Niagara Peninsula Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
peninsula in Ontario, Canada
About Niagara Peninsula
The Niagara Peninsula is formed by the shores of Lake Ontario to north, Lake Erie to the south, and the Niagara River along the United States border to the east. The defining feature of the peninsula is the Niagara Escarpment, a ridge running through the Great Lakes in Ontario between New York and Wisconsin creating unique landforms and ecosystems, that has been designated as aUNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Through Niagara, it runs in an east-west direction, rising about 75m above the flat bench land along the shore of Lake Ontario. The steeper face of the escarpment is on the north edge, and many of the peninsula's transportation corridors and population centres are on the flat land between escarpment and Lake Ontario. It's nicknamed "The Mountain" in Hamilton, where the escarpment crosses thr
Niagara Peninsula Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 11 sections including: