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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.
An 1816 map of the local topography and the location of the battle. The Waterloo position chosen by Wellington was a strong one. It consisted of a long ridge running east–west, perpendicular to, and bisected by, the main road to Brussels. Along the crest of the ridge ran the Ohain road, a deep sunken lane.
Waterloo County Jail and Governor's House, Kitchener, built 1852 Map of Waterloo County, 1883. Previously part of the United County of Waterloo, Wellington and Grey, Waterloo became a separate entity in 1853, with five townships. Galt and Berlin contended to be the county seat; one requirement was the construction of a courthouse and jail.
The Duke of Wellington Describing the Field of Waterloo to George IV is an 1840 history painting by the British artist Benjamin Robert Haydon. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It depicts a scene in 1821 when George IV was escorted around the site of the Battle of Waterloo , six years after it was fought, by the victorious Allied commander the Duke of Wellington .
In 1849, Wellington District was abolished, and Waterloo County remained for municipal and judicial purposes. [6] The territory of the Bruce Peninsula became part of Waterloo in 1849, [7] but was later withdrawn and transferred to Bruce County in 1851. [8]
Wellington is an unincorporated place and community in Prince Edward County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 1,932 according to the 2016 Census. [ 3 ] The community is located on the shore of both Lake Ontario and West Lake in the southwest of the county.
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo has 673,910 people as of year-end 2023, [5] making it the 10th-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada and the fourth-largest CMA in Ontario. Kitchener and Waterloo are considered "twin cities", which are often referred to jointly as "Kitchener–Waterloo" (K–W), although they have separate ...
Mount Wellington is a mountain located at the Queens Reach arm of the Jervis Inlet within the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia Canada.The mountain was named during the 1860 survey by HMS Plumper who charted all of the area and named the mountain after Duke of Wellington who defeated Napoleon at the famous battle of Waterloo.