Port Maitland – Who knew?

Port Maitland straddling the mouth of the Grand River, where it empties into Lake Erie, was established Wednesday, May 8, 1895, and named after Sir Peregrine Maitland, a Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. With a population of 70 in 1895 and a community today of 97, Port Maitland has roots reaching back to the 1600s. An excerpt from “An Old…