Historical Markers in Port Dover, Ontario

By Cosmos Mariner, May 25, 2022

Campbell's Raid 1814 Marker

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1 ► Ontario, Norfolk County, Port Dover — Campbell's Raid 1814 —

On May 14, 1814, about 800 American regulars and militia under Lieutenant Colonel John Campbell disembarked nearby at the mouth of the Lynn River. The following day, meeting no opposition, they burnt the settlements of Dover and Ryerse’s Mills and . . . — — Map (db m198920) HM

2 ► Ontario, Norfolk County, Port Dover — Port Dover —

First Settler • 1794 Incorporated Village • 1879 Incorporated Town • 1954 City of Nanticoke • 1974 — — Map (db m217674) HM

3 ► Ontario, Norfolk County, Port Dover — The Norfolk Tavern —

The original name of the hotel was the Royal Exchange. The back section of the hotel dates back to 1812 and the front was built between 1835 and 1840. During the Wm. Lyon Mackenzie Rebellion of 1837, the hotel served as the headquarters for . . . — — Map (db m217671) HM

4 ► Ontario, Norfolk County, Port Dover — War of 1812 —

Major General Isaac Brock with 40 men of His Majesty’s 41st Regiment and 260 of the York, Lincoln, Oxford and Norfolk militia, set out from Port Dover on the 8th August, 1812, to relieve the invaded western frontier. His brilliant capture of . . . — — Map (db m199073) HM