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Place Name
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Niagara-on-the-Lake
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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12,945 (1991)
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Location
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Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
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43°15'N
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Longitude
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79°04'W
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Niagara-on-the-Lake
or Niagara, city (1991 pop.
12,945), S Ont., Canada, on L. Ontario at the mouth of the Niagara R.;
43°15'N 79°04'W. It was settled (1784) by Amer. Loyalists and in
1792 Lt. Gov. Simcoe made the town the capital of Upper Canada,
renaming it Newark. The legislature met here until 1796. Fort George,
built (1796-1799) to defend the settlement, was taken in 1813 by the
U.S. but Canada took it back in the same year. The town,
officially called Niagara-on-the-Lake to distinguish it from
the Can. and U.S. cities of Niagara Falls, is an architectural and
historical treasure, with many well-preserved 19th-cent. bldgs. It is
the site of the Shaw Festival, an annual festival of plays.
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