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Attractions in St. Clair

Splash Pad: St. Clair’s one place to visit

Around St. Clair, the places to visit include 13 museums, 7 waterfalls and 4 art galleries. Mapped inside St. Clair’s neighbourhood outline is one place to visit, and within 5 km of its edge another 31. Of these, one is looked after by Parks Canada. A drive of 5.6 km brings you to Royal Botanical Gardens.

Photo: HMCS Haida, Balcer~commonswiki (CC BY 2.5)
In St. Clair
1
inside the neighbourhood outline
Within 5 km
31
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
17
in or near town
Forts & historic sites
5
in or near town
Cared for
1
by Parks Canada
Best known

The names to know in St. Clair

Water parkWater parkSplash Padin town
Historic ship · Parks CanadaHMCS Haida2.9 km outside town, to the north
MuseumDundurn Castle3.6 km outside town, to the northwestWaterfallWaterfallAlbion Falls5 km outside town, to the southeastCathedralCathedral Basilica of Christ the King3.8 km outside town, to the westWaterfallChedoke Falls4 km outside town, to the west

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

Mapped around St. Clair

At the edge of the map sits Albion Falls, 5.7 km out.

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The dashed line is St. Clair’s neighbourhood outline; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

By kind

Sorted by kind

Museums & galleries 13 museums · 4 art galleries0 in town · 17 nearby
Forts & historic sites 2 cathedrals · 1 historic ship · 1 national historic site · 1 historic site0 in town · 5 nearby
Nature & national parks 7 waterfalls0 in town · 7 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 water park · 1 zoo1 in town · 1 nearby
Other attractions 1 attraction0 in town · 1 nearby

Green: inside St. Clair. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Run by Parks Canada: HMCS Haida.

Every place

Each place in turn

After the one in town come 31 more within 5 km of its edge.

2

HMCS Haida

Historic ship · 2.9 km outside town, to the north

1943 Tribal-class destroyer.

Run by Parks Canada
Its historic-place page →

The one inside St. Clair comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.

Historic places in St. Clair → · Parks, footpaths and green space in St. Clair →

Big names nearby

Beyond the town

GardenRoyal Botanical Gardens5.6 km northwestWaterfallWebsters Falls12 km westWaterfallDevil's Punch Bowl8.7 km eastWaterfallWaterfallPrincess Falls6.8 km westMuseumMcMaster Museum of Art6.2 km westWaterfallWaterfallLower Sanatorium Cascade5.6 km westWaterfallBorer's Falls8 km westWaterfallWaterfallGlendale Falls6 km southeastMuseumErland Lee (Museum) Home11 km eastWaterfallSherman Falls10 km westWaterfallWaterfallMountview Falls6.2 km westWaterfallWaterfallLittle Davis Falls6.7 km southeast

Places well known beyond St. Clair (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.

Asked about places to visit in St. Clair

Does St. Clair have a museum?

Yes, Dundurn Castle, Art Gallery of Hamilton and Canadian Football Hall of Fame, all in St. Clair or within 5 km.

Is there a Parks Canada property near St. Clair?

Yes. In or within 5 km of St. Clair, some places on this list are in the care of Parks Canada, as the By kind chart shows.

What are the best-known days out near St. Clair?

Worth the drive, within 40 km: Websters Falls (12 km), Devil's Punch Bowl (8.7 km), Princess Falls (6.8 km), McMaster Museum of Art (6.2 km).

How is this list made?

Four open sources feed it (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers), merged so each place appears once. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches stay only with a sign they are open to visitors, and businesses such as hotels, restaurants and tour operators are left out. Every place is tied to the town by its 2021 outline, or by lying within 5 km of it.

Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (17)

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).