Archives: Destinations

Vineland is a historic agricultural community in Lincoln settled by Pennsylvania Mennonites around 1786 and originally known as ‘the Twenty’ after nearby…

Beamsville is the administrative and commercial heart of the Town of Lincoln, founded in 1788 by United Empire Loyalist Jacob Beam. Sitting…

DeCew Falls is a historic settlement along the Niagara Escarpment in western Thorold, named for the waterfalls on Beaverdams Creek and the…

St. Johns is a small rural historic community in western Thorold, tucked against the Niagara Escarpment near Short Hills Provincial Park. It…

Beaverdams is one of Thorold’s oldest settlement areas and the namesake of the Battle of Beaver Dams, fought nearby in June 1813…

Allanburg is a quiet historic hamlet in central Thorold, strung along the point where Highway 20 crosses the Welland Canal at the…

Port Robinson sits at the southern edge of Thorold, where the Welland Canal slices the community into two halves. Founded during the…

Gasline is a small rural hamlet roughly six kilometres east of downtown Port Colborne, strung along Highway 3 in the former Humberstone…

Sherkston is a small lakeside community on the eastern edge of Port Colborne, named for the pioneering Sherk family who settled the…

Humberstone is a historic community and former incorporated village that sits at the heart of present-day Port Colborne. Settled by Loyalist families…