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City in Ontario, Canada
Photo: Michel Rathwell from Cornwall, Canada, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cornwall is a city of about 48,000 people (2018) on the St. Lawrence River in Eastern Ontario.
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A working jail from 1833-2002, now a prison museum. Tours (maximum 15 people) every hour on the hour. "Escape Room" events are available for groups.
Former museum (closed since 2000). Parks Canada owns this national historic site, the Regency architecture retirement home of John McDonald of the North West Company, but has not reopened it to the public.
Ten restored and relocated heritage buildings from The Lost Villages and surrounding townships, including former Moulinette rail station.
United Counties Museum
Local history museum in relocated 1840s house, archives, classroom and exhibit space.
Has exhibits on both the history of the area and the hydroelectric generation process.
A 75-km path mostly follows the St. Lawrence River through Cornwall and nearby communities. There are a number of small museums, historic sites and picnic areas along the trail.
Quarter-mile dirt racetrack.
Mohawk and Native American cultural centre.
Horse Riding
Horse riding lessons ($25-40), boarding, horses for sale.
A regional history museum.
Golf
Golf Club. Restaurant prioritizing local products.
Four-storey 1846 stone mill building on the banks of the Raisin River; farmers' market on summer Sundays.
Cornwall Township Historical Society museum in former 1906 convent.
Weekly ceilidhs every Tuesday 7PM in July.
Seasonal (Victoria Day-Thanksgiving).
Marina and boat launch, restaurant and patio with seafood, Montréal smoked meat.
Steakhouse, fish, pasta, cocktail bar, fine dining.
Fast food, hot dogs, burgers.
European restaurant, café and pub.
Bistro, commonly-owned with Table 21 steak house and oyster bar.
Chain hotel. Has an electric vehicle charging station.
Chain hotel. 100% Smoke Free, no more than 2 pets per room (at extra charge).
Riverside motel with kitchenettes, boat docking, fishing, golf.
Ontario's oldest operating inn (1814), three rooms, B&B.
Provincial park on 11 islands created by Seaway flooding. Campgrounds on Mille Roches, Woodlands, McLaren; beach and picnic areas on Mille Roches and Woodlands.
Downtown shopping complex near Lamoureux Park waterfront.
Local produce in season.
By train
By bus
By plane
The closest major airport is Montréal-Trudeau YUL, from which direct onward connections are available by rail from the Dorval commuter train station.
By seaway
Cruising on small craft is an option on the St.
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