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Galt is a community in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario on the Grand River.Prior to 1973, it was an independent city, incorporated in 1915, but amalgamation with the village of Hespeler, the town of Preston and the village of Blair formed the new municipality of Cambridge.
Location Duke Street Hydro‐Electric Sub Station (296 Duke Street) c.1920 [11] Kitchener Grand River Hospital Nurses' Residence: 1921 [11] Kitchener Galt Public Utilities Commission Building: 1922 [35] F. C. Bodley [35] Galt (Cambridge) Strange Street Pumping Station: 1922–23 [11] Kitchener Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower: 1923: Kitchener
Cambridge is a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, located at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers. The city had a population of 138,479 as of the 2021 census. [1] Along with Kitchener and Waterloo, Cambridge is one of the three core cities of Canada's tenth-largest metropolitan area.
There had been some contentious debate between Galt and Berlin (later, Kitchener) as to where the county seat would be located. At the time, Berlin was a hamlet with a population of only 700, as opposed to Galt's population of 2,200. [53] one of the requirements for founding was the construction of a courthouse and jail.
Galt Arena Gardens was built throughout 1921 and opened in January 1922. It was located in the city of Galt, which is now a part of the city of Cambridge , Ontario . It is the home of the junior hockey team, Cambridge Redhawks as well as the Special Hockey International team, Cambridge Ice Hounds.
Nov. 10—GALT — A Southern California business that has become the leading provider of generator sales, parts and rentals will be taking up shop in Galt. The City of Galt broke ground on a new ...
Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Galt Subdivision is CPKC's 114.6 mile long section of its Montréal-Detroit freight corridor. It is located in Southern Ontario, Canada. Getting its name from the historic City of Galt (now the City of Cambridge) that it passes through, the track runs from the bustling hub of Toronto, Ontario, to London, Ontario.
Galt was founded on the east bank of the Grand River by Absalom Shade on behalf of William Dickson of Niagara. Dickson had bought 94,305 acres (381.64 km 2 ) of land in 1816 for 24,000 pounds, and named it after his hometown of Dumfries in Scotland .