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Port Colborne

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | 2008 | Copyright

Port Colborne , town (1991 pop. 18,766), S Ont., Canada, on Lake Erie, at the south end of the Welland Ship Canal. It is an important transshipment center between Montreal and points to the west. It has a nickel refinery, grain elevators, and a cement plant.

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