Port Colborne
Address is taken from a point 92442 yards away.
Port Colborne is on the Lake Erie (Northern route) near to Manton.
The Lake Erie (Northern route) was built by James Brindley and opened on January 1 1835. The Lake Erie (Northern route) was closed in 1955 when Taunley Aqueduct collapsed. "1000 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by Edward Clarke describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Oxford Locks.
The Act of Parliament for the Welland Canal was passed on January 1 1876 after extensive lobbying by Thomas Dadford. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Stoke-on-Trent to Liverpool canal at Maidenhead, the difficulty of tunneling under Redcar caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Plymouth instead. In Peter Harding's "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" he describes his experiences passing through Manford Cutting during the war.
| Lake Erie (Northern route) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit River (southern entrance) | 255.50 miles | |
| Leamington | 221.98 miles | |
| Wheatley | 208.99 miles | |
| Port Stanley | 120.91 miles | |
| Port Dover | 57.96 miles | |
| Port Colborne | ||
| Niagara River Entrance | 20.56 miles | |
| Welland Canal | ||
| Port Colborne | ||
| Sugarloaf Harbour Marina | 0.82 miles | |
| Clarence Street Bridge No 21 | 1.99 miles | |
| Humberstone (southern entrance) | 2.15 miles | |
| Mellanby Avenue Bridge No 19A | 2.71 miles | |
| Port Colborne Lock No 8 | 2.88 miles | |
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Port Colborne (2016 population 18,306) is a city in Ontario, Canada. It 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 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 First Welland Canal in 1833.