Souvenirs to Buy in Niagara Falls
If you are returning from a trip to the Niagara Falls, especially if you are from abroad, you are bound to offer something to your friends and family. You will want to purchase souvenirs & gifts that are 100% made in Canada, and perhaps you may want to go a step further and grab items specific to Niagara Falls. We at the Canada Trading Company offer you items that you can bring back from Niagara Falls that will delight the recipients.
Here is a list of our top 10 recommended souvenirs to buy in Niagara Falls:
1. Food Souvenirs
A trip to Canada isn’t made complete without picking up some edible goodies made with pure Canadian ingredients. The Canada Trading Company features a large space that’s packed with every type of confection, and edible sugary novelty you can imagine . Spend 20 minutes browsing its aisles and shelves and you will leave with something sweet and delicious to take home…guaranteed!
2. Hand-made Jewellery
Our store has a reputation for providing the customer with well-designed, finely made jewellery. We offer everything from necklaces, bracelets, and earrings that are produced with highly skilled precision. Much of this store provides products that are native to our country — the aboriginals were the original inhabitants of the land that is now Canada, so you will find a wide array of products that honor these folk. Our store also sells Alex & Ani jewellery — this is jewellery that is eco-conscious, made with positive energy products that adorn the body, and enlighten the mind and empower the spirit.
3. Ready-to-pack Souvenirs
Everyone gets a little leery of airline luggage checking fees, overweight baggage penalties, high shipping costs, and customs restrictions, so bringing home any souvenir can be quite difficult. That is why the Canada Trading Company makes it easy for you to “grab and go” items with virtually no weight, that brand themselves with “Niagara Falls”, “Canada”, and even some items specific to an attraction that you visited here. Coffee mugs, shot glasses, pens, postcards, books and key chains would fall under this category.
4. Clothing/Purses
You will find quality clothing to commemorate your trip to the Niagara Falls here. You’ll find moccasins, long and short-sleeved tees, jackets, hats, sunglasses, kids clothing, and even purses and wallets all manufactured in Canada and/or adorned with “Niagara Falls” or “Canada” stamp of your stay here!
5. Hand-crafted Artwork
Canada’s vast natural beauty has inspired many great artists to produce some beautiful Canadian Art. Wood and stone carvings, marble and jade, and many collectibles to purchase are found in the Canada Trading Company. Inukshuk themed gifts, and hand-crafted items made into animals that call Canada home make for excellent souvenir options — and are always one of the first to fly off the shelves.
6. Toys
If you have kids it’s very unlikely that you can go home without a toy or two! We have an entire section devoted to souvenirs and gifts for that little one in your family. We feature an entire wall and floor to ceiling displays of TY Licensed Plush – Dora, Spongebob, Spiderman, ScoobyDoo, Hello Kitty, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Blue’s Clue’s, Peanuts, Backyardigans, etc., plus Disney toys and figurines, and many toys that honor not only a trip to Niagara Falls (ie. the Niagara Falls double-decker bus toy car), but also a trip to Clifton Hill!
Remember, Clifton Hill is a kids paradise and we are known with providing a family fun experience, so expect to find dinosaur products (the Dinosaur Adventure Golf is located right across the plaza), and other toys pertaining to Clifton Hill and our fun Niagara Falls attractions.
7. Maple Syrup
This is the biggest seller, so it deserves its own category. Specific to Canada, the maple syrup production process was adopted by the aboriginals. In springtime, when the nights are still cold, water from the soil is absorbed into the maple tree. During the day, the warmer temperature creates pressure that pushes the water back down to the bottom of the tree, making it easy to collect the precious maple sap. The sap is gathered over 12 to 20 days, usually between early March and late April, according to the region.
The basic process of tapping maple trees to collect the sap and then boiling it down to make maple syrup and sugar has endured for centuries, and our pure Canadian maple syrup, maple taffy, maple sugar, cookies, spreads, butter, and candies fly off the shelves.
8. Encased Bugs
If you are an insect enthusiast, these exotic encased bugs are a top seller! Kids and adults love to collect them, and the Canada Trading Company sells everything from butterflies and beetles to spiders and snakes!
9. Photo Frames, Clocks, and Plaques
Adorn the walls of your office, kitchen, and living rooms with these decorative additions to your home. These are great options to remember your stay, and to give to a loved one upon your return home. Choose from many different styles.
10. Monague Dream Catchers
These sell like hotcakes. They are 100% handcrafted in Canada, and you can see that each dream catcher is made with love and care. No two are exactly alike. This company was awarded with the “Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada” by the Governor General of Canada.
The dream catcher is hung above a sleeping area in a place where the morning light can hit it. The nature of the dream catcher is that it will attract all sorts of dreams to its webs. When bad dreams come, they don’t know the way through the web and get caught in the webbing where the first light of day causes them to melt away and perish. The good dreams know the way go through the center of the web, and slide down the feather to the sleeper below.
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