Fresh Lake Erie fried perch
Photo by Christine Picheca
Suddenly Port Dover is on the tip of everyone’s tongue and with good reason. It’s not just Port Dover but the whole stretch of sandy beaches along Lake Erie’s north shore that has reinvented itself while maintaining the nostalgic cache of its historied past.
Heading as far west as Long Point, Long Point Bay’s shallow marshy waters are a perfect environment for the Bass fisherman who flock here every July for opening day. Cottage rentals are economical and campsites and trailer parks are numerous and well maintained. Adventure outfitters supply vacationers and sport enthusiasts with hunting, fishing, and outdoor excursions of every kind. At Play Adventures offers accommodations, house keeping cottages and custom guided excursions from fishing and sight keeping charters to horseback riding to team building experiences. Chef Kendal at the Causeway Restaurant is cooking up gourmet farm fresh breakfasts. Raised on a farm in a local community, she has an in with the surrounding farmers where she fills her daily shopping list. The Causeway will also cook up your very own catch of the day after a satisfying fishing excursion. Long Point was once part of a dry township, and residents have never had the plebiscite to rectify the anti-liquor laws. However, the LCBO is located close by in Port Rowan and you’re welcome to enjoy libations within the walls of your cottage.
Driving east from Long Point, the tobacco kilns that dot the landscape speak to the areas history as a major tobacco growing area, until that industry collapsed. Recent years have seen farmers reinventing themselves in all manners, and the results are paying off in imaginative – and often delicious – ways.
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