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Port Colborne is a city in Ontario, Canada that is located on Lake Erie, at the southern end of the Welland Canal, in the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario.The original settlement, known as Gravelly Bay, dates from 1832 [7] and was renamed after Sir John Colborne, a British war hero and the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada at the time of the opening of the (new) southern terminus of the ...
In June 2004, The J.M. Smucker Company purchased three milling facilities in Canada from International Multifoods, including the Robin Hood brand. In 2006, Smuckers announced the sale of the milling facilities in Canada for US$78 million to Horizon Milling G.P., a unit of Cargill. Under the agreement, Horizon Milling owns and operates the ...
Port Belmont: 1918 Gold mining: Abandoned in 1926 Port Hammond: 1910s Pulp and paper: Now part of Maple Ridge: Port Mellon: Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Corp. Pulp and paper: Powell River: 1910 The Powell River Company Pulp and paper: Now part of City of Powell River: Premier: 1918 Gold mining: Abandoned in 1953 Red Gap: 1912 Straits Lumber Co ...
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Welland is a city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Southern Ontario, Canada.As of 2021, it had a population of 55,750. [1]The city is in the centre of Niagara and located within a half-hour driving distance to Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, St. Catharines, and Port Colborne.
Opened in 1787 and named from the Lincolnshire town. Community centre of Gravelly Bay was formed in 1832, renamed Port Colborne was incorporated as a village in 1870, became a town in 1918, merged with the neighbouring Village of Humberstone in 1952, and was re-incorporated as a city in 1966. In 1970, Niagara Region municipal restructuring ...
In 2001, Colborne and Cramahe Township were amalgamated as part of municipal restructuring to form an expanded Township of Cramahe. At the time of dissolution, Colborne Village had a population of 2,040 over an area of 5.2 square kilometres (2.0 sq mi). Colborne is the home of the Big Apple, a tourist attraction located along Ontario Highway ...
The Port Colborne Harbour Railway (reporting mark TRRY), formed in 1997, serves various industries in the Port Colborne area and along the New Welland Canal. The principal commodities transported are wheat, scrap, woodpulp, bauxite, and lumber. The Port Colborne Harbour Railway connects with CPR in Port Colborne and with CN Rail in Merritton ...