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“Port Dover Museum is well worth the stop…” Christine Picheca - Canadian Living

THE LION ON THE LAKE

At the beginning of the War of 1812 The Provincial Marine served the British government on the Great Lakes. Their ships were mostly engaged in moving men and suppies over the water. As The war progressed and real fighting loomed, the Royal Navy moved in to take over the job. This exhibit will explore the roles of both the Navy and The Provincial Marine and the men who served in them. It will include models, artifacts, uniforms, equipment, AV displays and hands-on activities. OPENS APRIL 13.

PERMANENT EXHIBITS Part of the Harbour Museum is an actual fisherman’s net shanty – chock full of artifacts and displays of Port Dover’s commercial fishing heritage. Elsewhere in our galleries you’ll find exhibits on – “Schooner Days” on the Great Lakes – Prohibition-era Rum Running – Local Ship and boat building – Lake Erie Shipwrecks and Rescues and Treasures of the Steamer Atlantic, a “palace” steamer that sank off Long Point in 1852. You can also take a close look at the wheelhouse of the William P. Snyder Jr. a lake freighter launched in 1912 (the same year as the Titanic!) and step outside to see the 1932 Port Dover fishtug Almidart – currently undergoing restoration.