Location
Owen Sound is located at the intersection of four provincial highways:
6, 10, 21 and 26. These highways provide direct links to Toronto via Highway
10, Guelph/Kitchener/Hamilton via Highway 6, Collingwood/Barrie via Highway
26, and Sarnia/USA via Highway 21. Highway 6 extends north to Tobermory
and the ferry crossing to Manitoulin Island.
For latest fall colour (color) changes please see
Fall Colour Changes
Southwestern Ontario Bruce Peninsula
Enjoy fall road trips and fall colours in the Bruce Penisnula area along
Georgian Bluffs to Wiarton.
Accommodations in the Owen Sound Area
Walter's Falls
Hotels
A selection of hotels, inns, and motels are available for booking on-line
accommodation.
Best
Western Inn On the Bay
Comfort
Inn Owen Sound
Days Inn Owen Sound
Owen
Sound Travelodge
Attractions in the Owen Sound Area
The Northern Terminus-Underground Railroad
The park setting for the project is on the Sydenham River in Owen Sound
Ontario. It is
believed that Owen Sound was the northern most terminus for the Underground
Railroad
where many former slaves settled. Black
History In Owen Sound-North of Toronto
Museums
Owen
Sound Marine and Rail Museum
The Owen Sound harbour was a bustling waterfront at the turn of the twentieth
century and served as the "Gateway to the West". From 1885 to
1911, Owen Sound prospered as the busiest port on the Upper Great Lakes,
moving immigrants west to the prairies and bringing prairie grain east.
The museum collection includes scale models of ships, steamers, trains,
a dugout canoe, shipbuilding tools, marine and railway uniforms, various
flags and many other items relating to the area's marine and rail past.
The displays are rotated on a regular basis, so each Museum visit offers
a different glimpse into days gone by. See Museum
Festival of Northern Lights Catch The Magic
Owen Sound, Ontario November 16, 2007 to January 6, 2008
20th Anniversary Owen Sound has a History of Lighits. Local resident Sally
Sargent was quoted in a past Sun Times article as saying it was fairly
easy to determine who worked for Noma Lites during the 1950s and early
'60s in Owen Sound. "You'd be able to drive down the street and see
all of the homes all lit up with lights and you would know they worked
at Noma. . . . You'd almost have to wear sunglasses when you went by some
of the houses." Web
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Outdoor Experiences
The Bruce Penisnual is an excellent road trip or great drive at any time
of year, especially the fall where
you can see great stands of hardwood forest with Georigan Bay and green
cedar back drops
Culture and History
Owen Sound Area Tourism Information
Official Town Web Site: Town
of Owen Sound
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