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Guelph Lake is a man-made reservoir on the Speed River, in the Township of Guelph/Eramosa. It is located upriver and slightly northeast of the city of Guelph , Ontario . The reservoir was created in 1974, with the construction of the Guelph Lake dam.
North of Guelph, Guelph Lake was formed as a result of the river being dammed. The dam is one of several features on the river used to prevent flooding in spring. Excess runoff is collected in the 1,700-acre (6.9 km 2) Guelph Lake Reservoir which is drained in the previous autumn, and in summer the water is released slowly to regulate the flow of the river.
[23] [24] Henry Arkell, a breeder of sheep was heavily involved with the Puslinch Agricultural Society and was a Director of the Guelph Central Exhibition and the Fat Stock Show. [24] The settlement of Aberfoyle was named by John McFarlane from Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland who arrived in 1841 and ran the first general store. A small mill had ...
Guelph Rowing Club (GRC) is a community rowing club located on Guelph Lake, a dammed reservoir on the Speed River, just north of the Guelph, Ontario, Canada.Rowing has been practised on Guelph Lake since the reservoir's construction in the mid 1970s.
Guelph (/ ˈ ɡ w ɛ l f / ⓘ GWELF; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) [3] is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.Known as The Royal City, it is roughly 22 km (14 mi) east of Kitchener and 70 km (43 mi) west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Wellington County Road 124.
The Hillside Festival is an annual three-day, five-stage (including one kids' stage) summer festival occurring in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, hosting musicians, spoken word artists, workshops and more. The Hillside Festival occurs in late July on Guelph Lake Island.
Wellington County is a county and census division located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Golden Horseshoe.The county consists of two towns and five townships, with its seat in the City of Guelph, which is geographically within the county but administered independently.
The 127-km line between Guelph and Goderich was abandoned by the CPR in 1988. The Province of Ontario purchased the land shortly thereafter with the intention of protecting an infrastructure corridor. The original plan was to build a water supply pipeline from Lake Huron to Guelph.