Port Hope Visitor Guide 2019
This is a place where you can slow down. If the weekend was a place, if the weekend was a philosophy, a conversation, a memory – this is where it would be. Port Hope is a place where you can shake hands with a farmer, snuggle a goat, take a dip in a cool lake, eat a meal fresh-picked from a local field, and breathe it all in. There’s room here. There’s quiet. There’s slow. And there are more ways to enjoy your day than weekends in a year. Come enjoy craft food, drinks and sunsets by the water. Explore quaint streets and scenic country roads. It’s the weekend.
This is a place where you can slow down. If the weekend was a place, if the weekend was a philosophy, a conversation, a memory – this is where it would be.
Port Hope is a place where you can shake hands with a farmer, snuggle a goat, take a dip in a cool lake, eat a meal fresh-picked from a local field, and breathe it all in. There’s room here. There’s quiet. There’s slow. And there are more ways to enjoy your day than weekends in a year. Come enjoy craft food, drinks and sunsets by the water. Explore quaint streets and scenic country roads. It’s the weekend.
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4 RACE ON THE MIGHTY<br />
GANARASKA RIVER<br />
Kayak, canoe or build your crazy craft<br />
to paddle the river in the 10-kilometre<br />
race that commemorates the 1980<br />
flood. Float Your Fanny Down the Ganny!<br />
floatyourfanny.ca<br />
5 SPIKE YOUR ENDORPHINS<br />
BY SNOWSHOE<br />
Kick old man winter with your snowshoes<br />
!<br />
for a heart-pumping workout through<br />
the Ganaraska Forest. Rentals available.<br />
ganaraskaforestcentre.ca<br />
FOR THE<br />
CULTURE CRAVER<br />
6 TAKE A SELFIE TOUR<br />
OF IT FILM SPOTS<br />
Head to the bandshell in Memorial Park<br />
and other spots for a self-guided tour of<br />
locations featured in the adaptation of<br />
Stephen King’s horror classic IT. Brochure at<br />
the Tourism Office, 20 Queen St.<br />
7 SHMURGLE AT<br />
HAUTE GOAT FARM<br />
Photo by Grace Yeung [www.gracelisamay.com]<br />
Hike and play with the Nigerian Dwarf<br />
goats and alpacas at Debbie and Shain’s<br />
200-acre farm. Yes, the experience is<br />
officially called a shmurgle! Haute Goat<br />
also offers goat yoga classes and goat milk<br />
caramel popcorn. hautegoat.com<br />
8 SEE A FARLEY MOWAT<br />
FIRST EDITION<br />
The iconic author and environmentalist is<br />
celebrated at the <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Hope</strong> Public Library,<br />
where Farley’s Lookout displays a bronze<br />
bust, first editions and photographs.<br />
Note to book-lovers: the Library has<br />
a new branch, the Hub, in Canton.<br />
porthopepubliclibrary.ca<br />
9 TRAVEL THE BARN QUILT TRAIL<br />
See the barn tiles painted by local<br />
artists that honour the farmers and the<br />
community’s agricultural roots. The<br />
ROM did a coach tour of the trail in<br />
2018, so watch for ROM tours in <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
barnquilttrailph.com<br />
2 <strong>2019</strong> PORT HOPE VISITOR GUIDE<br />
<strong>2019</strong> PORT HOPE VISITOR GUIDE 41<br />
Photo by Karen Mak [www.stenoodie.com]
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