Howells Pumpkin Farm opens Thorold’s list
Museums or galleries make up 10 of the 14 places on the list. We list 2 places to visit inside Thorold’s municipal boundary and 12 within 5 km of its edge. Beyond the town, Niagara Falls sits 12 km away.
Best known, in and near Thorold
CathedralCathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria4.6 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumMorningstar Mill200 m outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumSt. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre2.1 km outside town, to the northArt galleryArt galleryNiagara Artists Centre4.3 km outside town, to the northwestEach 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 view
Furthest out is Welland Historical Museum, at 14 km.
The dashed line is Thorold’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
What you can see
Green: inside Thorold. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every entry
The 2 inside Thorold come first, best known 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 Thorold → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Thorold →
Further afield: the best known within 40 km
FortFort George21 km northeast
AttractionNiagara SkyWheel12 km east
ZooBird Kingdom13 km east
FortFort Erie35 km southeastWater parkWater parkFallsview Indoor Waterpark12 km east
Art galleryGrimsby Public Library30 km west · 3K visitors a year (2016)
ZooNiagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory14 km northeast
FortFort Mississauga21 km north
Art galleryRiverBrink Art Museum15 km northeastWaterfallWaterfallPuddicombe Falls36 km westPlaces well known beyond Thorold (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.
Visiting Thorold: questions
What are the main attractions in Thorold?
Inside Thorold’s municipal boundary, the one place on our list is Thorold And Beaverdams Historical Society Museum.
Does Thorold have a museum?
Look at Morningstar Mill, St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre and Niagara Artists Centre, in Thorold or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Thorold?
Not within 5 km of Thorold: none is on our list.
What are the best-known days out near Thorold?
Worth the drive, within 40 km: Horseshoe Falls (12 km), Fort George (21 km), Niagara SkyWheel (12 km), Bird Kingdom (13 km).
How is this list made?
Places come from four open sources (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Statistics Canada’s ODCAF, the federal and Québec heritage registers), each site once. A building counts as a place to visit only with opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator or a Wikipedia article; hotels, restaurants and tour firms are dropped. The town’s 2021 outline and 5 km around it set the reach.
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 (9)
- Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria: Jfvoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort George: Balcer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Niagara SkyWheel: Don-vip, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bird Kingdom: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Erie: Ernest Mettendorf, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grimsby Public Library: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Mississauga: Radtek67, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- RiverBrink Art Museum: Diane Pellicone, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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).