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      THE LAKE ERIE SHORE

      RON BROWN

      THE LAKE ERIE SHORE

       Ontario’s Forgotten South Coast

      Copyright © Ron Brown, 2009

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      Copy-edited by Shannon Whibbs

       Designed by Erin Mallory

       Printed and bound in Canada by Transcontinental

       Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Brown, Ron, 1945–

      The Lake Erie shore : Ontario’s forgotten south coast / by Ron Brown.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

       ISBN 978-1-55488-388-2

      1. Erie, Lake, Region--History. I. Title.

      FC3095.L335B76 2009 971.3’3 C2009-900102-0

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      We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and The Association for the Export of Canadian Books, and the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishers Tax Credit program, and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.

      Care has been taken to trace the ownership of copyright material used in this book. The author and the publisher welcome any information enabling them to rectify any references or credits in subsequent editions.

       J. Kirk Howard, President

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      Published by Natural Heritage Books

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      Front cover photo: Port Dover. Photo by Ron Brown

      Back cover photo: Fort Erie. Photo by Ron Brown

      Unless otherwise indicated, all images are credited to the author

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      CONTENTS

THE MAKING OF A LAKE Tidal Waves, Monsters, and Dead Zones

AN “EARTHLY PARADISE ” The First Arrivals

THE EUROPEAN INVASION

THE BATTLE -SCARRED BOOKENDS

       Amherstburg

       5

THE AMERICANS ARE COMING (AGAIN ) Erie’s Playgrounds

       Erie Beach

       Crystal Beach

       Bob-Lo Island

       6

THE CANAL TOWNS

       Port Colborne

       Port Maitland

       Stromness

       Dunnville

       7

THE MIDDLE PORTS

       Port Dover

       Port Rowan

       Port Burwell

       Port Stanley

       8

THE WEST END

       Erieau

       Wheatley

       Leamington

       Kingsville

       9

ERIE ’S GHOST COAST : THE FORGOTTEN PORTS

       Lowbanks

       Selkirk

       Nanticoke

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