Jun 28 2023
June 2023 Southern Ontario is full of stunning geographical features and Hamilton’s Devil’s Punch Bowl is just one of them. Found along the Niagara Escarpment in Stoney Creek, a suburb of Hamilton, Devil’s Punch Bowl is a 120-foot ribbon upper waterfall and an 18-foot lower classic waterfall, both a part of the Hamilton Conservation Authority …
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Jun 15 2023
June 2023 The Landscape of Nations Memorial, in Queenston Heights Park in Niagara-on-the-Lake, is a living memorial dedicated to the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) Confederacy and Indian allies who supported British forces during the War of 1812. This was the site of the infamous Battle of Queenston Heights, fought on 13 October 1813, in which British …
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Jun 15 2023
June 2023 Since 1931, the Corktown Irish Pub has been a fixture in Hamilton’s Corktown area, one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the southern Ontario city. Settled more than a century and a half ago by working class Irish immigrants, it’s undergone gentrification in recent years, with many of the old homes and rowhouses restored …
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Jun 10 2023
June 2023 Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a well-known private research university in Cleveland, Ohio, with the distinction of having seventeen Nobel laureates as members of the faculty and alumni of one of its two predecessors. Established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826, and Case Institute of technology, founded in 1880, merged, …
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Jun 05 2023
June 2023 Euclid Beach Park, along the shore of Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio, is a passive park, with lots of shade trees, a picnic pavilion, a sandy beach and a pier stretching out into the lake. Long-time residents of Cleveland will remember the park as the site of Euclid Beach Park. Opened 22 June …
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May 31 2023
May 2023 In the middle of May every year, all across America, ceremonies are held in honour of National Police Week; a week where police officers across America attend ceremonies in honor and remembrance of those who have lost their lives in the line of duty. On 19 May, in Cleveland, Ohio, a crowd gathered …
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May 24 2023
May 2023 The Arcade in Cleveland, Ohio, is a visually stunning, Victorian-era, shopping centre, that has the distinction of being one of the first indoor shopping centres in America. Opened on 30 May 1890 and known as Cleveland’s Crystal Palace, The Arcade consists of two nine-storey office buildings facing out to Euclid and Superior Avenues, …
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May 23 2023
May 2023 Castle Village and Enchanted Kingdom Park was once a very popular children’s amusement park, a little to the west of Midland, Ontario, based on several famous fairy tales, including Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Merlin’s tower, Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs, with a large medieval castle welcoming guests at …
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May 17 2023
May 2023 The small Hamlet of Parksville was once a vibrant community, as was much of the Catskills region of New York State. Colloquially known as the “Borscht Belt,” Parksville was part of the summer vacation haven for New York City Jews prior to integration and prior to cheap airfare, that allowed families to travel …
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May 15 2023
May 2023 Like all big cities, Toronto, Ontario, has long had an extensive public transportation system. Starting in 1849, the City of Toronto gave Williams Omnibus Bus Lines, owned by local cabinetmaker Burt Williams, a licence to operate the first mass transportation system in the city. Starting with an initial complement of four six-passenger horse-drawn stagecoaches, …
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