Mountain City's Travel Blog

This holiday season will be the brightest ever in the most popular tourist attraction in Canada – and one that conveniently spans the border with the U.S. - just as the land border between the neighboring countries is set to be open in both directions.  Beginning in mid-November and running 101 nights all the way to late February 2022, Canada’s...

Plan a trip to Ontario, Canada's Niagara region, and your list may include the iconic Falls, world-class theater at the Shaw Festival, fine dining inspired by the region’s orchards, most definitely a wine tasting, especially the ice wine that is its global viticulture claim to fame.

18,000 years ago, planet earth saw the last of the Ice age. Apparently, the ice around Ontario - which forms the Great Lakes region of which the Niagara River is part of - was covered with ice as thick as 2-3 kilometers. The Ice subsided around 12,500 years ago and gave way to the Great Lakes Basin comprising of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, The Niagara River, and further down the St. Lawrence River