Niagara Peninsula
The Niagara Peninsula is in Ontario's Golden Horseshoe, encompassing most of the city of Hamilton and all of Niagara Region. Niagara Region is a regional municipality consisting of cities, towns and villages east of Hamilton on the Niagara Peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Hamilton
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Hamilton is a port city in Ontario with a population around 520,000, at the westernmost end of Lake Ontario—the city wraps around the lake and continues towards the Niagara Escarpment, referred to by locals as "the mountain".
Niagara Falls
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Niagara Falls, Ontario, is the self-proclaimed "Honeymoon Capital of the World". For over a century, the grandeur of the waterfalls of the Niagara River have attracted tourists to this destination.
St. Catharines
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St. Catharines is a city of 137,000 people in the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario. It has the Welland Canal, a dry-dock for ships, and automotive plants. A pond near the mouth of the first Welland Canal now hosts regional and national rowing championships every year.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Niagara-on-the-Lake and Welland.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
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Niagara-on-the-Lake is a town of 19,000 people in the Niagara Region of Ontario. It sits on the shore of Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Niagara River.
Welland
Welland is a city of 56,000 people in the Niagara Region of Ontario Canada. The city is centred on the Old Welland Canal which splits the city into a Northwestern section and a Southeastern section.
Port Colborne
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Port Colborne is a city of 20,000 people in Ontario's Niagara Region on the northern shore of Lake Erie and the southern end of the Niagara Peninsula.
Fort Erie
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Fort Erie is a town of about 33,000 people in the Niagara Region. It is directly across the river from Buffalo, New York, and is the site of Old Fort Erie which played a prominent role in the War of 1812.
Thorold
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Thorold is a city in Ontario, Canada, located on the Niagara Escarpment. It is also the seat of the Regional Municipality of Niagara. The Welland Canal passes through the city, featuring lock 7 and the Twin Flight Locks.
Grimsby
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Grimsby is a town on Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. Grimsby is at the eastern end of the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. It is named after the English fishing town of Grimsby in north-east Lincolnshire.
Lincoln
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Lincoln is a town in the Niagara Peninsula. It is a mostly rural town, but also encompasses the towns of Beamsville and Vineland and other smaller communities. It is best known for its dozens of wineries. The district is known as Twenty Valley.
Niagara Peninsula
- Type: peninsula
- Description: peninsula in Ontario, Canada
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude of center
43° northLongitude of center
-79.5° or 79° 30′ westWikidata ID
Q1147919
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Niagara Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة نياغارا”
- Azerbaijani: “Niaqara yarımadası”
- Bengali: “নায়াগ্রা উপদ্বীপ”
- Catalan: “península de Niagara”
- Chinese: “尼亞加拉半島”
- Czech: “Niagarský poloostrov”
- Dutch: “Niagara Peninsula”
- Esperanto: “Niagara Istmo”
- French: “péninsule du Niagara”
- French: “Péninsule du Niagara”
- Galician: “península de Niágara”
- German: “Niagara-Halbinsel”
- Italian: “Penisola del Niagara”
- Japanese: “ナイアガラ半島”
- Korean: “나이아가라반도”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Niagarahalvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Niagara Peninsula”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Niagarahalvøya”
- Norwegian: “Niagarahalvøya”
- Polish: “Niagara”
- Portuguese: “Península de Niagara”
- Russian: “Ниагарский полуостров”
- Slovenian: “Niagara Peninsula”
- Slovenian: “polotok Niagara”
- Spanish: “Península del Niágara”
- Ukrainian: “Ніагарський півострів”
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