:''There is also a Port Maitland in the province of

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; see Port Maitland, Nova Scotia.'' Grand River, Ontario Grand River at Port Maitland

Port Maitland is a community of approximately 100 people in

Haldimand County Haldimand County is a rural city-status single-tier municipality on the Niagara Peninsula in Southern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Erie, and on the Grand River. Despite its name, it is no longer a county by definition, as all mu ...

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, Canada. It is on the North shore of

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at the mouth of the Grand River. At one time a canal connected the

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to the Grand River. It was once a thriving commercial fishing village. It is the home of the former Maitland Arms Hotel, a thriving rock n' roll venue from the late 1960s to mid 1970s.

Economy

Port Maitland is home to International Marine Salvage. IMS was responsible for the scrapping of two

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s HMCS Okanagan and HMS Olympus (S12) for the

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Photos of the mouth of the Grand River
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