Ontario
The sheer size of Ontario is daunting. It is Canada’s secondlargest province, covering over one million square miles and stretching all the way from the Great Lakes on the United States border to the frozen shores of Hudson Bay. Northern Ontario is relatively inaccessible, but this wild and stunningly beautiful region of turbulent rivers, deep forests, and Arctic tundra can be reached by air, and by the occasional scenic road and railroad.
Much of the north is also sparsely populated, in striking contrast to the fertile lands farther south, and bordering Lake Ontario, which have attracted many thousands of immigrants. Both Toronto, Canada’s biggest city, and Niagara Falls, the country’s leading tourist destination, are here.
Among several highways skirting the northern shore of Lake Ontario, the most important are Hwy 401, heading from Toronto to Montreal in the east and Windsor in the west, and the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW), running south from Toronto to Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls, Toronto, and Ottawa, are connected by bus and rail. Highway 69/400 runs north from Toronto to the TransCanada Highway at highway 17. Buses also cover northerly routes.
