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Port Rowan is a town in Norfolk County, Ontario on Lake Erie, adjacent to Long Point. This lakeside community has a population of less than 1000 people and sports a number of traditional small businesses in addition to a growing retirement population. Every Labour Day weekend, the town throws its annual Bay fest. ==History== Key buildings, including John Backhouse`s mill, that date back to the 18th century, remain in existence today.〔 〕 During the War of 1812 American soldiers burned all the mills on Lake Erie`s north shore, from the St Clair River to the Grand River, except for the Backhouse mill, and one other. According to Ron Brown, in ″The Lake Erie Shore: Ontario's Forgotten South Coast″, Backhouse`s mill was skipped due to powerful connections within the USA. The South Norfolk Railway reached Port Rowan in 1886.〔 It was acquired by the Canadian National Railway, which operated it until 1965. In 1970 New Democratic Party MPP Morton Shulman asserted that Port Rowan was the destination of secret meetings of mafia leaders.〔 〕 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 Rowan, Ontario」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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