The Canadian Coast Guard stationed the Cape-class motor lifeboat CCGS Cape Lambton in the community in 2005. Certain segments of the 2009 American horror film Survival of the Dead were filmed in Port Dover. The film was directed by George A. Romero and starred Alan van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, and Kathleen Munroe. 40 wind turbines were supposed to be built in the area starting in 2013. However, Norfolk County council has effectively banned the placement of new wind turbines due to concerns about rural spaces being completely "industrialized" and "unnatural". Until 2013, Port Dover had a high school which served students aged 14 through 21 in the immediate area. Approximately 1800 young people had fled the Port Dover Area between 2001 and 2011. Academic programs in Valley Heights Secondary School and Delhi District Secondary School were beefed up and prepared to accept former PDCS students after the closure date. An elementary school called Lakewood Public School opened in the old PDCS building in 2013. Notable people Toby Barrett, as of 2020, is the current member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the district of Haldimand—Norfolk, where Port Dover is located. He became an MPP in 1995, and is part of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Eddie Sargent was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963-1987, and part of the Liberal Party of Ontario. Rory Dodd is a rock vocalist. Henry Laird is a journalist, wholesaler, and politician who served Regina, Saskatchewan in the Senate of Canada. Megan Timpf is a softball player who has competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where Canada's female softball team finished in fourth place. Jassen Cullimore is a hockey player. John Axford is a Major League Baseball pitcher. Charles Berkeley Powell is a businessman and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Joey Muha is a drummer and musician. Fred Eaglesmith is a musician. Kevin Farr nationally ranked Masters Track & Field athlete Motorcycle rally Port Dover hosts tens of thousands of people every Friday the 13th for the Friday the 13th motorcycle rally, which was started on 13 November 1981 by a local bike shop owner named Chris Simons at what was then the Commercial Hotel on Main Street. Locations Port Dover contains the Arbor hot dog restaurant and the Knetchels neighborhood market and fish restaurant. The Erie Beach Hotel with