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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10 WALK THROUGH WESLEYVILLE<br />
The ghost town on winding Lakeshore Road<br />
was once a bustling village with a sawmill,<br />
farms, a brewery, and three taverns (one<br />
also housed the post office). You’ll see the<br />
old school house, and thanks to dedicated<br />
volunteers, the church has been restored<br />
and you can walk through the graveyard.<br />
wesleyvillevillage.com<br />
11 TASTE THE PORT HOPE<br />
COOKIE<br />
Roger Bernard created the town’s signature<br />
Crazy Cookie that he sells at his Dreamers<br />
Café. The cookie is an over-the-top<br />
combination of caramel, chocolate<br />
and pecans. dreamerscafe.ca<br />
FOR THE<br />
WELLNESS SEEKER<br />
12 WALK THE LABYRINTH<br />
IN THE LAVENDER<br />
Meditate and breathe in the serenityinducing<br />
lavender while you walk the<br />
labyrinth at Laveanne Lavender Fields.<br />
Take home the lavender body cream.<br />
laveanne.ca<br />
13 FEED THE BIRDS ALONG<br />
THE BOARDWALK<br />
The chickadees and nuthatches will<br />
land on your open palms if you bring<br />
them birdseed. Commune with nature on<br />
the shoreline boardwalk at the east side<br />
of town.<br />
14 GET A FRESH PERSPECTIVE<br />
AT RICHARDSON’S LOOKOUT<br />
Bike or drive north into the hills to see the<br />
incredible view from this favourite lookout<br />
at Richardson’s Conversation Area just west<br />
of Garden Hill. Transformative! grca.on.ca/<br />
conservation-areas-richardsons/<br />
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