Niagara Landmark – The Crowne Plaza Hotel Part 6 Make sure to go through the park and water gardens adorned East for a peaceful break and cool. Continue south on Falls Avenue and Clifton Hill. You will then pass through the door Mowat and Queen Victoria Park, this 154-acre area to be opened in 1888, was the beginning of the Niagara Parks system in Ontario and was named after the British monarch at the time. Oliver Mowat served as Premier of the Province of Ontario during the park was created. The door you go through is named after him. Today is the Niagara Parks Commission, a government agency of Ontario, and maintains nearly 4,000 acres that extends along the entire length of the Niagara River, a distance of 35 miles. A little further inside the Mowat door, you will find a beautiful fountain. Originally it was fed in the spring, which was built in 1856 as part of a private estate that was Samuel Zimmerman. Born in Pennsylvania, he came to this area as a young man and became a success story and developer of real railroad. Zimmerman is considered the father of the modern city of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Queen Victoria Park has delivered several acres of flower gardens, with enough variety blooms from spring to autumn. Particularly striking is the Daffodil show in late April and early May There are about 500,000 of these golden flowers, planting the most massive in North America. The park also offers a beautiful region, from which the American and Canadian (Horseshoe) in the case. Father Louis Hennepin, who was in the vanguard of the French explorer LaSalle sent to scout the field, arrived here in early December 1678th He was the first European to see, describe and illustrate the Niagara. A plaque at the Queen Victoria Park describes his exploits. If you do not walk so far accounts for the region of Table Rock, next to Horseshoe Falls are rewarded with spectacular views. The name of Table Rock is reminiscent of a large flat rock which at one time projected by the canyon wall near the Horseshoe Falls. It was several hundred meters long and fifty or sixty feet wide. It has a unique point of departure for observation of falls and the gorge. Over the years, much of the Table Rock fell, until, in 1935, most of what was left away because he was no longer considered safe. After enjoying the beauty of Queen Victoria Park and the waterfall, back in Clifton Hill (walk to the hotel). This road was originally part of a road, people placed at the marine terminal at rowing on the Niagara River, long before there were bridges. The name comes from Clifton, a small village which has been created in this field in the early 1830s, and named the same for a place name in England. Turn left and go to the top of the road. You spend many attractions and restaurants, including City Adventure, Rainforest Cafe and MGM Studios Plaza. Clifton Hill is often cited as the street of fun, and you’ll understand why. ” / P>