Answer: Detroit River
The Detroit River is O.5 to 2.5 miles in width. During prohibition, in the United States, cars would drive across the frozen river with their trunks full of alcohol. These drivers were known as "rum runners".
From Quiz: Why Windsor, Ontario, Canada?
Answer: 800 km
The Bruce Trail goes along the Niagara Escarpment; it is a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. The name of the trail is linked to the Bruce Peninsula and Bruce County which the trail runs through. There is a wide range of plant and wildlife along the trail. The trail runs though some of the most populated areas of Ontario, with an estimated seven million living within a 100 kilometers.
From Quiz: Ontario Geographical Landmarks
Answer: North York
North York is home to York University's Keele Campus and reaches one of the northern-most points of the city. This location also makes use of York Region's transit system and grants access to the county to the north of Toronto. Located on Sheppard Avenue, Downsview Station, for many years, was one of the most northerly access points for commuters in the north and northwest portions of the Greater Toronto Area.
Because of this terminal's location, people can drive directly east on Sheppard avenue to reach the Sheppard-Yonge Station, one of the more popular stations on the main Yonge-University-Spadina line (because of its connection to the Sheppard Line branching directly to the east).
Located outside Sheppard West Station, sightseers can visit Downsview Park, a site which has hosted many different events such as concerts (Edgefest, for example).
From Quiz: Seeing Toronto by Subway
Answer: The area is shaped like a horseshoe.
The Golden Horseshoe extends around the western end of Lake Ontario in a horseshoe shape. The word Golden comes from the multitude of manufacturing facilities and the resulting prosperity found within this area. Sorry for the trick question, but there are no Horseshoe Mountains.
From Quiz: Ontario's Golden Horseshoe
Answer: Toronto
The festival runs for ten days in September every year right after Labour Day. It attracts celebrities from all over the world. It first opened in 1975.
From Quiz: Ontario: Cities and Sites Part 2
Answer: tulips
Held annually in May, the origins of the Tulip Festival date back to the Second World War. Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and her three daughters were sheltered in Ottawa during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. In 1943, the maternity ward of the Ottawa Civic Hospital (where I myself was born) was temporarily declared to be international territory not subject to Canada, so that Princess Margaret would not be born 'in' Canada. As a thank you after the war, the Dutch royal family sent 100,000 tulip bulbs to Ottawa in 1945. Another 250,000 bulbs were sent in 1946, with a promise of 10,000 more to be sent each year.
From Quiz: Canada's Capital
Answer: Two, Three, 401
All three of these highways run parallel, east to west.
From Quiz: Southwestern Ontario
Answer: Sir Allan Napier MacNab
Built in the 1830s it was the home of one of Canada's Prime Ministers, Sir Allan Napier MacNab who was one of the heroes of the War of 1812. It is a grand residence but not really a "castle" on York Blvd.
From Quiz: Hometown Hamilton
Answer: Lake Ontario
The word 'Toronto' means 'meeting place' in the native American dialect of the Huron tribe.
From Quiz: Check out Toronto
Answer: Bracebridge
Less than a two hour drive north of Toronto, scenic Bracebridge also offers riverboat cruises. Santa's Village is open daily from June through October and on weekends right up until Christmas.
From Quiz: Ontario: Cities and Sites Part 1
Answer: New York, Chicago, Sydney
Toronto has many "brothers", but these are the largest. Cities are often "twinned" because they have something in common.
From Quiz: Oh, No. Not Another Toronto Quiz!
Answer: Manitoulin Island
The Wikwemikong Powwow is one of the largest competitive powwows in North America which is also held on the only unceded Indian Reservation in Canada.
From Quiz: Across Ontario
Answer: Kempenfest
The festival is called Kempenfest because it is located on Kempenfelt Bay. The festival attracts more than three hundred thousand visitors each year. Many vendors sell arts and crafts during the festival, and there are usually many sales in local shops.
From Quiz: Where in Barrie?
Answer: 1832
The Rideau Canal, opened in 1832, is the oldest continuously operated canal system in North America
From Quiz: Rideau Canal
Answer: Niagara Falls
This world wonder is situated on the New York border and has many sights to see. Even outside this city, you can visit the Botanical Gardens, the butterfly conservatory, the floral clock, and Sir Isaac Brock's memorial statue. Inside the city, you can visit all of the famous attractions such as Planet Hollywood, Rainforest Café, many museums, and Marineland.
From Quiz: Too Much Toronto
Answer: Yonge Street
Established as a trade route by then Governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe, Yonge Street stretches from Lake Ontario all the way through the province to the U.S. border in Sault Ste Marie.
From Quiz: A Sightseeing Tour of Toronto
Answer: Peterborough
The Peterborough Liftlock is located in the city on the Otonabee River, part of the Trent-Severn Waterway System. Every summer, thousands of tourists travel the system via boat. Locks are build so pleasure craft can avoid rapids. They work as a sort of "boat elevator" to more a boat from a river's high point to low point, bypassing the rapids.
From Quiz: Ontario: More Than Just Toronto
Answer: Zal Yanovsky of "The Loving Spoonful"
Mr.Yanovsky passed away in 2003.
From Quiz: Oh, THAT Kingston
Answer: 24 Sussex Dr.
24 Sussex Dr. is a marvelous waterfront property overlooking the Ottawa River. It started a major renovation in 2022.
From Quiz: City Of Ottawa Geography
Answer: Yorkville
Yorkville used to be a hippie hangout in the 60's.
From Quiz: Toronto Neighbourhoods
Answer: Peterborough
Peterborough has the tallest hydraulic liftlocks in the world which are part of the Trent Severn Waterway. You can ride down them in a boat or have a simulated ride down in the visitor's center!
From Quiz: Name The Ontario City
Answer: Scarborough
From Quiz: Toronto, Canada
Answer: Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is the smallest of the five great lakes and the farthest downstream in the Great Lake chain. The water of Lake Ontario flows out through the St. Lawrence River and into the Atlantic Ocean.
From Quiz: Super Toronto Quiz
Answer: Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River
Kingston, Ontario is situated right where Lake Ontario meets the St. Lawrence River. For the record, there is a Mississippi river in Ontario, but it's farther north in Pakenham. Really great ice cream in Pakenham. Really. ;)
From Quiz: What Is This Kingston Place Anyway?
Answer: Blue Jays
They won back-to-back World Series in 1992 and 1993.
From Quiz: Toronto, Ontario
Answer: Woodstock
Woodstock, Ontario is located on highway 401 between Toronto and London. It calls itself the Dairy Capital of Canada and their motto is "The Friendly City".
From Quiz: Around the World in Ontario
Answer: Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is the easternmost of the Great Lakes, and the smallest of the five by surface area. Ontario comes from "Beautiful Great Lake" in Iroquois. The French were the first to establish a trading post where Toronto now stands, arriving on Lake Ontario in 1750. A 32 mile (52 km) route from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Toronto has become an endurance swim challenge, first completed by 16-year old Marilyn Bell in 1956. The park in which she swam ashore in Toronto is now named in her honour.
From Quiz: A Trivial Trip Through Toronto
Answer: Ottawa
The river's source is Lake Capimitchigama in Quebec and its mouth is near Montreal, where it flows into the St Lawrence, but for most of its 1270 km length the Ottawa has one bank firmly in Ontario. Its Algonquian name is Kichisipi.
From Quiz: Rivers of Ontario
Answer: Ambassador Bridge
This bridge is privately owned. It was completed in 1929, and was the longest span in the world until 1931, when the George Washington Bridge was completed.
From Quiz: Why Windsor, Ontario, Canada?
Answer: Manitoulin Island
The island is a popular tourist attraction due to the popularity of hiking and boating. During the summer months, the population increases by as much as twenty-five percent. Manitoulin is also considered home to the Ojibwe Indians, who deem the islands as their sacred place.
From Quiz: Ontario Geographical Landmarks
Answer: Eaton's Centre
Despite the fact that Eaton's itself declared bankruptcy in 1999, it was acquired by Sears Canada in the following years and the name 'Eaton's Centre' stuck to the shopping center. Timothy Eaton himself was probably one of the most prominent faces in North American retail for many decades, particularly during the Second World War.
Dundas Station is located at Yonge and Dundas. One of the stations at this location lays directly beneath the Eaton's Centre while the other is located at the Atrium on Bay. Other locations close by include the once prosperous site of Sam the Record Man (now demolished, but kept as a Heritage Site) and a number of halls from Ryerson University.
From Quiz: Seeing Toronto by Subway
Answer: Toronto
Originally Toronto was considered to be the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe as it was located at the far eastern end but, according to Wikipedia, the Golden Horseshoe now stretches as far as Oshawa to the east. As of February 2005 the Greater Golden Horseshoe also extends north to include Barrie.
From Quiz: Ontario's Golden Horseshoe
Answer: Gatineau
Gatineau, Quebec is located on the opposite side of the Ottawa River and is connected to Ottawa via the Royal Alexandra Bridge. It falls under the jurisdiction of the National Capital Commission and shares the hosting duties of festivals such as Winterlude. Gatineau is frequented by many Ottawa residents primarily for the Casino du Lac-Leamy, located just over the bridge, and also by young Ottawans, because the legal drinking age in Quebec is 18 years, whereas in Ontario it is 19 years.
From Quiz: Canada's Capital
Answer: Chatham
It's 100 kilometers west to Windsor, and east to London.
From Quiz: Southwestern Ontario
Answer: Battle of Stoney Creek, War of 1812
When the U.S. tried to invade Canada in the war of 1812 they were defeated by combined British and native forces and had to return from whence they came.
From Quiz: Hometown Hamilton
Answer: Canadian National
Part of the observation deck of the Tower is made of see-through glass. Standing on top of the glass and looking down gives one the impression of floating in space. The high-speed elevator takes 58 seconds to bring visitors to the observation deck. It was the tallest building in the world when it was built in 1976 and has remained so until today (2006).
From Quiz: Check out Toronto
Answer: They are all the same street
From the west, Bloor Street becomes Danforth Avenue at Broadview Ave. Danforth Ave becomes Danforth Rd just past Victoria Park Ave. At the intersection of Danforth and McCowan Roads, McCowan Rd takes over where Danforth leaves off.
From Quiz: Oh, Yes. Another Toronto Quiz!
Answer: York
For a long time Toronto was known as York, then it became Toronto, although for a brief period in the 1800's it was renamed York.
From Quiz: Do You Know Toronto
Answer: Eagle Canyon
It's not only the longest in Ontario, but in all of Canada. It's in Dorian, 70 km east of Thunder Bay.
From Quiz: Across Ontario
Answer: Byng Inlet
Byng Inlet was named after English Admiral John Byng. This town was a prosperous lumber town, however, it fell into the situation of being a single industry town. As a result, Byng Inlet became a ghost town in the late 1920's. Today, Byng Inlet is not a complete ghost town, but has been modestly restored to try and preserve its history.
From Quiz: Ghost Towns of Ontario