Toronto had the usual history of colonial towns of the last century: 1812 invasion by the Americans; Great Fires; rebellion in 1837; and there was a slow but steady growth of White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. In the last five decades, Toronto has metamorphosed into a great world city, where colorful ethnic enclaves mix with imposing banks and government buildings - making this an awesome town to explore. And thias ethnic diversity explains much of Toronto's excitement. Nearly two-thirds of the 3.8 million people who now live in the metropolitan Toronto area were born and raised somewhere else, and that was often very far away.

The boundaries of what Torontonians consider downtown, where one can find most of the sights, are to the south Lake Ontario and the Toronto Islands, to the west Bathurst Street, to the east Parliament, and to the north Eglinton Avenue.

Toronto has lots to offer - the best method to explore this fancy city is to grab a map and take an extensive walk....

One of the seven natural wonders of the world, Niagara Falls also claims the title of one of the world's largest sources of hydro-electric power. Admired not only for their beauty, the Falls have attracted thrill-seeking barrel-riders since 1901, when 63-year-old Annie Taylor successfully completed the drop.

The water going over Niagara Falls drains an area of 264,000 square miles including Lake Erie, Michigan, Huron and Superior. Once over the Falls, it flows down the Niagara River to Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River to the Atlantic Ocean.

The Canadian Horseshoe Falls, for the most part, falls 52 meters into the Maid of the Mist pool. At the American Falls, the water plunges vertically ranging from 21 to 34 meters to the rock at the base of the Falls.