Posted on May 30, 2016
Before colonization, the area was deliberated by the surrounding indigenous communities to be a "neutral" zone. Around 1827 Guelph was...
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Posted on May 30, 2016
In 1837 by Act of Parliament the new District of Wellington was organized and a court house and jail in...
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Posted on May 26, 2016
Wilmot Township was indicated a Crown Reserve following the Canada Act of 1791 which created Upper and Lower Canada. After...
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Posted on May 26, 2016
The history of North Dumfries is closely bound to that of the old City of Galt, now part of the...
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Posted on May 26, 2016
Cambridge began as a composite city in 1973, when the City of Galt, Towns of Preston and Hespeler, and the...
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Posted on May 26, 2016
Kitchener's history dates back to 1784, when the land was disposed to the Six Nations by the British as a...
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Posted on May 26, 2016
Waterloo initiated on land that was part of a parcel of 675,000 acres (2,730 km2) assigned in 1784 to the...
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Posted on May 26, 2016
The first settlers took place in Woolwich Township in the late 1700's. In 1798, William Wallace was signed over 86,078...
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Posted on May 26, 2016
By 1805, many Mennonites from Pennsylvania had settled in Berlin. In 1837, John Philip Schweitzer from Germany had what is...
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Posted on May 26, 2016
The area had earlier been part of Wentworth and Oxford County. Brant County was formed in 1851 and originally consisted...
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Posted on May 26, 2016
Perth County was mainly settled through the agency of the Canada Company which opened a road from the site of...
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Posted on May 26, 2016
The time between the 16th and 17th centuries, the area was inhabited by the Iroquoian speaking Attawandaron nation. Later the...
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Posted on May 12, 2016
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The Gibson Centre is an 1889 historically significant landmark transformed from farm implement factory into the stunning building you see...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2016
Built through dense unbroken forest, Innisfil was home to the Hurons until the 1820s. The area was a vast 69,...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2016
Incorporated in 1991, the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury is comprised of the former towns of Bradford, West Gwillimbury and...
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