and Artifacts Auction Port Hope and District Historical Society Dorothy's House Museum Port Hope Archives Friends of Wesleyville Village Beaches:West Beach (parking at the end of Marsh Street)East Beach (parking at the bottom of King Street at Madison Street) Port Hope Waterfront Trail Port Hope Golf and Country Club Infrastructure Transportation Highway 401 runs through the north end of Port Hope, with exits at County Road 2/Toronto Road (461) and Highway 28/Ontario Street (464). Port Hope Transit provides local bus service, and VIA Rail provides passenger service from the Port Hope railway station along the Toronto-Montreal corridor. The station was built in 1856 for the Grand Trunk Railway and later CN Rail. It was restored in 1985. Pleasure boats dock at the foot of John Street at Hayward Street and share the facilities with Cameco, which has berths for freighters servicing their manufacturing facilities at the mouth of the Ganaraska River. Education Public education in Port Hope is under the management of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, and Catholic education is by the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board. Elementary schools St. Anthony's Elementary School, Catholic JK–8 Ganaraska Trail Public School, Public JK–6 North Hope Central School, Public JK–6 Beatrice Strong Public School, Public JK–6 High schools Port Hope High School c. 1871, Public Gr 9-12 - opened in 1853 as Port Hope Grammar School Dr M. S. Hawkins Senior Public School, Public Gr 7–8 (same building as Port Hope High School) Port Hope High School Student to Work Transition Program (SWOT Campus), Public Grade 9–12 Trinity College School, Private Gr 5–12 Discovery Academy, International campus (not active) Notable people David Blackwood, artist. Lew Cirne, pioneer of Application Performance Management, founder of Wily Technology and New Relic. William Henry Draper, lawyer, judge, and politician. Sue Gardner, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation. J.J. Hagerman, Colorado railroad and mining magnate who went on to become one of founders of New Mexico. William Leonard Hunt ("The Great Farini"), entertainer. Archibald Cameron Macdonell, commander of the 1st Canadian Division during the First World War. Charles Vincent Massey, first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada. Claire Mowat, writer. Farley Mowat, conservationist and writer. Dennis O'Brien, NHL hockey player. Shane O'Brien, NHL hockey player. Cal Quantrill, Major League Baseball player. Paul Quantrill, Major League Baseball player. Jim Roberts, NHL hockey player. Wade Rowland, writer and journalist. Joseph M. Scriven, author of