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Niagara-on-the-Lake

American  
[nahy-ag-ruh-on-thuh-layk, -awn-, -ag-er-uh] / naɪˈæg rə ɒn ðəˈleɪk, -ɔn-, -ˈæg ər ə /

noun

  1. a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Niagara River, on the border between Canada and New York.


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U.S. sales make up almost half the business at Orchid Greens in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, and owner Guann Chen said raising prices would likely lead to losing customers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

During that same trip, my wife and I also managed a quick visit to the Niagara Falls and Niagara-on-the-Lake region.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2022

At the Shaw theater festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, where 40 percent of prepandemic audiences were American, most often from Buffalo, audiences in August and September were only 12 to 15 percent American.

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2021

The town of Niagara-on-the-Lake is busier than Youngstown, and home to luxury hotels, quaint shopping and a renowned theater festival named for George Bernard Shaw.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2018

So that is how we all came to live here in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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