TRAVEL LIKE A LOCAL | Top 10,000 Places to Visit in Canada
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The best selfie spot.
Travel north to Dunville to see the world’s largest mudcat – a 50-foot long, 27-foot high statue at Centennial Park.
Don’t forget to visit the nearest Thompson Creek Eco Centre and Dunnville’s heritage tree here. The white oak in the park is estimated 260 years old, older than our country!
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The Byland Island Conservation Area is home to the largest outdoor swimming pool in all of Canada.
Byng island offers visitors the opportunity to camp, boat, and explore the Grand River and Lake Erie. It is a 190-hectare conservation area surrounded by the Carolinian forests.
The conservation area is only open from May to October. If you are going to camp, you can choose from 380Â campsites dispersed across their four main campgrounds.
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Enjoy a walk on the pier to Port Maitland Lighthouse. Located on the shores of Lake Erie and at the mouth of Grand River, Port Maitland is ideal for those who love to fish or spend a day by the water.
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Rock Point Provincial Park offers the perfect weekend getaway! The park is great for family or friends to spend time together surrounded by mother nature.
The park offers a 2 km hiking trail that makes for the perfect working exercise. They also have a 1 km sandy beach where visitors can take photos, sunbathe, or play. Additionally, there is a viewing platform above the sand dunes, so you can safely view them!
Best of all, the park is home to 350 million-year-old fossils of a coral reef. The reef is embedded in limestone alongside the beach, making the fossils and the beach much more beautiful!
Photo: Kiril Strax, flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
In Richardson’s Farm and Market, you can not only purchase their produce but also enjoy the farm. Try wagon rides, pick your own pumpkin, and take photos.
If you love apples, they have apple-picking opportunities in their brand-new orchid.
Although not that well known, the No. 6 RCAF Dunnville Museum is a must-see in Dunnville. It is devoted to preserving artifacts and aircraft from the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
The Museum is located at the site of no.6 Service Flying Training School. The no.6 school was one of the 29 facilities in Canada that was dedicated to the training plan. Their training included operating three aircraft: Yales, Harvard, and Ansons.
After the war, the school was decommissioned and instead became the Dunnville airport. The museum came into existence around the mid-1990s when three local businessmen purchased it and financed the museum. Today, the museum offers various displays of uniforms, memorabilia, medals, and artifacts. It also has vintage aircraft, a flight simulator, and a memorial garden.
Photos: Google Maps, Gerald Brown, Christopher Fowler (Usay play 2)
The James N. Allan Provincial Park has an undeveloped shore with a kilometre of pebble beach. It also has 100 meters of beach that has fine sand.
The park has around 60 hectares of forest and wetlands that you can enjoy exploring. It is still a great location for swimming, boating, walking, and birdwatching.
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Grand Sportfishing allows you to catch fish while being driven by an experienced caption. The Captain at Grand Sportfishing is James Houtby, a multi-species fisherman with a Pleasure Craft Operators Card, Small Vessel Operator Proficiency, Marine Emergency Duties, and a few other qualifications.
You can ride in a fully equipped 2012 Harbercraft powered by Yamahas. It is a West coast heavy gauge aluminum fishing boat, making it safe and perfect for your fishing experience!
Prices vary depending on how many people are in your group, ranging between $300 for one person and $500 for four people. The price is for a 6-7 hour charter experience.
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