One of the great attractions of the City of Welland is the murals which are known as the "City Murals in Downtown". If you are interested to discover the hidden treasures of the city, you must not miss the gigantic murals located almost in all parts of the city. Those giant wall murals have been superbly created by many talented artists of Ontario. Twenty eight business buildings carry the walls which are covered by the colorful murals. The year 1986 had seen the first commissioning of the murals and by 1991 the number increased in an ever increasing way. Today there are more than twenty eight murals. The murals are of great historical importance as they depict historical scenes of the Canal Age. They together indicate the degree of the industrial heritage of the city. The murals are easily seen from the Welland canal as they are located basically on the main streets. All you need to do is to contact a good traveling agency through the Canadian Government. Also you can have a self-guided tour if you dare, since the place has been made safe for tourists coming from all countries. Be sure that besides the murals there are a number of other heritage attractions scattered all over the city. The City of Welland came out of the Aqueduct settlement in the first half of the nineteenth century. But it was not until 1917 that it became a city in the true sense of the term. The city's fame owes much to the presence of those murals.
