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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. Prior to the War of 1812, this community was known as Dover Mills. This community is the southern terminus for Ontario Highway 6; located to the south of the Northern Ontario community of McKerrow. This highway stretches northward as a two-lane, undivided highway until the traffic flow increases to four lanes shortly after it departs from Caledonia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Highway 6 Information for Norfolk County to City of Hamilton )〕 In addition to allowing Port Dover residents direct access to the city of Hamilton, it also briefly merges with Highway 403 to allow for access to the Royal Botanical Gardens and locations on to Toronto. The postal forward sortation area is ''N0A''; sharing its Canada Post service with the western portion of Haldimand County. All residences and businesses within the Port Dover area have a ''583'' in their phone number. ==History== In 1794, Mr. Peter Walker would become the first settler of this community; becoming its unofficial founder.〔(''The Founding of Port Dover'' ) at OntarioPlaques.com〕 This community would become the subject of an American raid during the War of 1812, on May 14, 1814.〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 After making their landing on the shore, 750 American soldiers committed themselves to a surprise attack on the village's civilians.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Discovering Lake Erie: Port Dover and Long Point Bay )〕 Scattered elements of nearby militia and regular units tried to defend the village without any success. Re-enactments done with local volunteer groups would allow the British-Canadian forces to soundly defeat the American troops in battle.〔 The survivors of the way would rebuild Port Dover further downstream on Patterson's Creek. This raid would become a part of the Niagara campaigns that America used near the end of the War of 1812. In 1835, Port Dover was incorporated as a village and later as a town. The community once had its own railway station with frequent service from the Lake Erie & Northern Railway, owned by Canadian Pacific Railway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Original Port Dover Station )〕 Notable amenities like Ivey's Greenhouses and the incredible Port Dover beaches caused most of the passenger traffic to occur during the summer months.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LAKE ERIE & NORTHERN RAILWAY )〕 A railway ticket to the "distant" community of Galt cost a meager $1.55 per person during the late spring of 1949 ($ in today's money).〔 Rail service was also offered on the Port Dover & Lake Huron Railway (later purchased by Canadian National) line from the Caledonia Train Station to Port Dover until these services were cancelled after October 26, 1957. Businesses would often close one hour earlier on Wednesday as an measure to ensure that breadwinners, homemakers and their children would spend more time together until the 1970s. This occurred regardless of negative economic effects and would apply to most non-essential services. In 1974, the town was amalgamated into the new city of Nanticoke within the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk. The Paris Port Dover Pipe Band was established on February 18, 2000 by Pipe Major Gordon Black as a competitive and as a community pipe band.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Paris-Port Dover Pipe Band celebrates 10th anniversary )〕 They act as ambassadors on the global level as well as on a local level. The band was formally established when a constitution and small band were formed out of ten pipers, one bass, and one snare.〔 In 2001, Nanticoke and all other municipalities within the region were dissolved and the region was divided into two single tier municipalities. Port Dover is now an unincorporated community in Ward 6 of Norfolk County. The Stanley Cup came to Port Dover in 2004 (with Jassen Cullimore) when the 2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning won the Cup. He was the fourth NHL player to present the Stanley Cup to this small hockey town on the shore of Lake Erie.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stanley Cup Journals 2004: 37 )〕 The Canadian Coast Guard stationed the Cape-class motor lifeboat CCGS ''Cape Lambton'' in the community in 2005.〔 〕 Certain segments of the 2009 American horror film ''Survival of the Dead'' were filmed in Port Dover.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Survival of the Dead: Uncle Creepy's Pictorial Diary of the Dead )〕 The film was directed by George A. Romero and starred Alan van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, and Kathleen Munroe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fantastic Fest 09: Romero Discusses the Future of the Dead )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Three New Clips: George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead )〕 40 wind turbines sometime were supposed to be built in the area starting in 2013.〔 (mirror ) 〕〔 (mirror ) 〕〔 (mirror ) 〕 However, Norfolk County council has effectively banned the placement of new wind turbines due to concerns about rural spaces being completely "industrialized" and "unnatural" by the year 2113.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Norfolk Seeks End to Turbine Development )〕 Until 2013, Port Dover had a high school which served students aged 14 through 21 in the immediate area. Approximately 1800 young people had fled the Port Dover Area between 2001 and 2011. Academic programs in Valley Heights Secondary School and Delhi District Secondary School were beefed up and prepared to accept former PDCS students after the closure date.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=The Simcoe Reformer )〕 An elementary school called ''Lakewood Public School'' recently opened in the old PDCS building.〔(''Celebrating a new adventure at Lakewood Elementary'' ) at Grand Erie District School Board〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Port Dover, Ontario」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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