ImPort Stanley is weekly series about life and discoveries as a recent “import” to Port Stanley, ON.
Full disclosure: I’ve never stayed in a Port Stanley hotel. However, several friends have. Some return year after year to stay in the same spot. That tells you a lot. We’re fortunate to have room for our guests to stay. But any more than 2 will have to read this page and pick out their best option!
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ImPort Stanley is weekly series about life and discoveries as a recent “import” to Port Stanley, ON.
For many, a visit to this town is mainly because of the beach.
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ImPort Stanley is weekly series about life and discoveries as a recent “import” to Port Stanley, ON.
If you’ve visited Little Beach, you might wonder why a large tract of land a parking lot away is just sort of sitting there. They’ve put in place some picnic areas made of boulders. Currently, the 23-acre patch is partly a photographer tripod platform, dog exercise area, and goose toilet. There are well-worn footpaths around the perimeter. On the water’s edge, it seems ripe for development. But its history offers clues into why that hasn’t happened yet and perhaps shouldn’t happen at all.
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ImPort Stanley is weekly series about life and discoveries as a recent “import” to Port Stanley, ON.
Watching the lift bridge in Port Stanley is oddly compelling. A patio with concrete picnic tables sits at the water’s edge, and there’s nowhere I’d rather be on a warm summer night than on one of those benches, enjoying an ice cream cone, watching the boats float past. We try to guess how much they cost. Or where they’re from. Or just enjoy the view of happy-looking people doing what they love. When the bells sound and the bridge breaks in half, rising to 80-plus degrees, you can’t look away. It’s never boring. It opens every half hour during peak season.
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A weekly series about life and discoveries as a recent “import” to Port Stanley, ON.
My most frequent – and really only – complaint about living in Port Stanley is this darn hill!
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It will not come as a surprise to you that Ms. Clever Pants, Erin Davis, came up with the title. She proposed it for the name of a side hustle I was contemplating. But Port Stanley, like many small towns, is all about local-local-local. Importing stuff, or implying it’s imported, doesn’t excite them. However, we are imports.
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We’ve lived in Port Stanley for 3 months. Three of the happiest months in a good, long while. We love it. This isn’t a complaint but an observation after doing our best to shop locally and talking to neighbours. Our town could use a few more businesses. I think they’d be hugely successful.
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Life is a whirlwind, my friends. Down goes the food bowl, I clean it out and a new one magically appears. Same routine, different postal code. I’m one lucky feline.
…Greetings from Port Stanley, my little diggers! I’m officially a beach cat now. Also, I’m a bit overwhelmed after all of the excitement. Oh, I have tales (and tails) to tell.
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When you’ve moved as often as we have in recent years, you learn to temper your expectations. Live in the moment. Perfection is unattainable. Something is bound to go wrong. Roll with it or lose your stomach lining!
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Greetings my little kibble crunchers! It feels like Deja vu all over again. Same stuff. Different boxes.
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I understand that not everybody wants a lawn of grass. So there are options. You can plant hostas and spread mulch. You can put interlocking stone down. Or you can take the route these folks in Port Stanley took. …
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Imagine opening your home, your sanctuary, to strangers, allowing them to stay a night or two and what’s more, you serve them breakfast in the morning. That’s the chosen lifestyle for thousands of people who run a Bed and Breakfast. It’s not for everyone but it’s a choice that many make with no regrets. …
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