Pickering (Ontario) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada
About Pickering (Ontario)
While Jesuit missionaries report contact with a native community here (likely Onondaga) in 1669, by 1813 Pickering was a small rural village with 180 residents. A post office established in 1829 was called Pickering; this name was later extended to the 1807 Quaker settlement in the area. The Kingston Road (a muddy 1817 horse carriage trail, which became the "Provincial Highway" or Ontario Highway 2 a century later in the motorcar era) passed through the village as a first stop on the then-arduous Toronto to Montréal stagecoach journey; anyone who completed the trip in a mere week was making very good time. The steam-powered Grand Trunk Railway cut the journey to 14 hours in 1856 and brought commerce to the area, a grist milling centre. The internal combustion engine sped travel further; by
Top Attractions in Pickering (Ontario)
Explore the best things to see and do in Pickering (Ontario):
- ★Nautical Village
- ★Pickering Museum Village
Where to Eat in Pickering (Ontario)
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Herongate Barn Theatre
- 🍴Kobo Sushi
- 🍴Port Restaurant
- 🍴The Big M
Where to Stay in Pickering (Ontario)
- 🏨Comfort Inn
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