Best things to do in Gananoque

A small casino located right off highway 401, Shorelines Casino Thousand Islands offers an exciting chance to win big. Try your luck on some of the slot machines, from as cheap as $2, or go and play your favorite card game. Choose and take your drinks at the self-serve drink station. After playing, dine in the onsite restaurant, which offers a varied menu and friendly, polite service. The smoke-free casino also offers plenty of parking spaces.

The Gananoque Brewing Company is a micro-brewery based in Gananoque, Ontario. The company opened its own brewery in June of 2014 in the historic bell tower in Gan's downtown core.

GBC is famous for the highly-touted Naughty Otter Lager, which has become one of the fastest-growing craft beers in Ontario.

Thanks to generous donations and grants, there will be no fee to access the tunnel during the regular daily access time periods in 2019. Please consider making a donation either on line, or in a red donation box at either end of the tunnel. Visit www.brockvillerailwaytunnel.com for more information.

Canada’s First Railway Tunnel was completed in 1860 for the Brockville and Ottawa Railway and later owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway until being acquired by the City of Brockville in 1983. The Tunnel is a remarkable example of Canada’s pre-Confederation industrial heritage that this restoration project will repurpose for the benefit of recreation, tourism and economic development. Key features of the Tunnel revitalization include a new paved concrete floor and state-of-the-art energy efficient lighting for safety and to highlight the Tunnel’s architecture and geology.

Step back to a bygone era during a visit to Upper Canada Village, a heritage park and museum. Modeled after a 19th-century village in Upper Canada, the site features over 40 historical buildings, including working mills, trade buildings, and farm houses, all open to look around and see the "locals" at work and play. Watch demonstrations of different agricultural and commercial processes involved in farming, cooking, and smithing, and get to know certain aspects of contemporary culture as costumed staff discuss concerns of the times, such as politics, social life, and religion.