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Port Colborne

American  
[kohl-bern] / ˈkoʊl bərn /

noun

  1. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.


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“I always talk of Canada as the kinder, gentler nation and sometimes the wiser nation,” said Ms. Roberts, who with her husband has owned a cottage in Port Colborne in Ontario for decades.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021

Vale could see that its Canadian workers, in Sudbury, Port Colborne, and Voisey’s Bay, were not alone.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2019

Then I caught a cab to an older world in Port Colborne at the opposite end of the Welland Canal.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2016

They arrived at Port Colborne at 9 a.m. and Dr. Tempest immediately conferred with Dr. Thorburn, Surgeon of the Queen's Own, who had retired to Port Colborne with his regiment.

From Troublous Times in Canada A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 by MacDonald, John A. (John Alexander)

At Port Colborne, through the kindness of Mr. Pring, the Collector of Customs, I was provided with the requisites for writing my despatches to the Major-General Commanding and to Colonel Peacocke.

From Troublous Times in Canada A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 by MacDonald, John A. (John Alexander)

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