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    • Home
    • About Us
    • Lighthouse & Museum
      • Historic 1840 Lighthouse
      • Lighthouse Fundraising
      • The Mariner
      • George Barnes Wheelhouse
      • Marine Museum
      • The Steinbrenner Lifeboat
    • The Fallen
      • Lest We Forget
      • In Flanders Fields
      • Book of Remembrance
      • WWI Casualties (A-M)
      • WWI Causalties (N-Z)
      • Women In Service - WWI
      • Research Links
    • Canada Day Festivities
    • Annual Kayak Fun Run
    • Notable Port Burwellians
      • Colonel Mahlon Burwell
      • Fred Bodsworth
      • Mary Ella Dignam
      • Earl Hutchinson
      • Under Development
    • Get Involved
    • Contact Us
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Lighthouse & Museum
    • Historic 1840 Lighthouse
    • Lighthouse Fundraising
    • The Mariner
    • George Barnes Wheelhouse
    • Marine Museum
    • The Steinbrenner Lifeboat
  • The Fallen
    • Lest We Forget
    • In Flanders Fields
    • Book of Remembrance
    • WWI Casualties (A-M)
    • WWI Causalties (N-Z)
    • Women In Service - WWI
    • Research Links
  • Canada Day Festivities
  • Annual Kayak Fun Run
  • Notable Port Burwellians
    • Colonel Mahlon Burwell
    • Fred Bodsworth
    • Mary Ella Dignam
    • Earl Hutchinson
    • Under Development
  • Get Involved
  • Contact Us
Port Burwell Historical Society

Under Development

We are currently developing the following additions to our Notables page.

We are currently developing profiles for:

  1. Ralph Hurley
  2. The PBHS Founding Members
  3. Brian L'Heureux

Ralph Hurley

Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published November 25, 1980 with caption: "The Last Time - Ralph Hurley, right, the creator of the 80-foot boat The Last Time stands with boat building assistant Brian Shelly as the pair await the launching of the vessel on Saturday at 2 p.m. Mr. Hurley has been building boats in Port Burwell since 1950 and is determined that this will be his last."  Photo from the Elgin County Archives.

PBHS Founding Members

Logo of Port Burwell Historical Society featuring a ship wheel and bird.

How did the Marine Museum come to be? Who was responsible for the early stewardship of the Lighthouse? 


Meet the small group of friends, working hand in hand with the Town of Port Burwell, to preserve the history of Port Burwell and our connection to Lake Erie and the Great Lakes. 

Brian L'Heureux

Brian L'Heureux specializes in handcrafted, architecturally-inspired birdhouses and feeders, often modeled after historic local Port Burwell homes and landmarks. 


Port Burdwell Custom Bird Homes & Feeders, a local business based in Port Burwell, Ontario.


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