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Archive: Ontario Cool Facts

Manitoba Bruce Fossil

Did you know that ‘Bruce’ one of Manitoba’s most famous fossil finds was named for a Monty Python skit?

With one leg 18-year-old Terry Fox ran half-way across Canada to raise funds for Cancer Research

Sick Kids Hospital - Pablum

Pablum - the first food of millions around the world was invented at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children

Goderich Beach

Goderich Ontario has the largest salt mine in the world

Science North

Science North is shaped like Snowflakes

Niagara Falls

One of the people who helped start the trend of Niagara Falls as a honeymoon destination was Napoleon’s brother

Winnie the Pooh was from White River Ontario

Parry Sound is the home town of hockey legend Bobby Orr

Wasaga Beach

Ontario’s Wasaga Beach is the longest freshwater beach in the world

Polar Bear Swim

In Cochrane Ontario you can swim with a Polar Bear

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