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Mackie's restaurant was established in 1911 in a tent on the beach and continues to serve food to visitors on Main Beach, including its famous orangeade and secret sauce. The restaurant was founded by George and Ethel Mackie when they moved to Port Stanley from the United States, and continues to be a family-run business. Over the 110 years that Mackie's has been in business, it has seen a number of changes on main beach, as Port Stanley grew into a tourist town around the turn of the century, and the ups and downs of its tourist industry in the years since.

Mackie's, from Port Stanley Memories and Musings book.

Motor vehicle, Font, Publication, Landscape

Article and photos about the hundredth anniversary of Mackie's, 2011.

Property, Product, Publication, Real estate

Mackie's as it looks today (2021)

Sky, Shade, Landscape, Facade

Mackie's visible in the background, ca. 1973.

Photograph, Hat, Fedora, Tree

Port Stanley Memories and Musings by Frank and Nancy Prothero

https://www.portstanley.net/history/

Lake Erie Community Newspaper: http://www.elgincounty.ca/ElginCounty/CulturalServices/Archives/tweedsmuir/Wallacetown%20Vol%209/page%20388%20-%20400.pdf

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Port Stanley Memories and Musings by Frank and Nancy Prothero

Elgin County Archives

Mackie's Facebook Page

Elgin County Archives