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67 John St.
Port Hope,
Ontario
L1A 2Z4
Ontario Tourism Region : Kawartha and Northumberland
Phone : (905) 885-5594
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Port Hope
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 10,962. In Hope T., Northumberland C., on L. Ontario at the mouth of the Ganaraska R. and C. Rds. 2 & 28,102 km NE of Toronto.
- In 1670 a Cayuga First Nations Peoples village called Ganaraski was on the site and, in a survey in 1791, the village was referred to as Pemetaeeutiang.
- By 1778 Peter Smith was operating a trading post, and the place was called Smith's Creek. The first permanent settler was Myndert Harris, a United Empire Loyalist, who arrived in 1793.
- By 1817 the place was called Toronto, but to avoid confusion with the former town of York, the name was changed to Port Hope after Col. Henry Hope, Lt.-Gov. of Quebec 1785-1789.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
- Postcard 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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Map Below gives Canadian Geographical Names
Natural Resources Canada in Northumberland County.
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/porthope
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Visitors to this page: 6,972
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Little Lake, 38km
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Chemong Lake, 48km
O'Reilly Lake, 42km
Dartford Pond, 41km
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