The days are shorter, the nights are cooler and the leaves are starting to change colours. Yes, it’s fall and that means it’s time to connect with the rural communities through the various fall fairs in the region. This would be our first visit to the Niagara Regional Exhibition and it all came about after our friends had purchased a pulled pork sandwich at the Hamilton Mustard Festival. They convinced us that we had to try it and it so happened that the same pit master was going to be at the NRE. Absolutely YES, the pork was amazing, but the brisket was even better.

Getting there was easy enough as we had done our research as far as directions go (see below for address and directions) and since we arrived around noon it was not very busy so parking was easy enough to find on site (and free). However the $9.00 entry fee was a bit steep when you consider that we left thinking that there wasn’t much substance to this exhibition.

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We went with the expectations of seeing prize winning animals, like cows, horses, sheep etc but besides for the large variety of chickens, there was only a small petting area with a few animals (see pics above). Though it was not what we expected, the reptile area was very impressive and it was my first real exposure to so many snakes and the star of the show… a massive turtle. This giant had a prehistoric look to it and it gave some insight as to what our world may have looked like when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

According to the borchure we received of the weekend’s events, there were a few planned activities, but due to timing we didn’t see any (maybe this explians why we felt that there wasn’t much to the exhibition). There was the usual midway for kids and a few fast food options, including the bbq I mentioned at the start of this review.

The juggler or the unicycle seemed to be a hit with the kids, as well as the many police officers who were on their cool motorbikes.

Address:

1100 NIAGARA ST
Welland, Ontario L3C 1M6

Entry Prices:

Adults – $9.00
Seniors – $6.00
11 – 17 yrs -$7.00
6 – 10 yrs -$1.00
5 and under – Free

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