unlimited scope for colour photography. Japanese Rock Garden—See anytime. June 8.15 10.45 December . . 7.30 10.00 at left. July 8.15 10.45 January . . . 7.30 10.00 Enter tunnels through Table Rock House. The Floral Beauty of The Niagara Parks rivals the Majesty of the Cataracts August 1-15 . 8.00 10.30 February . . . 7.30 10.00 To see the Falls of Niagara at Night is to be wide awake in the Land of Dreams