Entertainment Parks Sportsworld is a massive entertainment park containing, among other diversions, a water slide, wave pool, go-kart track, video arcades and restaurants. tickets are available. Canada Bingeman Park on the River offers much the same thing, but l bn has 600 camp sites. The station is at 15 Charles St W in Kitchener, a five-minute walk from the centre. There are frequent services to Guelph and Toronto and around five buses a day to London. Train There are two VIA Rail trains a day to Toronto and one hI l.ondon with a change for Windsor. The station is on the corner of Victoria and Weber Sts, an easy walk north of downtown Kitchener, See under St Jacob's for train service from Waterloo to this nearby Mennonite village.
Canada Tourism never ends without visiting Kitchener Waterloo - AROUND KITCHENER-WATERLOO St Jacobs About 15km north of town (take King St N) is St Jacobs, a small historic village with a busy mix of traditional Mennonites tourists. Numerous arts and crafts and in shops housed in original buildings dating from the 19th century line the main street, King St. See the Meeting Place, a very good interpretive centre on the Mennonites and their history at 33 King St. It's open daily through summer (afternoons only on Sunday). Through the winter, it's closed weekdays. Admission is by donation, At 8 Spring St, the Maple Syrup Museum and Antique Market has exhibits on the production of this Canadian speciality. The museum is open daily all year, except for Monday in January and February.
The St Jacobs Farmers' Market is a country version of the Kitchener farmers' market, with horse-and-buggy sheds still in place. It's 2km south of the village and is open Thursday from 7 am to 3 pm and Saturday from 7 am to 3 pm year-round. There's also a flea market here and on Tuesday and Thursday cattle are auctioned next door at the Livestock Exchange. More authentic (and cheaper) is the less touristy Saturday Waterloo Market aeross the street. For cheap brand-name, goods check the nearby St Jacobs Factory Outlet Mall. The St Jacobs B&B Association can fix you up with singles/doubles averaging $55/65. In town, Benjamin's is an upmarket inn with a good dining room. The Jakobstettel deluxe guesthouse is another higher end, well-established place to lay the head. Whether you stay or not, a visit to the Stone Crock Bakery on King St near the comer of Albert St, should be considered.
The Waterloo-St Jacobs Railway operates a 1950s-style train between here and Waterloo from April to December, but the schedule varies so call. A day pass is $9. In Waterloo, the station is at 10 Father Bauer Drive. Elmira Some 8km north ofSt Jacob's up Hwy 86 is Elmira. It's less touristy than St Jacob's; more a real, working country town but with a significant Mennonite population. In Canada, at 10 Church St W, the Old Town Village Craft Market has some Mennonite goods including fine quilts which are not cheap, as well as other crafts, furniture and antiques. Further along at 58 Church St W, is the Elmira Mennonite Church and cemetery. Oddly juxtaposed are the modem, suburban-like townhouses across the street. In spring, the Maple Syrup Festival, with street activities and pancake breakfasts, is considered the province's biggest and best-attracting thousands of visitors. The area has quite a few B&Bs, many on farms and with owners who speak German. To locate one, call the Elmira Chamber of Commerce at 5 First St. Rates start at $45/65 for singles/doubles.
