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2 SUMMER LIVE IN NORFOLK l Summer 2013

Port Dover pier at dawn. Photo by Earl Hartlen www.earlhartlen.comMany of the photos in this magazine are courtesy of Earl Hartlen

We hope this 2013 Summer “LIVE” in Norfolk is a helpful pub-lication in bringing to its readers the joys, excitement and beauty of our home in this southern part of Ontario. Hugging the shore-line of Lake Erie and spreading across the sand plain of Norfolk County, we live in a varied culture with a proud heritage. Today is as fresh and bright as this morning’s sunrise over our towns, lakes and fi elds.

This magazine off ers some of the many things to do in the area with information and insight about where residents and visitors can go, what to look for, what to do and see in Norfolk.

For visitors to this area, we understand all of what Norfolk has to off er is way too much for a single visit, but be assured our doors are open all year and a wel-come greeting awaits you, Norfolk County’s south-coast style.

Cover Photos courtesy Earl Hartlen

SUMMER 2013

Summer Live in Norfolkis published by

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Norfolk County’s most popular tourist attractions are the beaches, ports, towns and villages along Lake Erie, known as Ontario’s South Coast. These towns include Port Dover, Turkey Point, Long Point, Simcoe, Delhi, Waterford and Port Rowan. Fishing is another key attraction for tourists, as well as birding, hiking, camping and cycling.

Main festivals include the Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show in Simcoe (October), Canada Day Celebration in Port Dover (July), Simcoe Rotary Friendship Festival (August), Delhi Strawberry Festival (June), Port Dover Summer Fest (August), Norfolk Studio Tour (September), BayFest in Port Rowan (September), Waterford Pumpkin Fest (October), PD13 (the Port Dover motorcycle enthusiasts’ event every Friday the 13th), Delhi Harvest Fest (September) and Simcoe Christmas Panorama (December).

These events, as well as places to stay and eat, can be found in the Ontario’s South Coast Experience Guide, avail-able by contacting Norfolk County through www.norfolk-tourism.ca

Agritourism and culinary tourist are expanding attrac-tions for tourists coming to Norfolk County, with wineries

and a distillery, as well as a microbrewery. There are nu-merous farmgate retailers, featured on the Norfolk County Map and Local Food Guide, available by contacting Norfolk County through www.norfolkfarms.com or calling 1-800-699-9038.

Motorcycle tourism is also a popular activity in Norfolk County, and Ontario’s South Coast. For more information, visit www.cruisethecoast.ca

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Norfolk County has many attractions

A view along the dock at Port Dover Harbour Museum

Port Dover’s annual “Summer Festi-val” is always held the third weekend in August. This year that’s Aug. 17 and 18. The Summer Festival will fill down-town Powell Park to overflowing with displays spilling onto Market Street. Arts and crafts of every description are featured from exquisite jewellery to bold carvings, plus thousands of used books and magazines too.

This Port Dover Board of Trade-organized event allows only juried exhibitors so everything on display is quality-made by the people selling it.

Local crafters and artists are joined by selected vendors from across On-tario who look forward to offering their wares at this event. The antiques and collectibles from yesteryear which are arranged on Market Street (closed to traffic) always attract much interest.

There will be live music in the park and tasty foods by local service organi-zations. There is no admission cost for people to come and browse for hours at the upwards of 100 exhibits and booths.

Board of Trade Manager Jan Over-end and committee members have been organizing this year’s Summer Festival (sometimes called ‘Art in the Park’) almost since the final day of last year’s festival.

As an extra attraction, on Thurs-day, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Port Dover merchants feature their annual Sidewalk Sale Days with special offers at stores throughout the downtown.

Port Dover ‘Summer Festival’ and ‘Sidewalk Sale Days’ third weekend in August

Metis Rendezvous Saturday, Sept. 21at Silver Lake Park

Port Dover is the location for the second annual Metis Ren-dezvous on Saturday, September 21 at Silver Lake Park, St. Patrick Street.

This free, fun, family event will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 6 p.m. To celebrate the Metis culture plans call for live enter-tainment with fiddlers, dancers and singers; live demonstrations; vendors and crafters; Metis sto-rytelling and games, prizes; Kids activity corner; Metis cuisine.

This late summer rendezvous is hosted by Hamilton-Wentworth Metis Council, Port Dover Lions Club, Metis Nation of Ontario (Healing & Wellness Branch/Edu-cation & Training) and is open to everyone.



The beautiful gardens and lawn are commented on by everyone but it is the great food and friendly atmosphere at the Erie Beach Hotel’s two dining rooms that have people coming back for more of their tempting choices.

In the 1940s the founders of the hotel, Harold and Marjorie Schneider, perfected the way to cook Lake Erie perch. Today, their grandsons follow traditional recipes … that is one good (as in delicious) reason

people return time and time again. For over six decades the Schneider

family has been a leader in hospitality ‘Port Dover style’.

The Cove Room on the main floor is open daily with an extensive menu of tempting choices for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The salad cart that is brought to each table offers specialty salads and pickled treats. One of the specialties of the house is celery bread still made Mar-

jorie Schneider’s way. Reservations are recommended, call 519 583-1391.

The pub-style dining on the upper level is known far and wide to the jug-of-beer and platter-of-perch crowd. The Terrace Room menu includes everybody’s favou-rite foods from noon until late night.

Also, Andrew and Pam Schneider can accommodate family gatherings and busi-ness meetings in a number of individual dining rooms.

Erie Beach Hotel is a Port Dover tradition

At the main intersection near the harbour and beach is the famous Arbor on Main Street. It has been a Port Dover land-mark for almost a century.

The Arbor is the home of Golden Glow fruit drinks and Ritz Red Hots (foot-long hot dogs), hamburgers, fries and ice cream treats. Tony Schneider and staff continue the traditions of decades past and like their patrons to dress up their Red Hots or their hamburgers with homemade condiments from a smorgasbord selection.

Just across Main Street is Arbortown Mini Golf that provides children and adults 18-holes of fun.

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Simplifying your home search anywhere in Norfolk County and area begins at Royal LePage Brown Realty Ltd.

This local company has been serving the Lake Erie area of Southwestern Ontario since 1974 and has two full-service loca-tions in Simcoe and Port Dover to meet all your real estate needs.

Simcoe and Port Dover are centrally located in Norfolk Coun-ty and enjoy excellent access to major urban centres.

David A. Brown is Broker/Owner of Royal LePage Brown Re-alty and W. Michael Brown is Broker-of-Record. The company

has 21 full-time licensed representatives serving Simcoe, Port Dover and all of Norfolk County since 1974.

Royal LePage Brown Realty is located in Simcoe at 63 Queen-sway East and in Port Dover at 315 Main Street.

In the spring of 1975, David Brown opened for business as D.A. Brown Realty from an office out of his parent’s home in Simcoe. The head office location at 63 Queensway East, in Sim-coe was purchased in 1977. Dave opened the doors with a secre-tary and no sales representative!

In 1981, Dave’s brother Mike joined the office after an 8-year advertising career in Hamilton. Over the years, D.A. Brown Re-alty has grown. In 1983, the 315 Main Street, Port Dover location was opened as a branch office and still serves the Lake Erie re-sort area today.

In 1997, after meetings with many national names in real es-tate, D.A. Brown Realty became an Associate Broker of Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd. and operates today as Royal LePage Brown Realty with 21 sales representatives and four dedicated office staff.

Royal LePage Brown Realty says our office has representa-tives who specialize in farm sales, residential, industrial and commercial properties and condominium development.

Our clients are our priority. To them, we pledge to offer qual-ity, honest and courteous service, with integrity, without pres-sure. We will use all the latest technology and tools available to our industry to help them answer their needs, achieve their goals and make their dreams reality.

Royal LePage Brown Realty office in Port Dover.

Royal LePage Brown Realtysimplifies home searchesanywhere in Norfolk

The palm treesalong the beachin Port Doverare not nativebut add a touchof get-away magic to everyvisit. Along withthe lighthouseand the alwayschanging viewsout onto thelake, it makesfor a great placeto visit.


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Lighthouse Festival Theatre in down-town Port Dover offers world-class theatre throughout the summer.

The 2013 season opened to rave reviews with “Henry and Alice into the Wild” run-ning to June 8. Two of Lighthouse’s big-gest stars – Jamie Williams and Melodee Finlay – reprise their roles of Henry and Alice Lane.

On stage from June 12 to June 29 is “Knickers A Brief Comedy” starring four enterprising women who soon realize that desperate times call for desperate measures, and that a risky – and risqué -- proposition may be their last chance to create new jobs and save their town.

From July 3 to July 20 “On a first name basis” features Canada’s most-produced playwright starring in his latest heartfelt comedy. After 30 years together, a suc-cessful novelist realizes he knows noth-ing about his housekeeper. An invitation to spend an evening as chums leads to startling revelations into two lives that are more entwined than the cynical writer imagined.

“The 39 Steps” is an adventure comedy adapted by Patrick Barlow from the film by Alfred Hitchcock and based on the novel by John Buchan on stage from July 24 to August 10.

Juno award-winning singer/song-writer Fred Eaglesmith’s most memorable songs are brought to life in “Dear Johnny

Deere” from August 21 to Sept. 7. This new musical is about family values, life on the farm, and the politics of urban sprawl.

For ticket information on all Light-house Festival Theatre shows go to light-housetheatre.com or call the box office at 519-583-2221 or drop in at 247 Main Street, Port Dover.

Enjoy a play at Lighthouse Theatre this summer


Port Dover’s

Walker Street has its own buzz

Walker Street in the harbourfront area of Port Dover has a buzz all its own. It has been said the tempo there is like doing the twist … people are constantly in movement.

The two block long street from the Main Street intersection to the beach has some of the most inter-esting shops, eateries and people-watching to be found anywhere in Norfolk County.

In the first block from the Arbor (founded in 1920 and still going strong) is the famous Erie Beach Hotel with its two restaurants and hotel rooms creating an oasis of hospitality since 1946. Across the street are two separate ‘Dave’s World’ stores with clothing and board sports for the young at heart. Between those two retail stores is Fisherman’s Catch Bar and Restaurant.

Along the north side of the second block of Walker Street is the Surf Shop featuring clothing and beach-wear for the family. Next is the popular Knechtels On the Beach restaurant and take-out booth with ample beach picnic tables with sun umbrellas for customers.

Harry’s retail store offers trendy fashions and board sports. Next door is Fred Knechtel’s Beach Store that is full of floatables, beach toys and more. Right on the beach is the Beach House Restaurant with great food, great views, live palm trees and ample parking.

At the corner of Walker Street at St. George St. -- with the same buzz -- is Willie’s Restaurant with its wooden patio filled with picnic tables and umbrellas. Across the street is the Grand Truck Station gift store specializing in nautical gifts and home wares. There is a Chip Booth on the corner plus a parking lot and public restrooms too.

From lush green lawns to sandy beaches, Walker St. has it all.

Many restaurants can be found along Port Dover’s Walker Street.

Colourful water toys can be purchased near the beach.


Stoney’s Home Hardware first opened its doors more than 60 years ago in the heart of Port Dover’s downtown. Located at 322 Main Street, this wonderfully packed old-fashioned style hardware store is full of great household and cottage tips as well as a multitude of goods for every possible need.

As locals often say, “if Stoney’s doesn’t have it, you prob-ably don’t need it”.

Again this summer, owner Paul Babcock has a wide selec-tion of outdoor patio and cottage furniture. The beautiful poly and wicker furniture comes in a selection of styles and colours to make your summer outdoors delightful.

For all ages, the store carries fishing rods to hockey sticks, games and toys, small appliances, fans and heaters, casserole dishes and coffee makers.

For those who want to ride the local trails, Stoney’s car-ries NORCO and Haro bicycles. They also do all bike repairs.

The paint section of the store features Beauti Tone De-signer paints. There is a custom colour matching machine and staff who are pleased to help and explain the choices.

For the outdoor kitchen, Stoney’s has the Napoleon BBQ to suit every need. They have a large selection of built on-site grills for shoppers to look at. And, of course, there is all the hardware nuts and bolts of the business. Nails, screws and more can all be purchased for every need. From garden tools to bird seed, Stoney’s is filled with everything a hardware store could possibly carry.

The store is open Mondays to Saturdays 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Fridays til 8 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Stoney’s Home Hardware has everything you need


Bronze statue on pier honours fishermen

Most visitors to Port Dover in the summertime take time to stroll on the pier. All of them stop to look at the statue of three bronze fishermen pulling in their nets.

Visitors, and local people, look up into the faces of the fishermen, then downwards to read some of the names on the sidewalk stones. Around the base of the monument on the upright granite slabs are the names of the Lake Erie fisher-men from this area who lost their lives while engaged in fishing. The sidewalk bricks on all sides of the memorial are inscribed with the names of the people, and families, who donated generously towards the cost of the monument.

The bronze and granite monument stands 11 feet high and is located at the end of Harbour Street near the Port Dover lighthouse. The monument was designed

by artist Kathryn Hogg of Waterford and Alex Godden of Simcoe. The total project cost over $100,000 all of which came from public subscription.


Port DoverRoots Music FestialSaturday, August 17

Pack your lawn chairs and come on down to the Port Dover Lions’ Silver Lake Park for a jam-packed evening of musical entertainment at the Port Dover Roots Music Fes-tival on Saturday, August 17.

There is an incredible line-up of local Ontario talent in-cluding headliners, The Great Lake Swimmers originating from Wainfleet Ontario; Southwestern Ontario’s The Sa-dies; Port Dover’s own Tia McGraff; Duane Rutter of Port Rowan, and the appropriately named local group NorFolk.

The gates open at 3:00 p.m. and the music won’t stop un-til 11:00 p.m. Food and drink are available on site so you won’t miss a minute. This is a licensed, all-ages event.

Tickets are $25 and available at Stetson Jewellers, Port Dover Board of Trade, and ticketscene.ca. Tickets will also be available at the gate pending availability. For more de-tails visit portdoverrootsmusicfestival.com


Friday the 13th in Port DoverMotorcyclists have been coming to Port Dover every Friday the 13th since 1981 when a small group of friends gathered in a local bar. Since then, the day has grown to become the largest motorcycle rally in Canada with tens of thousands attending. In 2013, Friday the 13th events are in September and Decem-ber and in 2014 the event is in June.


Museums can be windows on the past, reflections of the present and a looking glass into the future.

Norfolk County is rich with gatekeepers of our local history, culture and economic changes from pioneer-ing days to present through the following facilities: Eva Brook Donly Museum and Archives; Port Dover Harbour Museum; Waterford Heritage & Agricultural Museum; Delhi Tobacco Museum & Heritage Centre; Teeterville Pioneer Museum; Backus Heritage Conservation Area; and St. Williams Forestry Interpretive Centre.

Eva Brook Donly Museum & Archives

Located close to the heart of Simcoe, an 1840s built Victorian home showcases Norfolk County history with displays covering pioneering days to the 20th Century. The Museum boasts an extensive permanent collection that includes Victorian furnishings, Edgar Cantelon paintings and a well resourced Archival Department for genealogi-cal and local history research. It is located at 109 Norfolk St. N., Simcoe (519) 426-1583.

Port Dover Harbour MuseumPartially housed in an original fishermen’s net shanty

along the banks of the Lynn River, this Museum is rich with sagas and artifacts that feature Port Dover’s commer-cial fishing industry, the early days of mercantile sailing , rum running, Lake Erie shipwrecks and boat building. It is also home to the artifacts from the 1852 sinking of the Steamer Atlantic. It is located at 44 Harbour Street, Port Dover (519) 583-2660.

Delhi Tobacco Museum & Heritage Centre

Once a thriving tobacco town, Delhi is now home to Canada’s only tobacco museum. Built in 1978 to replicate a tobacco pack barn, displays and artifacts tell the history of tobacco growing in Norfolk County, multiculturalism in the community, the story of those in other parts of Canada who migrated to the Tobacco Belt for work in the 1960s to 1980s. It is located at 200 Talbot Road, Delhi (519) 582-0278.

Port Dover has a long and colourful history. Bring some of the commu-nity’s marine history alive with a visit to the Port Dover Harbour Museum. Explore the displays and learn about the town’s past. For July and August the Port Dover Harbour Museum is open 10 a.m .to 5 p.m. daily. After Labour Day, hours are 10 to 4:30 weekdays and 12 to 4 p.m. Satur-days, Sundays and Holiday Mondays.

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Teeterville Pioneer Museum

A small hamlet with a thriving history that once saw churches, general stores, carriage shops, hotels and more in the community laid out by George Teeter in 1859, its’ Muse-um was a Centennial Project of the local Women’s Institute and the Township of Windham. A log smoke house, wayside church, drive barn and house comprise the Museum. It is located at 194 Teeter St., Teeterville (519) 443-4400.

Waterford Heritage & Agricultural MuseumThere was a time when this community boasted the

largest canning factory in the country. Located in a former pickle factory, WHAM exhibits the extensive and varied agricultural history of the area and includes hands on cucumber grading, milking the moo-seum cow, farm equipment, buggy & sleigh manufacturing and the local Agricultural Hall of Fame. It is located at 159 Nichol Street, Waterford (519) 443-4211.

Backus Heritage Conservation AreaOperated under the stewardship of the Long Point

Region Conservation Authority, Backus is a National Historic Site. It features a heritage village with 20 histori-cal buildings scattered around the 1798 Backhouse Grist Mill and mill pond. There is also a nature centre and 15 km of walking trails in this park. It is located at 1267 Second Concession, Port Rowan (519) 586-2201.

Canada’s First Forestry Station

This St. Williams Interpretative Centre tells the his-tory of reforestation from seed to forest, including seed collection and extraction, planting and transplanting. It also looks at the Neutrals, who first made the surrounding forests home, Lt. Governor John Graves Simcoe and the first conservation practices in Canada. It is located at 885 Highway 24 at Forestry Farm Road (Regional Road 16), St. Williams (519) 875-3350, (519) 586-7175.

Waterford Heritage and Agricultural Museum brings to-gether for the first time the Earth Steward’s Closet. This exhibit showcases community created textile coats inspired by the natural world with the guidance of artist Marguerite Larmand. Exhibit runs to August 31, 2013.

Explore the historyof Norfolk County


Summer is a time for boating, beaches and beautiful vistas. All of these can be found in Norfolk. Along the coast of Long Point Bay and in every town, village and hamlet of Norfolk you’ll find friendly people and shops ready to welcome you. Enjoy your time in Norfolk.


Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show located in Simcoe is in its 173nd year. It is one of the largest fairs in Ontario with over 100,000 visitors annually. This year the dates are October 8 to 14 for seven days ending Thanksgiving Monday.

Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show features agricul-tural displays, craft exhibits, many food vendors, art dem-onstrations, talent competitions, midway rides, grandstand entertainment and many added special attractions. Visitors can enjoy some of the finest handiwork from award-winning quilts to baked goods.

If you’ve ever been to Ontario’s oldest agricultural fair, you know why it deserves to be ranked the fifth largest event of its kind in the province competing with the Canadian Na-tional Exhibition, The Royal Winter Fair, and “city” fairs in London and Ottawa.

Listen carefully and you might hear the bleat of baby lamb, all part of the menagerie of livestock that tweak the curiosity of urban dwellers and undergo the scrutiny of those who know a champion when they see one. Listen carefully too for the sound of jingle bells. Wait a minute and a majestic team of horses will appear, outfitted in finery fit for a king! Add light harness racing, open western horse show, antique buggy classes, pony classes and jumpers to the mix you’ve got the largest outdoor horse show in Canada!

Celebrating the fair’s agriculture roots, over 10,000 entries compete in grain crops, fruits, vegetables, floral arrange-ments, culinary arts, handmade quilts, and crafts. Produce growers compete for the coveted show ribbons and claim brag-ging rights to pumpkins weighing upwards of 1000 pounds!

The grandstand features some extraordinary Canadian talent along with perennial fair favourites such as demolition

derbies, monster truck shows, tractor pulls and more. Edu-cational programs attract students from near and far as they learn more about our food chain.

Young Canada Day on Opening Day, is a student celebra-tion as all Norfolk Schools attend the Fair and compete at the grandstand for tug-of-war championships, road races and cheerleading.

Don’t miss Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show in Simcoe from October 8 to 14, 2013.

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GOLF COURSES

Dotting the countryside from lakeshore to rolling farmland, Norfolk County offers nine beautiful and challenging golf courses for the enthusiast to play. Rolling hills, Carolinian forests, streams and Lake Erie enhance the day tripping golf outing while local towns and villages offer special places to

sleep and eat for those who plan a golfing holiday.

The Greens at Renton, located at 969 Concession 14, R. R. # 4, Simcoe is a premier Golf Course that features 27 holes, a driving range, Pro Shop and Greens Cafe. The course offers three challeng-ing and picturesque nine hole courses. The Greens also plays hosts to many weddings and corporate events in its banquet hall that offers a panoramic view of this popular course.

Lynn Meadows Golf & Country Club is located near Port Do-ver at 580 Lynn Valley Road. The greens require accurate approach shots, as well as astute decision making. The championship 18 hole course has a back nine that features an abundance of water that comes into play at most holes. Lynn Meadows also has an excellent practice range and licensed indoor and outdoor dining facilities.

Located in the heart of Simcoe, Norfolk Golf and Country Club at 20 Argyle St. South, was established in 1895 and is steeped in history. Known for its rolling hills, tight fairways and small greens, the nine hole course is rated as “very challenging”. It’s a

Stanley Thompson designed course, which is lined with beautifully and strategically placed century old Carolinian trees to make it an aesthetically pleasing course to play. The Club offers food and beverage facilities and also tennis and squash courts.

Enjoy great golfing in Norfolk


GOLF COURSES

Pine Valley Golf Club is at 1148 Highway 24, near Vittoria. The course at Pine Valley was designed to successfully preserve the natural beauty of the trees and terrain. The 18 hole course, with its dramatic elevations and swooping slopes, makes this one of the area’s most challenging courses. The clubhouse, which showcases the scenic landscape around it, has a licensed diningroom, lounge and patio.

Springview Farm Golf Course is a challenging 18 hole course. Family owned and operated since 2006, this Club is located at 657 Culver Sideroad, near Waterford. It has been designed with the nat-ural contours of the former tobacco farm, a mature bush lot, flora and fauna, marshland and lots of water to make for an interesting and aesthetic course. A former “Strip Room” has been converted into a Clubhouse.

Woodside Greens Golf Club is at 847 Charlotteville Road 10. Carved into majestic Carolinian forest just minutes from Simcoe, this beautiful 18-hole course is designed for golfers of all ages and abilities. The Club also offers a stone wedding pavilion and a clubhouse.

Located off Highway 3, east of Delhi, is the championship 18 hole Delhi Golf & Country Club. Originally built in 1962, this club features 6,334 yard course with fast greens. The signature hole is the 15th, a 341 yard dog leg, and the favourite is the par 3 seventh hole where the green is almost surrounded by water. The facility features a beautiful Clubhouse, restaurant and a pro shop.

Turkey Point Provincial Park Golf Course, located on the

bluffs overlooking Lake Erie, is a scenic 9 hole course that features a nice blend of par 3’s, par 4’s and a par 5 that makes for a fun course to play. It is a par of 34 at a distance of 2400 yards, with all available clubs and carts for rent.

Stark’s Golf Course is located just west of Port Rowan and near the Long Point causeway. A nine hole semi-private facility, it opened in 1969. Golfers will find the par five, seventh hole the most challenging of this par 36, 3,124 yard course.


Lake Erie offers choice of Marinas

By Donna McMillan

Often referred to as “Ontario’s South Coast”, Norfolk County boasts a significant amount of shoreline along Lake Erie’s north shore. For locals, summer residents and visi-tors, it provides a number of pristine sandy beaches, every water sport from kayaking to sailing to power boating, sport fishing and charter tours. A number of marinas are dotted along the shoreline to offer dockage, guest visiting for the travelling boater or launch opportunities for the day tripper.

Port Dover Harbour MarinaNestled beneath the cliffs of Port Dover, this Norfolk

County facility is a popular marina offering 458 seasonal slips for sail and power boaters. With a focus on serving Long Point Bay and the Inner Bay, this sun-loving spot showcases a lovely pavilion, washroom and shower facilities, transient docks, boat ramps for daily launches, services and easy ac-cess to all the activities, restaurants and facilities that the port town has to offer. It is located at 50 Passmore, Port Dover (519) 583-1581.

Bayview Harbour MarinaWith the protection of Long Point, Bayview Harbour Ma-

rina is an ideal “summer sanctuary” along Lake Erie. It of-fers permanent sail and power boat slips, as well as a ramp, children’s playground, washrooms and showers, fuel, hydro, water and some great nearby swimming. It is located at 156 Wolven St., Port Rowan (519) 586-2083.

Booth’s Harbour Snuggled in to the Inner Long Point Bay, Booth’s Harbour

boating enthusiasts can take advantage of prevailing south westerly winds which make the clean blue waters of the bay safe boating for even those with smaller water craft. The ma-rina has open slips, boat houses, full facilities and an area for trailers as well. This is also a popular area for pro fishermen. It is located at 70 Bluewater Ave., St. Williams (519) 586-2731.

MacDonald Turkey Point MarinaThis facility has 750 boat slips, a trailer park, washrooms

and showers, marine technician, launch ramp, convenience store, boat supplies and Pier 67 restaurant. Transient and permanent tenants enjoy this 87 acre site and the beautiful waters of Long Point Bay. It is located at 92 Clubhouse Road, Turkey Point (519) 426-6795.

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Hoover’s MarinaTucked into Nanticoke Creek, just off Lake Erie between

the Nanticoke Generating Station and U.S. Steel, Hoover’s Marina is situated in a unique historic fish packing plant. Besides permanent slips, two launch ramps, a gas dock and space for visiting boaters, Hoover’s popular Wharfside Restaurant is a big drawing card for both boaters and land lubbers who are looking for a scenic setting and great home cooked breakfasts, lunches and dinners. It is located at 5 Erie Street, Nanticoke (519) 587-2776.

Funny Farm Marina & Trailer ParkWith 100 moorings, this marina is located at 340 Front

Road in St. Williams.

Sandboy MarinaSandboy Marina on Hwy 59 at the Long Point causeway

offers fish charters, boat rentals, boat launch, trailer sites and much more. Contact (519) 586-2006.

Shady Akers Marina and Trailer ParkShady Akers Marina and Trailer park is located in the St.

Williams area. For information contact (519) 586-2212.

Fin and Feather MarinaWith boat slips and camping. Located at 1102 Front Road,

St. Williams, call (519) 586-3961.

Old Cut MarinaProviding 140 slips consisting of 85 boathouses and 55

open slips with a private ramp. Sea-doo, kayak and paddle boat rentals. Located within The Old Cut Boat Livery which offers an array of services including fuel, bait and boat launch. 90 Rogers Ave., Long Point. Call (226) 688-7901.

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The Lynn Valley Trail tells a unique story of Norfolk Coun-ty’s past, present and future. The trail once served as a railway that connected our local communities with outside markets.

It now serves as a place that quietly brings a sense of calm to our everyday busy lives and continues to lead visitors towards new adventures.

Today, signs at every entrance out-line the railway trail’s journey from start to finish. The trail is a direct link from Port Dover to Simcoe to Waterford and beyond. Canadian history echoes throughout the trail.

Year after year the trail nurtures some of nature’s finest creations. It is home to various flora and fauna. It boasts four original railway bridges where hikers can take a moment to re-flect on days past.

Like everything else, the bridges re-quire maintenance and the Lynn Valley Trail Association (LVTA) is implement-ing a plan to accomplish this task. Ef-forts are being made to raise the funds to make the necessary improvements and upgrades to the old railway bridges and other parts of the trail. As well as rebuilding the foundations of the bridg-

Lynn Valley Trailis beautiful spot to hike or bike

The Lynn Valley Trail stretches from Port Dover northerly to Waterford, a distance of 24 kms -- with Simcoe at the half-way point. That well-established trail connects with the Waterford Heritage Trail and carries on for another 19 kms -- with Scotland at about the half-way point.


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Health & Fitness Expoin Port Doveron September 7has events for all

The third annual Port Dover ‘Health and Fitness

Expo’ will be of great interest to local people and visitors on Saturday, September 7.

Many people in the Port Dover area take their health and fitness workouts to a heightened level of participation. With so much interest, organizers are planning an even bigger and better third Health & Fitness Expo at the Port Dover Community Centre and Sports Complex.

The daylong event on Saturday, September 7 will have health and fitness-related experts and related vendor dis-plays. This will be located in the Port Dover Community Centre on St. George St. about one kilometre north of down-town. Throughout the day come and view presentations of many sports and fitness activities. There is no admission cost to the community centre events. Light lunches will be available.

You can also become involved in the day-long activities. Port Dover Lions Club organizers have arranged for most of the health and fitness program events to be held outside at the community centre, neighbouring school campus and the rail trail. This year’s run is the “Port Dover 8K Mud Classic” with running and walking categories. There is also a 2K Fun Race with a food bank donation as the only cost to enter.

Also featured during the day will be tennis, soccer, skate-boarding and a family skate at the arena. The soccer tourna-ment will draw teams for a 5-a-side championship prizes.

Pre-register at PortDoverHealthAndFitnessExpo.com.


Port Dover Maple Leaf is the weekly newspaper of this lakeside community. The paper has “hit the streets” every week since 1873 and for those 140 years it has always been the people and events in Port Dover that have been the paper’s focus.

There have been a lot of changes in the community over the years. But some things have remained constant -- the commu-nity-minded spirit of Port Dover citizens and The Maple Leaf ’s desire to publish a newspaper that reflects the community.

The Maple Leaf predates the incorporation of the Village of Port Dover in 1879. The paper has reported on this community becoming the Town of Port Dover, part of the City of Nanticoke in 1974 and now part of Norfolk County since 2001.

Credit for establishing The Maple Leaf goes to Mr. E. D. Passmore. After chronicling the local news for nine years he sold the newspaper in 1882 to Llewelyn G. Morgan B.A., a former high school teacher.

Sam H. Morris, a printer and reporter on staff, succeeded Publisher Morgan on Friday, February 13, 1920. His employment at the newspaper had been interrupted in 1914 by World War One when he enlisted in Norfolk’s own battalion, the 133rd, and saw action in Europe. Shortly after his return to Port Dover, he purchased the business. The same issue that reported his owner-

ship told that an electric Linotype typesetting machine had been installed the previous weekend to replace the tedious out-moded handset type method. Sam remained active at the paper for the next fifty years.

The company’s operation was headed by sons F. G. Archie Morris and then Stan Morris -- who remains involved with the paper to this day after over 60 years at The Maple Leaf -- and now by his son Paul Morris.

In the 1980s, the newspaper switched to the “offset printing” technology and purchased early computerized typeset-

ting machines which seem quaint by today’s powerful electronic pagi-nation and layout programs.

The Maple Leaf has been located at the same downtown Port Dover lo-cation for over a century. Today, with a dedicated, talented and knowledge-able staff, the paper produces both print and electronic editions each week, produces special publications, maintains a website and does commer-cial printing.

But one thing remains the same. Port Dover Maple Leaf still cares about and reports on the people and events important to Port Dover residents.

Maple Leaf has told Port Dover’s story since 1873

Tel: 519.583.0112 351 Main Street, Port Dover N0A 1N0 [email protected]

Port Dover’s Community Newspaper since 1873

Subscribe to Port Dover’s community newspaper and receive each week’s issue fi lled with local news and photographs. Subscribe online atwww.PortDoverMapleLeaf.com/shopor send $49.00 along with your name and address to The Maple Leaf, 351 Main St., Port Dover N0A 1N0

For information on promoting your business or service to residents of Port Dover & area in one ofour well-read publications, contact our sales dept.at [email protected] 519-583-0112

The community’s local news source since 1873.

What’s important to you is important to us.

Subscribe today at www.PortDoverMapleLeaf.com/shop


Former 1,500-acre country estate of the Thompson family nestled along the Grand River. The site features Carolinian forests, wetlands, hiking trails, an 1840’s Greek

revival mansion, two cemetaries, former town site of Indiana and more.Join us for tours, special events, curriculum-based education programs, kid camps,

family programs, bird banding and rentals year round.Hours

Guided Mansion Tours Open Victoria Day Weekend - Thanksgiving Day

Wednesday to Sunday and Holiday Mondays 10am to 4pm, tours on the hour.

Group tours welcome year round.Grounds are open during day light hours.

243 Haldimand Hwy # 54 Cayuga, ON N0A 1E0905-772-0560 • [email protected]

www.ruthvenpark.ca

2 for 1 Coupon For General Mansion

Tour Admission(of equal or less value)

Valid until October 14, 2013SLM2013

This summer visitors to Ruthven Park near Cayuga can enjoy the ritual of a Victorian Tea, served while you view the grounds of the Ruthven Park estate.

It is the perfect setting for afternoon tea. The menu includes warm scones and oat cakes served with Devonshire cream and jam. The $12 price includes a guided tour of the Greek Revival mansion.

Serving dates are July 10, July 14, July 24, August 7, August 11, August 14 and August 28 each day at 2 p.m. Call in advance for a reservation to ensure seating. Groups can also call to arrange a tea date.

David Thompson built Ruthven Park. He was a soldier, politician and businessman and was elected to the Legisla-tive Assembly in 1841 and served as the first member for Haldimand until his death in 1851.

Mansion Tours are approximately one hour in length and during the summer are available Wednesday through Sun-day and holiday Mondays from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Tours are on the hour and group tours are welcome as well.

All furnishings and possessions are original to the five generations of the Thompson family who called Ruthven home.

Being a historic house museum, there are no ramps or elevators to or in the mansion. Chairs can be made available for those with mobility difficulties. A tour is also available through touch screen for those with physical disabilities. There are 8 steps up to the mansion and 21 steps to the sec-ond floor once inside.

Four walking trails run through part of the Carolinian Canada life zone – one of the most biodiverse regions in Canada. Trails at Ruthven Park include the Indiana Trail, Riverside Trail, Carolinian Woodland Trail, and Fox Den Trail -- all of various lengths.

Ruthven Park is located at 243 Haldimand Hwy. #54 near Cayuga. For further information, telephone 877-705-7275 or visit their website at www.ruthvenpark.ca

Afternoon Tea fi t for the Thompsons

Now a National Historic Site, Ruthven Park was owned by five generations of the Thompson family from 1845-1993. The house sits near the bank of the Grand River.


Re/Max Erie Shores Realty Port Dover office at 227 Main St. is one of three offices. All offices have com-plete information on the local real estate market.

Re/Max Erie Shoresis “Above the Crowd”

Re/Max Erie Shores Realty Inc. Brokerage is located at 227 Main Street in Port Dover, 103 Queensway East in Simcoe and 274 James St. in Delhi. Sales associates in all the offices have current listings for vacation proper-ties, residential, commercial, building lots, investment properties and rentals.

The real estate company’s three offices in Norfolk offer professional Real Estate services to Norfolk County and surrounding areas. Re/Max has the most productive agents in Canada (Based on 2012 Closed Transactions. Source CREA and Re/Max).

The Erie Shores Realty Inc. Brokerage offices are part of Re/Max with more than 700 independently-owned and operated offices across the country, with the motto “Above the Crowd”. Re/Max lists and sells more real estate than any other real estate network in the world with more than one million transactions in the last year.

If you’re planning on purchasing property in Sim-coe, Port Dover, Delhi, near the lake or anywhere in the area, drop into the Re/Max Erie Shores Realty office and talk to the professionals.

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