Welland Recreational Waterway
The Welland Recreational Waterway is a water channel in the city of Welland, Ontario, Canada.
The Welland Recreational Waterway is a water channel in the city of Welland, Ontario, Canada. It is an old alignment of the Welland Ship Canal that was unneeded for commercial traffic after the construction of the Welland By-Pass in the 1970s. The Waterway is now managed by the Welland Recreational Canal Corporation to provide enjoyment for the city's residents. Most local residents refer to it as the old canal or simply the canal.
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Worth seeing in and around Welland Recreational Waterway
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bridge 11
Bridge 11, also known as the Allanburg Bridge, is a vertical-lift bridge over the Welland Canal within the City of Thorold and community of Allanburg, Ontario, Canada. The location was used for the groundbreaking ceremony for the canal.
2.7 km · bridge in Canada · Wikipedia - 02Welland Stadium
Welland Stadium is a stadium located in Welland, Ontario, Canada. Primarily used for baseball, it has been the home of the Welland Jackfish of the Canadian Baseball League since 2019.
3.8 km · baseball stadium in Welland, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
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Getting to Welland Recreational Waterway
- Airports
- Buffalo Niagara (BUF), 43 km · John C. Munro Hamilton (YHM), 58 km · Toronto Pearson (YYZ), 76 km
- Buffalo → Welland Recreational Waterway32 km · quickest by road, 59 min · $3.5–4.5
- Rochester → Welland Recreational Waterway134 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · $13–18
- Syracuse → Welland Recreational Waterway252 km · quickest by road, 4h 34m · $23–31
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No local-transport research exists yet for Welland Recreational Waterway
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Welland Recreational Waterway. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextWorth a day trip, if only for the stroll and quaint shops.
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Next door to Welland Recreational Waterway
Welland Recreational Waterway is 55 km from Hamilton, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Allanburgcompact rural community in Thorold, Ontario2.8 km
- Port Robinsoncompact rural community in Thorold, Ontario2.3 km