The Niagara Gorge Discovery Center and Hiking Trails is wonderfully fun and FREE way to spend your day around Niagara Falls. Take on five different hiking trails each of various difficulties and various times to complete (some courses recommend everyone in your group be 8 years of age or older). After you’ve spent your afternoon hiking, visit the Niagara Gorge Discovery Center where you can take a hands on look at geology with rock climbing (complete with geological and fossil formations) as well as an interactive theater experience! Fun for the whole family! Spend your fall days before winter hiking!
For more information visit: http://www.niagarafallsstatepark.com/discovery-center.aspx
Walker’s Country Market is a family owned and operated, fresh farmers market at Niagara on the Lake, established over 80 years ago in 1930! This market is truly unlike any other. Specializing in home grown fruits; cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, apples, plums, and grapes! They use these fresh fruits to create many different jams, jellies, and preserves! They also feature a homemade bakery with fresh pastries, sandwiches, and other sweet treats! Don’t have time on your trip to stop out? No problem! A majority of their products can be shipped to your home for your convenience!
To learn more, visit: www.walkerscountrymarket.com
Whether you’re traveling with children or just have a huge sweet tooth, Pop and Lolly’s is a stop worth making! Located at Niagara Parks, Pop and Lolly’s offer a wide variety of custom, handmade candies and treats, that you can even see being made in house! Build your own unique bag or box of candy or just pick out a few tasty treats! Pop and Lolly’s is sure to make your inner child smile!
For more information visit: http://www.niagaraparks.com/niagara-falls-shopping/pop-and-lollys-candy-shop.html
Looking for the perfect cheese to go with that wine? You’ll find exactly what you need at Cheese Secrets! Cheese Secrets is a “cheesery” boutique that specializes in hand made, farm fresh delectable cheeses. Unique and popular cheeses will have you saying ‘Yum!’ Specialty craft cheeses, such as the White Stilton Mango Ginger (yes thats a cheese!), are even available for catering and gift baskets as well!
To learn more about Cheese Secrets visit: www.cheesesecrets.com
Register at the Niagara Pumphouse by October 1 for an all day event to visit the permanent McMichael art collection in Kleinburg (Friday October 23). View the McMichael collection, the newly renovated and landscaped grounds, as well as the outdoor sculpture collection garden! Ticket prices include: coach bus fare, a guided tour, lunch, admission for the collection, as well as admission to the sculpture garden, taxes, and gratuity.
To learn more about ticket prices and information visit: www.niagarapumphouse.ca
The North Star Festival, Voices of Freedom, will be taking place October 2nd through October 4th in celebration of the freedom followers who were lead to Niagara by following the North Star (a subdivision of the Underground Railroad)! Join Niagara for the ongoing voyage to freedom and equality!! Plenty of family fun and activities to learn and enjoy! There will also be a free Canadian blues concert performed by freedom-seeker descendant, Diana Braithwaite.
For more information visit: https://www.niagaraonthelake.com/page/event/8314/12
Happy Rolph’s Bird Sanctuary is fun and free for the whole family! This sanctuary is home to several different animal species that can be viewed and interacted with in a natural environment and habitat for them. Pigs, geese, ducks, donkeys, rabbits, sheep, and more, Rolph’s sanctuary has them all! Take the family and spend the whole day on the hiking trail and even picnic there afterwards (the trail is wheelchair and handicap accessible).
For more information visit: http://www.niagaragreenbelt.com/listings/76-parks-gardens-a-conservation-areas/317-happy-rolphs-bird-sanctuary.html
