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Elora has a very active lawn bowling club that offers programs for all ages. The Elora Rocks Lawn Bowling Club is a member of District 7 of the Ontario Lawn Bowling Association, and more information about the club may be found on the District website. Elora is also home to the Elora Mohawks lacrosse team, the Elora Rocks hockey team.
The Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge, located in Fergus, Ontario, is the oldest surviving state-supported poorhouse in Canada. Constructed in 1877, the site operated as a poorhouse and farm until 1947, and as an old age home until 1971.
Wellington County is part of the Hills of Headwaters Tourism Association and Central Counties of Ontario, two tourism related associations. In addition to the Museum, attractions in the County recommended by users of the Tripadvisor web site include Elora Rapids, Elora Gorge Conservation Area, the Fergus Grand Theatre and the Elora Cataract ...
The two competed alongside the Dalby brewery in Elora. [7] Doerbecker (and later his son, Mike) sought to expand to a regional market in Waterloo and Wellington counties, where they distributed with a fleet of wagons. However, by the 1890s, the brewing industry in Ontario was becoming heavily consolidated even as beer consumption increased.
The Elora mill, built in the 1830s, was a hotel until 2010. It was restored to luxury level and reopened as the Elora Mill Inn and Spa on July 6, 2018. [13] The township encourages the filming of movies and TV shows; quite a few productions have taken advantage of the historic look of Fergus and especially Elora for location work. [14]
Fergus is the largest community in Centre Wellington, a township within Wellington County in Ontario, Canada.It lies on the Grand River about 18 km NNW of Guelph.The population of this community at the time of the 2016 Census was 20,767, [1] but the community is growing as new homes are being built for sale.
This page lists all of the numbered county roads in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. In the late 1990s, when the provincial government downloaded many portions of Ontario highways to the municipalities, Wellington County became responsible for portions of former highways 9, 23, 24 and 25. These are now named 109, 123, 124 and 125 respectively.
The Elora Gorge is a popular tourist attraction located at the western edge of Elora, Ontario, Canada, which is 25 km north from the city of Guelph. Elora Gorge Conservation Area is one of many conservation areas owned by the Grand River Conservation Authority .