Tourist Attractions

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Tourist Attractions
Toronto, Ontario
Shelley LeBlancÉcole Beaubassin
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Toronto, Ontario
Toronto is one of North America's finest cities.
This presentation will briefly describe the city
as well as provide some information on various
attractions for the visitor.
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Toronto Basic Facts

• Capital city of the province of Ontario.
• Was ranked as one of the worlds top 10 best
  cities.
• Toronto is an administrative, cultural,
  industrial and financial centre.
• Location of Lester B. Pearson International
  Airport
• Usually warm and sunny in the summer (180Cto270C)
  and winter can be very cold at times(-10C
  to 80C).

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Attractions for tourists

• CN Tower
• The Hockey Hall of Fame
• The Skydome
• The Toronto Blue Jays
• Toronto Argonauts
• Casa Loma
• Ontario Place
• The Royal Ontario Museum
• Niagara Falls

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Three tourist attractions I will be highlighting
The Attractions I will be highlighting.
Casa Loma Niagara Falls CN Tower
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Casa Loma

• In Spanish, Casa Loma means"a house on
  the hill.
• Built in the early 1900s by Sir Henry
  Pellatt and his wife Lady Mary.
• It took 300 men to build it over a period
  of two and a half years.

Take a Virtual Tour

• Total cost was 3.5 million
• In 1924 Pellatt went bankrupt and had to
  sell the castle.

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Niagara Falls

• Niagara originates from the Neutral
  Indian name Ongniaahra meaning
  Thunder of Waters.

• Was formed about 12,000 years ago when glaciers
  retreated north, allowing water from Lake
  Erie to flow over the Niagara Escarpment, a
  ridge that extends in an arc across the
  northern Great Lakes region from Winsconsin
  to New York.
• Samuel Champlain, a French explorer probably
  visited in 1613.
• Click here for a view of Niagara Falls in the
  winter
• It may
  take a minute to load

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CN Tower

• Opened in 1976 as the world's tallest
  freestanding structure.
• At 553 metres (1,815 feet), it reaches
  more than a third of a mile into the clouds.
• The seven story sky pod features indoor
  and outdoor observation decks, a nightclub
  and a 400 seat revolving restaurant.
• The Space Deck, at 447 metres (1,465 feet),
  is the world's highest public observation
  gallery."

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Sources
Images Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2001.
(1993-2000). Microsoft Corportaion Video http
//www.123toronto.com/360-travel-photographs/casa-l
oma-virtual-tour.htm http//www.niagara.falls.net
/movies/mov356.ram