Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Each installment of Ben's Tours takes you on a visit to a special place. This time join me for a stroll around the quaint streets, cobblestone houses, and green banks of the Grand River in Paris, Ontario. The "Prettiest Little Town in Canada", Paris was founded in 1850 and is named not after the famous French capital, but for its rich gypsum deposits, which is used to make plaster of Paris.
Each installment of Ben's Tours takes you on a visit to a special place. This time join me for a stroll around the quaint streets, cobblestone houses, and green banks of the Grand River in Paris, Ontario. The "Prettiest Little Town in Canada", Paris was founded in 1850 and is named not after the famous French capital, but for its rich gypsum deposits, which is used to make plaster of Paris.
