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Port Hope

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Port Hope

Town in Northumberland County, southern Ontario, Canada, on Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Ganaraska River, 96 km/60 mi northeast of Toronto; population (1991) 11,500. A tourist centre, noted for its angling, it also has diverse light industries. Settled in 1778 as a fur trading community, it developed in the early 19th century as a manufacturing town.



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By eight o'clock next morning, the traveller is at the end of his journey, which is performed by steamboat upon Lake Ontario, calling at Port Hope and Coburg, the latter a cheerful, thriving little town.
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