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Historic Towns in Canada

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Historic Towns in Canada

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A large, grey-shingled historic building with a red ground-floor facade and a white steeple, situated next to a waterfront with a brick walkway and hanging flower baskets.

Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Shelburne Historic Waterfront

Historic Loyalist waterfront in Shelburne, Nova Scotia

From $4

A street-level view of a commercial downtown area with brick buildings, storefronts, parked cars, and Canadian flags hanging from poles along the sidewalk.

Port Hope, Ontario

Historic Downtown

Best preserved main street in Ontario

Free

A high-angle view of a long, green-painted steel truss bridge system spanning a river channel between densely forested islands, featuring a distinct vertical-lift span section and a continuous truss approach.

Ivy Lea and Lansdowne, Ontario

Nearby Thousand Islands Bridge Approach

1938 bridge connecting Lansdowne to New York

From $4

A satellite/aerial photograph showing a wide river (the St. Lawrence River) with a town situated along its banks, surrounded by agricultural fields and forested land.

Brockville, Ontario

Brockville Art Gallery

Art gallery in Brockville, Canada

Free

A red brick building with a central cupola and a sign in the front yard reading "MUSEUM" and "ENTRANCE".

Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario

Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum

Museum of 9,000 years of regional history
Red wooden buildings of the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic on the Lunenburg waterfront

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Lunenburg Maritime Heritage Centre
Shops along Queen Street in Niagara-on-the-Lake

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Niagara-on-the-Lake
A highway interchange scene showing a large welcome sign reading "BROCKVILLE CITY OF THE 1000 ISLANDS" alongside road signs for Highway 696 and Highway 401.

Brockville, Ontario

Brockville Museum
AI-generated illustration of Lunenburg Town Square

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Lunenburg Town Square

UNESCO World Heritage site in historic Lunenburg
A cobblestone street in a historic district at night, flanked by old stone buildings, with the illuminated Château Frontenac visible on the cliff in the background.

Old Québec, Quebec

Liaison du Petit-Champlain
A foggy landscape showing a line of bare trees along a riverbank with mist rising from the water surface under an overcast sky.

Morrisburg, Ontario

Morrisburg Historical Society Archives

Historical archives in Morrisburg, Ontario
AI-generated illustration of Summerside Harbour Boardwalk

Summerside, Prince Edward Island

Summerside Harbour Boardwalk

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