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Port Place Renderings

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TRANSFORMING THE TOWN

A PROUD HISTORY X

LAUNCHING THE SEASON
Boating Made Better

The Dalhousie Yacht Club’s white low-rise building sits in un-imposing fashion on the pier wall on the east side of the harbour. It has been a Port Dalhousie icon for half a century. On the dining room wall next to a fireplace is hung a framed photograph from a page of the diary of Frank A. Cornelius, the club’s first Commodore. The December 11, 1936 entry is one of note. It records the abdication of the throne of England by King Edward VIII. Below it, a second entry on that same day reads “Arthur and I and about eight others held a meeting at the YMCA for the purpose of discussing the possibilities of forming a yacht club in Port Dalhousie.

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SUBLIME TIMES AT THE OMB

The ongoing and extensive OMB hearings on Port Place are a relatively dry affair even for the appellants themselves—one of whom was seen to be nodding off during a cross-examination. This detailed study of the minutia of planning and heritage policies even has the OMB Chair occasionally taking off her glasses to remove the glaze from her eyes. Mind you, this action often foreshadows a reprimand delivered to appellant counsel Jeff Loucks, which is always entertaining.

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THE WELLAND CANALS ADVOCATE

Promoting the Old Welland Canals Corridor as a National Historic site