CULTURE
ONTARIO'S BEST PRESERVED MAIN STREET
WE'VE BEEN AROUND LONGER THAN CANADA AND HAVE A FEW STORIES TO TELL
PORT HOPE HAS A PROUD HISTORY TO EXPLORE
Port Hopers will tell you, we're a vibrant community, long attracting big personalities and big ideas. The river powered mills and breweries, and Port Hope, with its location on the lake, was a hub for 19th century trade and transportation. Americans built summer estates, the railway brought travellers to the hotels, and locals enjoyed the social scene and the Opera House. Now people marvel at the beautiful period architecture. And TVOntario named Walton Street the Best Preserved Main Street in the province.