Port Dover Harbour Museum

Southwestern Ontario


This fishing shack-turned-museum focuses on the Lake Erie fishing industry and the exploits of local sea dog Captain Alexander McNeilledge (‘Wear no specks, use no tobacco, take a wee dram as necessary’). Outdoors, plaques tell the story of rum-running from Port Dover to the US during Prohibition.


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