Tourism London - Index

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London Rowing Club
Games, one Canada Summer
Games, two LPGA classics,
and the 2005 Memorial Cup
of Hockey (in which, we are
thrilled to say, our hometown
Knights reigned supreme).
If equine competition
is up your alley, stop in at
Western Fair Raceway for an
exciting evening of live harness
racing while dining at the
Top of the Fair Restaurant.
Every spring, the Fairgrounds
hosts the annual Can-Am
All-Breeds Equine Emporium,
which attracts equine experts
from around the world. This
Canada Games Aquatic Centre
community is still enjoying
the $60 million facelift to the
Fairgrounds and the equine
facilities there.
A sure sign of spring is the
number of 3-on-3 basketball
tournments being played out
in London’s downtown streets.
From assorted neighbourhood
events for local kids to larger
national events, these bring
out the city in droves along
with hundreds of visitors.
From hot pavement to
cool waters, London is a place
of winning waterways. Our
facilities were good enough
for the 1994 Commonwealth
Rowing Championships and
have become a training venue
for the Canadian team.
We’ve also got three active
rowing clubs: the UWO
Rowing Club, the Western
Rowing Club and the London
Rowing Club. Venture out to
the shores of local Fanshawe
Lake some morning or early
evening, and you might catch
a glimpse of the skiffs as they
silently skim the water. In
winter, London Rowing Club
off Wonderland Road has an
indoor tank where enthusiasts
can keep their oars—and
biceps—churning while the
snow flies.
If you were to get sick—
and we certainly hope that
you don’t— this is the place
to be. Ever since Banting’s
discovery of insulin, London
has attracted attention as
an important medical centre.
Patients, their families and
healthcare professionals comprise
many visitors and newcomers
to the city. At the hub
of our medical community
is the University of Western
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Ontario’s Schulich School of
Medicine and Dentistry where
more than 100 years of excellence
have contributed to our
world-class teaching hospitals
and research facilities, such
as our biotech incubator.
The orthopods and physiotherapists
of Kennedy-Fowler
sports medicine clinic keep
star athletes and weekend
warriors in top-notch shape.
Each year, Schulich faculty
researchers attract more than
millions of dollars in external
funding. They specialize in
many fields including reproductive
medicine and perinatal
care, cancer, cardiovascular
sciences, immunology
and transplantation, neurosciences
and nuclear imaging.
The research pioneered here
has enhanced and saved lives
around the world.
London’s homegrown
talent in the arts seems to
resonate over the years and
around the world, too. Guy
Lombardo and his Royal
Canadians for years brought
in the New Year on TV from
New York City’s Waldorf
Astoria Hotel. We’ve named a
bridge after him on Wonderland
Road, near a memorabilia
centre built in his honour.
In the visual arts, 19th
century London painter Paul
Peel charmingly depicted family
life and local landmarks. Much
later in the 1960s, the dynamic
‘regional arts’ movement was
spearheaded by the late artists
Jack Chambers and Greg
Curnoe. Be sure to check out
Museum London’s permanent
collection to see their work.
As for the big screen, the
story of Richard Maurice Bucke,