Festival · Port Colborne
Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival
Civic long weekend (early August) each year
Civic long weekend (early August) each year West Street & the canal, Port Colborne
Port Colborne's flagship festival celebrates the town's Welland Canal heritage with tall ships, a kite festival on Nickel Beach, concerts, a midway and one of the region's best fireworks shows over the water.
Watching a laker glide through Lock 8 while a festival happens around it is a only-in-Port-Colborne experience.
Realtor's Local Tip
Sunday is the sweet spot — full programming, thinner crowds than Saturday. West Street's canal-front patios are the best seats in the house, and the surrounding heritage homes are perennially underpriced for waterfront-adjacent living.