Dominated by its attractive City Hall, built of copper-coloured reflecting glass. Nearby stands the permanently berthed MS Norgoma (B), the last overnight passenger ship used on the Great Lakes. On board the ship is a museum of Great Lakes history.

This attractive Georgian stone house was built in 1814 by Charles Oakes Ermatinger, a partner in the North West Company, and his Ojibway wife, Charlotte. Among the guests was Paul Kane (1810-71), who made several long canoe trips across Canada, sketc..

To bypass the rapids, the North West Company completed the first lock and canal in 1798 (destroyed during the War of 1812). Since then, locks of increasing size have been constructed; today, the enormous ships of the Great Lakes are able to bypass th..

The building contains an apron, or thrust stage, surrounded by audience seating on three sides. This modern development of the Elizabethan stage used in Shakespeare's day was revolutionary in the 1950s (but much copied since) because no elaborate sce..