Fall Foliage, Fall
Colours or Autumn Colors?
 What
is the difference between fall foliage and fall colours or colors? We
are really looking at the perception and familiarity of terms when differentiating
between Americans and Canadians. This is especially true when we look
at the spelling of color. Another important distinction is the notion
of the “Leaf Peeper”, a term describing the tourists that
flock to the North East New England area of the U.S. during the fall foliage
season. Peepers tend to get arrested in Canada.
 The
British (English) prefer Autumn, as do many descendents of the United
Empire Loyalists. However, Canadians being somewhat different than either
the Brits or Yanks know the real “New England” is really Upper
Canada, and the Province of Ontario. The dense hardwood forests of Maples,
Oaks, and Birch are abundant and display some of the best fall colors
and foliage in North America. Many would say the best colours in the world
are in Ontario during the autumn season.
Fall Colour Drive Routes
Algonquin Park Area Fall
Colour (Color) Drives-Choice of 3 routes | Barrie
To Elmvale, Wasaga Beach Return via Minising Fall Colours (Colors)
| Barrie to Horseshoe Valley
to Orillia Return to Barrie Fall colours (colors) Route | Barrie
to Orangeville Fall colours (colors) Route | Bruce
Peninsula-Owen Sound to Wiarton Return Fall Colour Trip | Bruce
Peninsula-Northern Section | Collingwood
Beaver Valley Fall colours (colors) Route | Georgian
Bay Fall colours (colors) Route | Haliburton
- Huntsville Fall colours (colors) Route | Lake
of Bays North Muskoka Via Bracebridge, Baysville, Dorset, Dwight, North
Portage, Baysville, Bracebridge Fall colours (colors) Route | Lake
Simcoe Fall Colours (colors) Circle Tour | Lake
Ontario Shores From Grafton to Picton (return) | Lakefield
to Barry’s Fall colours (colors) Bay | Mostly
Muskoka Fall colours (colors) Route | North
Bay to Timmins, Gogama, Sudbury, North Bay Fall Colors (Colours) |
North Bay - Sudbury Fall Route colours
(colors) | Old Fort Road Fall
Tour To Midland Ontario colours (colors)* | Peterborough
- Kawarthas Fall Route colours (colors) | Sault
Ste. Marie Fall Route colours (colors)
Peak Color Season
There are a number of great
road trips and fall colour drive tour opportunities in Ontario to
provide for an exceptional vacation at the peak of the fall colour season.
Trying to determine the peak colour is often elusive, as color changes
rely on diminishing sun, and rely on a hard frost to initiate the most
spectacular leaf color changes. We recommend a minimum of 2 days with
an overnight or weekend stay at the many resorts, inns, hotels, and cottages,
north of Toronto. Significant colour changes usually coincide with the
official first day of Fall during the third week of September, on the
21, 22, or 23 day.
Ontario’s Fall Classic “The Real Canadian
Scenic Drive”
What better location to view the fall colours then between
Lakefield north of Peterborough, to Bancroft, Maynooth, Combermere, and
Barry’s Bay where you will drive through the hamlet of “Maple
Leaf” Ontario. This is one of the historic towns
and villages you will drive through on a scenic fall foliage color drive
tour north of Toronto.
We recommend a minimum of 2 days with an overnight or weekend
stay at the many resorts, inns, hotels, and cottages, north of Toronto.
See the Lakefield to Barry’s
Bay Scenic Fall Colour Route.
Maple Syrup and Fall Colors
There are many locations selling Maple Syrup, however it
should be noted that Maple Syrup Production takes place in the spring
before the leaves are on the maple trees, and not during the fall season.
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