When The Waddell was built in 1845 it was one of the first of the large brick buildings built on the main street of Port Hope. Port Hope’s prosperous era, which was to last for about thirty years, was just the beginning.

The site of The Waddell building was originally an island, since the Ganaraska River at one time divided and also flowed through a swampy area which is now Mill Street. The land was part of the original loyalist land grants received by one of the town’ founders, Elias Smith, for services to the British during the American Revelation, and compensation for the loss of his holdings in New York City. Sheriff Robert Waddell purchased the land from Elias Smith in 1844.

Information about this Inn can be found here: http://www.thewaddell.ca/node/1