1. QUEEN STREET STREETSCAPE
Here you stand at a hot spot in the filming of both the It movies. Many scenes were filmed in and around the Capitol Theatre. Peek in the glass like our heroes of the Losers club did to come face to face with their child selves in It Chapter 2. The Derry Days Canal Festival parade floated through downtown over several days for during both films. Many locals can be seen in the crowd, which ended up In Memorial Park. Your server from lunch may be seen juggling in the bandshell! Had you visited during the filming you would have thought Port Hopers had strange 1980's fashion sense, but those were hundreds of extras involved in filming.
FUN FACTS: In order to capture that perfect shot of the grown up Losers coming face to face with their younger selves a giant sunscreen had to be hoisted above Queen Street. It was quite an involved process, hoisted by crane and attached from the pillars of Antiques on Queen to behind Ganaraska Financial. Port Hope Tourism was also re-branded as the City of Derry's Tourism - Derry is calling!
2 'DERRY SCOOP' & ALLEYWAY 7 & 9 Queen Street
Here you will find the home of the Derry ice cream shop, which was a redressed dance shop. Next door is home to the alley from where many shots were filmed, and the kids enjoy a cool treat during the parade.