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ALGONQUIN PARK • SHUTTERSTOCK/THEOTIVITY
Niagara to Tobermory along the Niagara
Escarpment.
Go cross-country or downhill skiing near
Collingwood, on the scenic shores of
Georgian Bay (www.southgeorgianbay.ca).
Dive among shipwrecks at Fathom Five
National Marine Park near Tobermory
(www.parkscanada.gc.ca/fathomfive) or in
the St. Lawrence River (www.1000islands.com/
sunken-treasures-the-wrecks-of-the-
1000-islands).
HERITAGE AND CULTURE
Theatre lovers are spoiled for choice in
Ontario. Toronto alone offers blockbuster
performances by Mirvish Productions
(www.mirvish.com) and a wide range of
plays presented by other theatre companies.
In Ottawa, the National Arts Centre offers
dance, music by the National Arts Centre
Orchestra and others, and English, French
and Indigenous theatre (www.nac-
cna.ca/en). Elsewhere, noteworthy theatre
festivals include the Stratford Festival
(www.stratfordfestival.ca) and the Shaw
Festival (www.shawfest.com). Classical
music fans can revel in inspiring perform-
ances by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
(www.tso.ca) and the Canadian Opera
Company (www.coc.ca), while dance
aficionados enjoy the National Ballet of
Canada (national.ballet.ca).
Fine art has many homes across the
province, including the Art Gallery of Ontario
(www.ago.ca), the McMichael Canadian Art
Collection (www.mcmichael.com) and the
National Gallery of Canada (www.gallery.ca).
On Manitoulin Island immerse in Indige-
nous traditions with Wikwemikong Tourism
(www.wikytours.com) and learn about
Indigenous Peoples of Ontario at Petroglyphs
Provincial Park near Peterborough (www.ontario
parks.com) and the Museum of Ontario
Archaeology in London (www.archaeology
museum.ca). Indigenous history is also one
of many topics covered by the world-renowned
Royal Ontario Museum (www.rom.on.ca/en).
History buffs can choose from meticu-
lously preserved historic sites and living
history museums, including Fort Henry
(www.forthenry.com) and Upper Canada
Village (www.uppercanadavillage.com)
in Eastern Ontario; Fort George (www.parks
canada.gc.ca) and Old Fort Erie
(www.niagaraparks.com) near Niagara
Falls and Fort York (www.fortyork.ca) in
Toronto; Doon Heritage Village in Kitchener;
and the Buxton National Historic Site and
Museum in North Buxton, near Chatham
(www.buxtonmuseum.com).
MUST SEE, MUST DO
Discover an underwater wonderland of
some 16,000 creatures at Ripley’s Aquarium
of Canada in downtown Toronto
(www.ripleyaquariums.com/canada).
Thrill to the thunder of North America’s
most powerful cataract, Niagara Falls, where
nearby attractions range from great
shopping and family fun to glittering
casinos (www.niagarafallstourism.com).