Dundurn Castle
An Italianate mansion from 1835 overlooking Hamilton Bay, built by Sir Allan MacNab, with about 40 restored rooms and 19th-century kitchens.
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In the destination Hamilton.
In the photo: Hamilton downtown seen from the escarpment.
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The city
City at the western end of Lake Ontario, cut by the Niagara Escarpment, with more than a hundred waterfalls. It has Dundurn Castle, the Royal Botanical Gardens, a warplane museum and a downtown with galleries and cafés on James Street North.
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The local experience
An Italianate mansion from 1835 overlooking Hamilton Bay, built by Sir Allan MacNab, with about 40 restored rooms and 19th-century kitchens.
The largest botanical garden in Canada, between Hamilton and Burlington, with a rock garden, collection of lilacs, rose garden, wetlands and nature trails.
Two waterfalls on the Niagara Escarpment near Dundas: Webster, wide, 22 meters, and Tew, tall and narrow, 41 meters, connected by a trail.
Aviation museum next to Hamilton airport, with about 40 aircraft, many airworthy, including a rare Lancaster bomber.