Port Burwell, Ontario
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Port Burwell
Location of Port Burwell in Ontario
Port Burwell is a community on the north shore of Lake Erie, in the municipality of Bayham in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.[1] It is situated at the mouth of Big Otter Creek.
[edit] History
Originally part of Bayham Township, Port Burwell was surveyed in 1830 by Mahlon Burwell, surveyor for land grant recipient Colonel Thomas Talbot. A bustling port and rail terminal for much of its history, Port Burwell was incorporated as a village in 1949. It was reamalgamated with Bayham and the Village of Vienna to form an expanded Township of Bayham in 1998.
[edit] References
- ^ "Ashtabula (Ferry), U203071, sunk by collision, 18 Sep 1958". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/61623/data?n=1. Retrieved 2011-11-14. "Sunk in collision with steamer BEN MOREELL in harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio, September 18, 1958."
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Coordinates: 42°38′48″N 80°48′10″W / 42.64667°N 80.80278°W
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