Queen Victoria Park is right in the center the Niagara Parks, which gives the garden easy access to the public. Queen Victoria Park is bounded by the escarpment, the Niagara Gorge, and the Niagara River and has a wide collection of valuable native and international plant material from around the world. For the convenience of the visitors, Queen Victoria Park has much of the plant material labeled which allows everyone to understand what they are viewing. The park also features a major rock garden, a hybrid tea rose garden, and attractive carpet-bedding displays. Numerous park benches and beautiful lawns provide a pleasant opportunity for relaxation for the weary traveller. Queen Victoria Park celebrates every season in style. In spring, over 500,000 daffodils start the season in their bright and welcoming way. Magnificent magnolia trees, breathtaking tulips and other blooms are all there for you to enjoy.

Summer features of Queen Victoria Park include carpet bedding displays as well as thousands of other bedding plants that include Fuchsia, Lantana Standars, Cannas, Coleus, and many others that provide horticultural and aesthetic points of interest. Also, Queen Victoria Park is known for its beautiful winter displays. During the winter months, the park has stark branches of trees and shrubs that have been covered by snow and ice forming from the mist of the Falls. This creates an interesting visual spectacle in the garden. Also, in the winter the park acts as the main focal point to the light show that takes place every year along the Niagara Falls.

For those of you interested in getting memorabilia from the Queen Victoria Park, there is a gift shop called Queen Victoria Place Gift Shop, which is located at 6345 Niagara Parkway. This gift shop contains quality Canadian giftware and souvenirs such as clothing, post cards, and other small knick-knacks. This gift shop is also very children friendly and wheelchair accessible. Also, at this location there is a Horse-drawn Carriage that is available to the public and departs every hour. For more information about the Queen Victoria Place Gift Shop visit Niagara Parks Shopping.

The Queen Vistoria Park is open all day, year round to the public.

From Toronto:

(Estimated time: 1 hour 37 minutes, 130 km)

Head west on the Gardener Expressway, and merge onto the 403 west ramp

stay to your left and watch for signs for Niagara/East Hamilton/For Erie

Stay right onto Niagara Parkway

Destination will be on your left

From Fort Erie:

(Estimated time: 28 minutes, 33.7 km)

Take the ramp towards Queen Elizabeth Way

Take exit ON-420 east toward Niagara Falls U.S.A

Continue onto Falls Avenue/Regional Rd 420

Slight right onto Niagara Parkway

Destination will be on the right

From Niagara Falls:

(Estimated time: 3 minutes, 1.3 km)

Head east on Fery Street towards Buchanan

Take first right onto Fallsview Blvd

Take second left onto Murray St

Destination will be on the right

Destination is located adjacent to the Horseshoe Falls

Ontario's Parks was established on May 24th 1888, to preserve and enhance the natural beauty of Niagara Falls, the Niagara Gorge and the Niagara River. Today, the Niagara Parks consists of 3,099 acres stretching 35 miles (56km) along the Niagara River between Fort Erie and Niagara on the Lake. Niagara Parks is known as one of the finest and most stunningly beautiful parks in North America. The jewels in the Niagara Parks system are Queen Victoria Park, Queenston Heights Park, the Niagara Glen and Kings Bridge Park.

Queen Victoria Park is the main parkland located in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada opposite the American and Canadian Horseshoe Falls. Established by a Provincial Park Act in 1885 and opened in 1888, the park is operated by the Niagara Parks Commission and is considered the centerpiece of the Niagara Falls recreational tourist area.

Paid parking is available by the Table Rock House, which is located 1.8 km South of the Queen Victoria Park. Also, from the park you can access the Maid of the Mist boat ride, Clifton Hill and Journey Behind the Falls near the brink of the Horseshoe Falls.

Cliffton Hill Attractions

Niagara Parks

Niagara Parks Commissions

Free Admissions

Queen Victoria Park is accessible but does contain difficult paths that may not be not be too difficult for a manual wheelchair.

6342 Niagara Parkway
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, Ontario
L2G 3K9

Niagara Parks Commissions
7400 Portage Road South
Niagara, Onatrio
L2E 6T2
Tel (905)371-0254
Toll free 1 877 642 7275
Email npinfo@niagaraparks.com
Website http://www.niagaraparks.com/garden-trail/queen-victoria-park.html