NEWS RELEASE
HAMILTON,
ON -- The Route 1812 Mobile Application (Route 1812
App) adds an interactive layer to the Bicentennial and heritage tourism
experience in Southern Ontario.
It
is free to download at www.1812.myweeverapp.com
to any BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad, and Android smartphone. The launch was announced yesterday at
the Pathways to Peace 1812 Bicentennial Launch Event by Richard McKinnell,
Assistant Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport.
The Route 1812 App features an interactive map showing a visitor’s
real-time location in Southern Ontario and their proximity to the War of 1812
historic sites nearby. Videos, photos, music and audio-narration tell the
stories of the heroes, villains and common people who inhabited Southern
Ontario during the War of 1812. It
links to the documentary A Desert Between
Us and Them.
“Route 1812 is comprised of many trails and
paths leading visitors from Fort York through to Hamilton, Brantford, London, and
loops through Windsor,” remarks Maria Fortunato, Chair of the Western Corridor
Bicentennial Alliance, “The Route 1812 App enables visitors to seek out the War
of 1812 sites of most interest to them and completely tailor their Bicentennial
tourism experience."
The Hamilton, Halton,
Brant Regional Tourism Organization and The Southwest Ontario Tourism
Corporation funded and worked in partnership with developer Weever Apps to
create the Route 1812 app. The program also received funding from the
Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Sport, the
City of Hamilton, ON, the City of Brantford, ON, and the City of London,
ON. A community steering committee and students of Western University
also participated in the development of the app.
About
The Western Corridor War of 1812 Bicentennial Alliance
The Western Corridor Bicentennial Alliance
coordinates activities in the central region of southwestern Ontario that
foster the War of 1812 legacy left by the people, history and communities.
The
corridor links communities, including the First Nations, from the western tip
of Lake Ontario in Burlington to the southwest along the north side of the Lake
Erie coastline, ending at Middlesex County. The region is split by the Grand River as it travels south
to Lake Erie.
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For
further information, please contact:
905-682-8933, ext. 63, media@loudclear.ca
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