17 Facts About Welland Ontario

Welland Ontario gained its present name when it was incorporated on 25 July 1858.

City of Welland Ontario is working to revitalize the downtown core through an ongoing community improvement plan.

District School Board of Niagara operates ten elementary schools within the city and two secondary schools: Welland Ontario Centennial servicing the western side of the city and Eastdale Secondary servicing the eastern side.

The city of Welland Ontario grew up around the Plymouth plant, which was prior to 1904, farmland.

Welland Ontario's electricity comes from the Sir Adam Beck hydroelectric generation plants at Niagara Falls via Welland Ontario Hydro.

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Cooks Mills, located on the other side of the By-Pass channel than the rest of Welland Ontario, has arguably been protected against the impact of urban sprawl, but the necessity of using one of the two highway tunnels to cross the canal causes some residents to head to nearby Niagara Falls instead.

The island was created when the alignment of the First Welland Ontario Canal was constructed basically parallel to the Welland Ontario River and since the abandonment of the old canal has been established as Merritt Park, featuring a popular four kilometre-long paved trail.

One of the worst winter storms to affect the Welland Ontario area was in January 1977 when the Blizzard of '77 hit Niagara and Western New York from 28 January to 1 February 1977.

Also located in the heart of downtown, between Main Street and Division Street bridges along the west side of the Welland Ontario Recreational Waterway, is a small parkette dubbed "Guerrilla Park" by locals.

Highway 406 is the main route in and out of Welland Ontario, leading north to Thorold, St Catharines and onwards via Queen Elizabeth Way.

Passenger service ended in November 1959, but the tracks remained in freight use until 1981 when a trestle over the Welland Ontario River became unsafe and the line was removed from service.

Today, Welland Ontario is the location of one of only two remaining railway crossings that span the Welland Ontario Canal.

The second crossing was as vertical lift bridge at Dain City, Welland Ontario which remains in use as the Trillium Rail Canal line.

Since 1973, Welland Ontario Transit operates the public transport service of scheduled bus services and paratransit covering the city.

Welland Ontario Rose Festival is one of Niagara's longest running festivals.

Welland Ontario FloatFest began in 2016 and usually occurs for one day in July.

Welland Ontario was the site of the first scene filmed for the movie Meatballs.