Ontario

The terrain around Ontario is a broad, semi-arid alluvial plain beneath the San Gabriel Mountains, which has shaped both its low-rise urban grid and its early agricultural economy. Founded in 1882 as the Ontario Model Colony by brothers George and William Chaffey, the city grew through irrigation and citrus cultivation; Euclid Avenue, laid out as a grand north–south boulevard, remains a defining route. Ontario is now a transport and logistics hub of Southern California’s Inland Empire, with Ontario International Airport and a major convention center. Foothill Boulevard follows the historic Route 66 corridor through the city’s northern side. See how Ontario fits within the Inland Empire by browsing webcams nearby.

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