Ontario Place is an entertainment venue, event venue, and park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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11 Facts About Ontario Place
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The Government of Ontario Place is currently considering further redevelopment of the site.
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Ontario Place operated a rubber-wheeled tractor train and a boat to take visitors between key points on the various islands.
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Large earthwork berms planted with tall native Ontario Place trees were created to shelter walkways from the prevailing southwesterly winds.
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Design of Ontario Place has won a long list of awards including ones from the International Committee for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings of the Modern Movement, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, The National Trust — Prix du XXe Siecle, and the American Society of Landscape Architects.
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All Ontario Place facilities were closed except for the marina, the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, the Atlantis entertainment venue and parking.
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In December 2018, the Government of Ontario Place appointed James Ginou, a Toronto businessman and Progressive Conservative fund-raiser, as the new chair of the Board of Ontario Place.
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Ontario Place had previously served in the position from 1997 until 2003.
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Ontario Place offers 240 slips for pleasure craft in two marinas.
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Ontario Place served as a filming location for the episode "Angel of Death" from the TV series War of the Worlds.
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Ontario Place was used for the filming of Urban Legends Final Cut as the "Tunnel of Terror" back in 1999.
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