Thorold.

Thorold sits on top of the Niagara Escarpment between St. Catharines and Welland, where the Welland Canal climbs the brow through the twinned flight locks of Locks 4, 5, and 6 — a single 1249.7-metre stretch that lifts ships 42.5 metres in three steps — before reaching Lock 7, the highest point of the canal at 174.3 metres above sea level.

The Lock 7 Viewing Complex on Chapel Street South sits directly above the working lock and looks down on the flight locks below. Inland from the canal, Short Hills Provincial Park protects 660.55 hectares of Niagara Escarpment forest with more than 23 kilometres of trails (Swayze Falls, Black Walnut, Terrace Creek, the barrier-free Palaeozoic Path), and the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority runs St.

John's Conservation Area in the Twelve Mile Creek valley for trout fishing and birding. Battle of Beaverdams Park anchors the downtown heritage cluster — the 1813 War of 1812 site is a National Historic Site of Canada.

Thorold sits a short drive from St. Catharines and Welland and within a few hours of the GTA via the major Niagara highway corridor.