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 City of Port Colborne     
 Port Colborne, ON (Nearby: Sherkston, Welland, Port Robinson, Stevensville, Crystal Beach)

 
 
1906 1908 1908 1910 Canadian Furnace Co. 1912 The Lemoyne

184 Elm St.
Port Colborne, Ontario
L3K 4N8

Ontario Tourism Region : Niagara Falls and Wine Country

Phone : (905) 834-3331
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Port Colborne

Description From Owner:

  • Pop. 18,182. City in the Reg. Mun. of Niagara, on L. Erie at the Send of the WeIland Canal and Hwys 3, 58, & 140, 10 km. S of WeIland.
  • The first recorded settler was Robert Richardson in 1802, but permanent settlement did not start until construction of the WeIland Canal in 1832.
  • The place was first known as Gravelly Bay but was named after Lt.-Gov. Sir John Colborne, governor of Canada, by Hon. William Hamilton Merritt.
  • From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
  • Postcards above used with permission from A Great Lakes Treasury of Old Postcards 2007 Lorenzo Marcolin, MD 176 pp. For Copies call the Huronia Museum 705 526 2844 or email lmarcolin@aol.com


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Natural Resources Canada in the Region of Niagara.

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Off the beaten track:
 
  • Bethel, Port Colborne area, 2km
  • Gasline, 3km
  • Cedar Bay, 5km
  • Lorraine, 5km
  • Pine Crest Point, 5km
  • Silver Bay, 5km
  • Elco Beach, 5km
  • Brookfield, Niagara Falls area, 6km
  • Dain City, 5km
  • Sherkston, 6km


  • Nearby Lakes:
     
  • Quarry Ponds, 8km
  • The Clay Pits, 9km
  • Biederman Pond, 11km
  • Lake Gibson, 21km
  • Lake Moodie, 22km
  • Martindale Pond, 31km
  • Sixteen Mile Pond, 30km
  • Fifteen Mile Pond, 31km
  • Eighteen Mile Pond, 31km
  • Eight Mile Pond, 35km

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