Collingwood Harbour

Collingwood, ON · Transport Canada · Transport Canada · Nottawasaga Bay, Georgian Bay (Lake Huron)

Collingwood Harbour is a Transport Canada public port on the south shore of Nottawasaga Bay, the southern arm of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. Historically a deep-water grain-transshipment and shipbuilding port (the "Chicago of the North"), it was anchored by the Collingwood Terminals grain elevator (built 1929, ~2-million-bushel capacity), which moved grain from rail/truck to lake freighters until grain service ceased in 1993; the town purchased the terminal site in 1997. The harbour is now operated by the Town of Collingwood Parks & Recreation as the recreational Collingwood Harbourlands Park, with municipal dock slips, public boat-launch ramps and seasonal mooring serving transient boaters, a yacht club, and rowing/paddling clubs. The landmark concrete terminal building still stands at the harbour entrance and is the subject of the "Terminals Point" public-private redevelopment (Streetcar Developments / Dream Unlimited) into a hotel and mixed-use waterfront, with no remaining commercial cargo operation.