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PORT HOPE

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 117 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PORT See also:HOPE , a See also:town and port of entry of See also:Durham See also:county, See also:Ontario, See also:Canada, on the See also:north See also:shore of See also:Lake Ontario, 63 in. N.E. of See also:Toronto by the See also:Grand See also:Trunk railway, and connected with See also:Charlotte, the port for See also:Rochester, New See also:York, by a daily steamboat service. The See also:population, 5585 in 1881, shrunk in 1901 to 4188, but is increasing owing to the popularity of the town as a summer resort. It is picturesquely situated on the See also:side and at the See also:foot of hills overlooking the lake; and See also:Smith's See also:Creek, by which it is traversed, supplies abundant See also:water-See also:power. See also:Trade is carried on in See also:lumber, See also:grain and See also:flour. Trinity See also:College School, a residential school under See also:Anglican See also:control, has a See also:long and creditable See also:history.

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