St. Lawrence Seaway and Thousand Island

Experience the majestic St. Lawrence River; rich in history, scenic beauty, and international charm. Quebec City, the cradle of French civilization in North America, is nestled beside the St. Lawrence River, where enchanting old stone houses cozy up to great religious institutions built from the same stone. Old Quebec, a World Heritage Site, is a sheer delight for history buffs, amongst the charming old city walls, where a walking tour will take you past streets that are lined with magnificent churches, fragrant gardens, chic boutiques, and several historical points of interest. Trois Rivières, located at the three-pronged mouth of the St Maurice River, has been the world capital of the pulp and paper industry since the 1930s. It is also officially the "National Poetry Capital of Quebec", where you can find numerous plaques displaying poetic verses installed across the center of the city. Montreal exudes old world charm, French joie de vivre and a modern style all its own. Discover Montreal's many charming facets with a visit to Mount Royal, which towers above the city, the downtown sector with a rich historical past, the city's main shopping artery with the elegance of its boutiques, and finally, Old Montreal with its preserved testimonies of all bygone eras. Toronto is a delight to explore from Eaton Centre Shopping Mall, where you can find anything available in the world, to the north end's Chinatown, to the Bata Shoe museum. Discover Inuit Indian artifacts, the modern sculptures of Henry Moore and Pop Art in the Art Gallery of Ontario. Throughout the town there are art museums and exhibits to fulfill every art lovers dreams. Explore all these ports that convey the charm of the great European capitals that inspired the cities' founders.

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Québec City
Quebec City is nestled beside the majestic St. Lawrence River, where enchanting old stone houses cozy up to great religious institutions built from the same stone. The old city is a sheer delight for history buffs. Walk along the streets of Old Quebec, which is lined with magnificent churches, fragrant gardens, and chic boutiques and will lead you to the Musée de la Civilization. Here you will see four centuries of life and the emotions of the settlers who developed this area remarkably and clearly evoked.

Trois Rivières, Quebec
The city's main street is Rue des Forges, in the heart of the Old City, composed of century-old buildings housing a great variety of shops. In the warmer months, the area is regularly closed to vehicular traffic to accommodate various festivals and events, turning the downtown core into a "car-free zone". Trois-Rivières is officially the "National Poetry Capital of Quebec"; numerous plaques displaying poetic verses are installed across the center of the city, and its International Festival of Poetry (held each year in the first week of October) honors this title.

Montreal, Quebec
Discover Montreal's many facets, visiting Mont Royal (the "mountain," to locals) which towers above the city, the downtown sector which blends a rich historical past with a bright future to keep Montreal in the forefront, the city's main shopping artery with the elegance of its boutiques, department stores and shopping complexes, and finally, Old Montreal. This area offers one of North America's most remarkable architectural ensembles with a concentration of 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century buildings.

Clayton, New York (1,000 Islands)
Clayton's charm and hospitality were born more than a century ago when the 1,000 Islands Region was the playground of the nation's most powerful. It gave its name to the popular dressing at the turn of the 20th century when Sophia LaLonde, who served the dressing at dinner for guests of her husband, and gave the recipe to Clayton hotel owner Ella Bertrand and New York City stage actress May Irwin (who shared it with hotel magnate George C. Boldt). Nearly the entire downtown district is designated as "Historic," with buildings dating back to the late 1800s. For the boating buffs, The Clayton Antique Boat Museum offers the largest collection of fresh-water yachting artifacts on the continent.

Kingston, Ontario
Universally popular is the restored British Bastion, Old Fort Henry; a living military museum, brought to life by guards in bright scarlet period uniforms, who perform traditional fife and drum music of the 1860’s. Once a center for shipbuilding and fur trade, Kingston is still one of the freshwater sailing capitols of North America and home to the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes. There you will revel in a display of the first ship built for the Lakes, in 1678.

Toronto, Ontario
Originally a native Indian settlement and a French fur trading post, Toronto is a delight to explore from Eaton Centre Shopping Mall, where you can find anything available in the world, to the north end's Chinatown, to the Bata Shoe Museum. Discover Inuit Indian artifacts, the modern sculptures of Henry Moore and Pop Art in the Art Gallery of Ontario. Throughout the city there are art museums and exhibits to fulfill every art lover's dreams. Shoppers will delight in Queen Street West, where chic boutiques replaced this old warehouse area and Kensington Street, where retro bargains abound.

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