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Preston is a community in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario.Prior to 1973 it was an independent town, incorporated in 1915, but amalgamation with the town of Hespeler, Ontario, the city of Galt, Ontario and the village of Blair formed the new municipality of Cambridge.
The Preston Car Company was a Canadian manufacturer of streetcars and other railway equipment, founded in 1908. It was formed by local investors including Frederick and George Adam Clare . [ 1 ] The company was located in the town of Preston, Ontario (now part of the city of Cambridge ).
Preston grew and continued to be a successful industrial area; expansion followed in the 1950s and 1960s. [12] While most of the population of what became Waterloo County, Ontario was Protestant in 1911, Preston had a larger share of Roman Catholics, 844, while 862 were Lutherans, 707 Methodists, 704 Anglicans, and 525 Presbyterians. [22]
Preston High School, located on the bank of the Grand River in Cambridge, Ontario, first opened in 1934.Feeder schools are William G. Davis Senior Public School, Clemens Mill Public School and Silverheights Public School in Cambridge and Doon Public School in Kitchener.
The Preston and Berlin Street Railway (or Preston and Berlin Electric Street Railway) was an interurban electric street railway which served the 12.68 kilometres (7.88 mi) between what was then the towns of Preston (now part of Cambridge) and Berlin (renamed Kitchener) in Midwestern Ontario, Canada.
George Adam Clare, PC (June 6, 1854 – January 9, 1915) was a businessman, manufacturer and politician based in Preston, Ontario, Canada (now part of Cambridge, Ontario). He was born in Preston to John Clare and Margaret Beck.
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Preston Lake is a community located in the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville in the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada. The community is centred on Preston Lake , a natural glacier kettle lake , immediately north-east of the intersection of Bloomington Road and Woodbine Avenue , east of Highway 404 , near Aurora .