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Niagara-on-the-Lake

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Niagara-on-the-Lake or Niagara, town (1991 pop. 12,945), S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Niagara River. It was settled (1784) by American Loyalists and in 1792 Lieutenant Governor Simcoe made the town the capital of Upper Canada, renaming it Newark. The legislature met there until 1796. Fort George, built (1796–99) to defend the settlement, was taken in 1813 by the United States but retaken in the same year. The town, officially called Niagara-on-the-Lake to distinguish it from the Canadian and U.S. cities of Niagara Falls, is an architectural and historical treasure, with many well-preserved 19th-century buildings. It is the site of the Shaw Festival, an annual theater festival.

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Niagara‐on‐the‐Lake

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Niagara‐on‐the‐Lake, Ontario/Canada Newark Founded in 1792 at the point where the Niagara River flows into Lake Ontario. The present, more appropriate, name was adopted some time after 1796.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Town Full of Charms in Ontario.(Niagara-on-the-Lake) Magazine article from: The World and I; 10/1/2004
	At Niagara-on-the-Lake the play's the thing, eh?(Going Places) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 5/24/1998
	GETTING AWAY TO...Niagara-on-the-Lake.(Work&Play) Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business; 8/27/2007