Walking & Strolling.
The Ball's Falls historical village preserves an early-19th-century industrial hamlet — the Ball family home, an operating flour mill, a lime kiln, a church, a blacksmith shop, and a carriage shed — laid out along the Twenty Mile Creek gorge a short walk from the LEED Gold Centre for Conservation gallery building. Down at the lake, Charles Daley Park stretches 22.5 acres along the Lake Ontario shoreline at the mouth of Fifteen and Sixteen Mile Creeks.
The brief.
Three separate walkable destinations work for visitors who don't hike: the Ball's Falls historical village (with the Centre for Conservation interpretive galleries), Charles Daley Park on the Lake Ontario waterfront, and Jordan Village in the Twenty Valley wine corridor where the Twenty Valley Trail meets the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail. Ball's Falls is fee-paid; Charles Daley Park is free and has a bandshell, picnic area, playground, and shoreline paths.
The Twenty Valley Trail through Jordan Village is pedestrian-only on its trail body. Best season is May through October.
3. places.
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Ball's Falls historical village
Early-19th-century industrial hamlet with the Ball family home, an operating flour mill, a lime kiln, a church, a blacksmith shop, and a carriage shed; designated as a Town of Lincoln heritage property in July 2024.
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Charles Daley Park
22.5-acre Town of Lincoln waterfront park between Jordan Road and Seventh Street; bandshell, playground, picnic area, two unsupervised beaches; Fifteen and Sixteen Mile Creeks reach the lake here.
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Jordan Village
Twenty Valley anchor village; the Twenty Valley Trail intersects the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail here.
Today's read.
Cold but firm — winter-ready conditions · light winds · clean air.