Oakville Harbour

Marina in Canada

In 1827 Oakville was founded by Colonel William Chisholm, after he purchased 1,000 acres of Crown land at the mouth of Sixteen Mile Creek. Chisholm's great dream of building a privately owned harbour for Upper Canada was quickly realized in 1834, when Oakville was declared a Port of Entry into Canada. Main exports included pine timbers and oak staves. As business prospered, so did other industri