Jordan | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 43°08′N 79°21′W / 43.133°N 79.350°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Regional Municipality | Niagara |
Settled | Late 1700s |
Government | |
• Governing Body | Town of Lincoln Council |
• MP | Dean Allison (CPC) |
• MPP | Sam Oosterhoff (OPC) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Postal code span | L0R |
Area code(s) | 905 |
Jordan is a community located on the eastern edge of the Town of Lincoln, in the Niagara Region. Jordan is bordered by the Twenty Mile Creek and Vineland to the west, Lake Ontario to the north, St. Catharines to the east, and Pelham to the south. Lying roughly 100 km from Toronto and 65 km from Buffalo by road, Jordan is located along a major transportation corridor between Canada and the United States. In January 2014, Jordan was brought to international attention when Al-Qaeda-directed terrorists were arrested for plotting to derail a passenger train traveling from Toronto to New York on a rail-bridge crossing the Jordan Harbour.[1]
Jordan is home to many wineries due to its climatically advantageous grape-growing conditions in the Niagara Region, and is one of the premier icewine-producing destinations in Canada. Also located in Jordan is the Ball's Falls Conservation Area, which is maintained by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, and the home of the second-tallest waterfall in the Niagara Region.