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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, 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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	Town tries out street-side recycling.(Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, implemented a street-side recycling program)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Recycling Today; 5/1/2004
	Directors on the loose.(1997 productions at the theatrical festivals at Stratford and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario) Magazine article from: National Review; 9/15/1997
	The Doctor's Dilemma. (Shaw Festival; Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario) Magazine article from: National Review; 8/26/1991

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