Piff Poff

We have a trip booked to Ontario to have a look see and try to narrow down areas to settle. We are basing this particular trip around southwest Ontario and the Niagara region. Was a bit disturbed by the Windfarm documentary on telly last night, I already know I don't want to live anywhere near one of those monstrosities, so that will be easy to tick off the list. Could mean Southwest Ontario is ticked right off the list looking at the proposal maps

We're planning on a doing the triangle from Toronto (airport) to Windsor and back to Niagara - anywhere we should pay attention to and anywhere we should avoid like the plague? And any particularly nice Niagara hotels recommended?

tia

bats

There you go
Maps | Ontario Wind Resistance

Lots of wind farms there cos it's flat and boring! I quite like windframs though.

DandNHill

When are you coming? Groupon have some good hotel deals at the moment for Niagara...

Piff Poff

Thanks, I'd already found the maps, hence the concern

I've been checking groupon thanks, didn't know if anyone had any personal good recommendations of a lovely Niagara hotel.

dbd33

I used to commute along highway 17 (northwest of Shelburne, possibly the highest point in Southern Ontario) and disliked the many windmills. We were up there a couple of weeks ago and I was shocked how much more industrialised it has become; there's a windmill every few hundred yards. It's horrible but the other choice is gravel pits. No doubt there's a special hell somewhere that has both but, generally, in rural locations in Ontario, you're plagued by one or the other.

Piff Poff

I would rather live next to a nuclear power plant than a windfarm or even stay where we are

bats

Have a look at Travelzoo for hotel offers.

dbd33

A nuclear plant is no trouble, they're screened with trees. No bother at all, unless it explodes or leaks or emits a cloud of radiation or something along those lines and that doesn't happen regularly.

Piff Poff

Exactly my thoughts

Novocastrian

What's your problem with wind farms exactly?

bats

They would have to be bloody tall trees.

Apart from Wolfe Island where a mistake was made with the flighpath of raptors I don't gave a problem with windfarms. They look ok to me, often better than ok.

Tirytory

As in prehistoric dinosaurs???

Aren't windfarms a necessary evil? I don't like odd numbered clusters of things (bit of a phobia) but that's my only objection to them...

Novocastrian

You should shop at 7-11 more often.

DandNHill

Good point. We stayed at the Embassy Suites last year. Nice hotel, although huge, but if you like using the internet beware, they charge $10 per day per device!!!!

Piff Poff

Too many reports such as this:Wind turbines ARE a human health hazard: the smoking gun – Telegraph Blogs

and documentary's such as this: Down Wind: A Sun News Documentary