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Archive: Ontario Cool Facts

Shania Twain

Shania Twain developed her skills as an entertainer at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, and still drops in

The Notebook staring Rachael McAdams and Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling, Rachael McAdams and Justin Bieber were all born at London’s St. Joseph’s Hospital

World's Oldest Baseball Park - By Alethe / Creative Commons

World’s oldest continually operating baseball grounds – London’s Labatt Park. The first game was played in 1877

Toronto International Film Festival

Every September Toronto hosts the second largest Film Festival in the world

Albert Einstein Time

Einstein’s Brain has been studied in McMaster University Scientist in Hamilton

David Dunlap Observatory

The existence of Black Holes was proven from the David Dunlap Observatory, just north of Toronto

Mike Myers

Mike Myers, who is from Scarborough in the east end of Toronto, even has a street named after him now.

Fishing Weirs art on ceiling at Casino Rama © Lucy Izon

The naming of Weirs restaurant at Casino Rama, and the weirs on their art and graphics recognize fishing fences in the water nearby – that are OLDER THAN PYRAMIDS!

Underground Railroad

Was this church the most northerly stop on the Underground Railroad?

Georgian Bay 30,000 Island

Exploring the ‘World’s Largest Concentration of Freshwater Islands’ Georgian Bay’s 30,000 Islands

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