Port Robinson, Ontario

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49-61 Bridge Street West, Thorold, ON L0S, Canada

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N43° 2' 20" W79° 12' 59"   (43.038888888889, -79.216388888889) Start navigation »

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Port Robinson is a small community in the southernmost part of Thorold, Ontario, Canada. The community is divided in half by the Welland Canal, as there is no bridge in the immediate vicinity to connect the two halves of the community. In the summer, a passenger ferry runs across the canal. In the winter, residents have to use the bridge on Highway 20, which results in a 13.3 km (8.3 mi) trip to get to the other side (map).
Like all the ports on the first Welland Canal, Port Robinson was named after a member of the Family Compact that once ruled Upper Canada, as Ontario was then named. Sir John Beverly Robinson was Attorney General of Upper Canada at the time the first Canal was built, and the port was originally named Port Beverly.

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