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City in Ontario, Canada
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Port Colborne is a city of 20,000 people (2021) in Ontario's Niagara Region on the northern shore of Lake Erie and the southern end of the Niagara Peninsula.
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The Welland Canal runs through the heart of the city and allows for excellent ship watching. You can view pleasure craft off the shore of Lake Erie, or watch Lakers and Salties in the harbour and lock. Excellent views of the lock can be found at Lock 8 Gateway Park on Mellanby Ave south of Main St (Highway 3); information on shipping and ship schedules is available at the visitor information centre across Mellanby Ave. There are three lift bridges in Port Colborne that operate as watercraft pass through the lock and canal. The canal usually operates from late March through the end of December. During the winter months, ships are laid-up in the harbour for maintenance and repairs.
Showboat Festival Theatre
It can easily be accessed from any point in the Niagara Peninsula.
Civic Holiday Weekend (first weekend in August). The Niagara Region's largest summer festival, The Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival offers activities and attractions that will enliven the senses. The Tall Ships gather in Port Colborne each August holiday weekend, for a four-day celebration of history and heritage. Explore the decks, try your hand at the wheel, or feel the spray as you cruise a Tall Ship on Lake Erie. The Canal Days Festival encompasses the entire community, with activities at a dozen different venues: HH Knoll Lakeview Park hosts Ontario’s largest outdoor classic car and kite show. Each year more than 300,000 people visit the festival over four days. Friends, families, and former residents return and reminisce, and Canal Days continues to grow by bounds.
Annual summer charity carnival hosted by the Port Colborne Lions Club. Rides, food, games, and fun.
140-km trail that goes through Niagara Falls, Fort Erie, Port Colborne, Welland, Thorold, St. Catharines and Niagara on the Lake.
Fresh caught fish (usually perch and pickerel) for sale. The restaurant features fish and chips, but also serves some other items. There is a small seating area inside, and an outside patio in the summer. Many visitors get take-out fish and chips, and then sit on one of the benches along the harbour, hoping that a ship will pass by. The restaurant is closed Sunday-Monday during the summer, and Sunday-Wednesday during the winter.
Serving feel-good foods from around the world. Has a booth at the Fonthill, Port Colborne, Ridgway, and Welland Farmer's Markets.
The Reeber
Menu is pub fare. Bands on weekends.
26 units with cable TV, fridges, outdoor pool; CAA/AAA. Pets allowed "on request" - call ahead.
10 units with double beds, cable TV, phone, a/c, wireless internet, free long distance calling, fridges and microwaves in all units.
23 units with cable TV, kitchenettes, jaccuzzi, outdoor heated pool.
17 units with outdoor pool, cable TV, fridges, BBQ, family suites, smoke free rooms.
6 units with satellite TV, fridges and microwaves, queen-sized beds, BBQ and patio, full kitchen access.
Rooms are spacious with ensuite, private and shared baths. Each has a unique theme with quiet A/C. TVs in most rooms. Breakfast served in traditional dining room. In-house library, garden with gazebo, screened verandah. Wireless high speed internet. Ample private parking. Dock and walk from the Sugarloaf Harbour Marina. Secure storage for bicycles.
800 sq. ft. studio suite, available daily or weekly. Room includes full kitchen facilities, pullout couch and queen bed with fireplace and LCD TV. Overlooking the canal. Room service available from on site restaurant.
By car
Port Colborne, being on the south end of the Niagara Peninsula, is primarily accessed from the Queen Elizabeth Way highway.
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Public transit options are somewhat limited in Port Colborne. A regional bus runs between Port Colborne and Welland, Monday through Friday.
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