Port Perry
Port Perry is a place in the Durham Region, in the Canadian province of Ontario. The village is located southeast of Uxbridge and southwest of Peterborough. Port Perry is located about an hour away north-east of Toronto. In 2010, the population was 9500.
History
The first settlers were, inter alia, Reuben Crandell and came predominantly from the UK. An English Loyalist which built a house with his wife on the ground in May 1821. The listed building can be visited. It is located on King Street between Prince Albert and Manchester. In November 1821 Lucy Ann Crandell gave birth to her first child, from European descent on Canadian soil. In 1831 Reuben Crandell and his family moved to another house which under the name Crandell 's Corners (also Borelia later) is known.
A group of business people planning to join the community on a rail network in 1867, so Port Whitby and Port Perry can be reached by train. The first train reached Port Perry in 1872. Were brought goods from northern Ontario on the Trent -Severn sea route to Port Perry and loaded onto freight trains and weitertranportiert.
Culture and recreation
Port Perry is a tourist city because of its beautiful old town very popular. There are plenty of clothing stores, cafes, restaurants, galleries and antique shops. Every summer there are many different festivities in Port Perry, which attract many tourists and residents from the surrounding communities. The festivities are called: Mississauga First Nation Pow Wow, the Highland Games, the Dragon Boat Races and the Street Festival. This place annually on Labor Day weekend for over 150 years instead.
Port Perry has also concluded several golf courses, public and private. Furthermore, the Great Blue Heron Charity Casino is located in the city. In the summer river trips with Scugog Iceland Cruises can be taken, which anfährt different attraction goals. In summer, the Toruisten can pick their own fruit such as Strawberries, apples, etc. In the winter, like to find anglers on the lake for ice fishing and snowmobiling.
Film productions
Port Perry has evolved over the years become a popular location for film producers. The church served as a filming location for the movie Amy and the wild geese. Furthermore, it also served as a double for Maine in the U.S. film Welcome to Mooseport from 2004 Furthermore, all six seasons of the American series The West Wing -. Rotated in the center of power there. In 2009, the movie Killshot and 2010, a commercial for Burger King was filmed there.
Famous people
- Daniel David Palmer, the inventor of chiropractic, spent his childhood in Port Perry.
- John Ross Roach, hockey player
- Craig Russell, an actor. He was born here in 1948 and spent his entire life in Port Perry until he died in 1990. He is buried at the local cemetery under his name Russell Craig Edie.
- Emily VanCamp, actress