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Port Dover is an unincorporated community and former town located in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Erie. It is the site of the recurring Friday the 13th motorcycle rally .
King's Highway 6, commonly referred to as Highway 6, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario.It crosses a distance of 480 km (300 mi) between Port Dover, on the northern shore of Lake Erie, and Espanola, on the northern shore of Lake Huron, before ending at the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 17) in McKerrow.
The village was served by the Port Dover & Lake Huron Railway and a more substantial harbor had been completed. Records indicate that businesses include a foundry, many stores, a newspaper, wagon and carriage makers, and a busy school house. [3] Port Dover became an incorporated village in 1879.
The Port Dover Harbour Museum, housed in an original fisherman's net shanty, commemorates Port Dover's fishing industry. The galleries present exhibits on the days of commercial sail as well as Lake Erie shipwrecks, ship building, Long Point, the War of 1812 and other aspects of lakeside life in this community. The museum is also active in the ...
August 1914 – Port Dover's bravest young men join the Royal Canadian Armed Forces to fight in World War I. April 11, 1915 – Former Canadian politician Eddie Sargent was born. December 1918 – Victorious Royal Canadian Armed Forces veterans come home from serving in World War I. 1920s through 1930s – Railway services to/from Port Dover ...
County Highway 59 – Port Rowan, Tillsonburg: Former Highway 24 southern terminus; formerly Highway 59: Halfway House Corner: −7.0: −4.3 County Highway 6 east – Port Dover: Formerly Highway 6 north: Simcoe: −1.0: −0.62 County Road 1 west (Robinson Street) / Argyle Street: 0.0: 0.0 Highway 24 begins Norfolk County Highway 24 ends
Just north of Lake Erie, Highway 3 turns east and travels straight towards Port Colborne, passing just south of the Wainfleet Bog. At Townline Road, the boundary between Wainfleet and Port Colborne, the central section ends and the roadway continues as Niagara Regional Road 3 through the city, meeting the southern end of Highway 58. [1] [4]
The route of Highway 59 followed what is now Norfolk Highway 59, Oxford County Road 59 and Perth County Road 107. The majority of this route travels through rural farmland and small communities, which dominates southwestern Ontario, although there are several notable towns encountered along the highway, including Courtland, Delhi, Norwich, Woodstock and Shakespeare.