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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 first Preston and Berlin Railway was a steam-operated railway, opened for operation in 1857. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener, Ontario ), and Preston, Ontario (now part of Cambridge, Ontario ), were only 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) apart, but the route required a bridge over the Grand River .
Railways appeared in Waterloo County, Ontario in the mid- to late-19th century.These railways were steam-powered, and primarily followed an east–west orientation, each connecting Toronto with the London and St. Thomas area via different means: the Great Western Railway's southerly mainline through Harrisburg and Paris, which opened in 1853; the Grand Trunk Railway's original northerly ...
This is a list of National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux) in the province of Ontario. As of July 2021, there were 274 sites designated in Ontario, [1] 39 of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below and on the cluster pages listed below by the beaver icon ). Of all provinces and territories, Ontario has the ...
Deb Miller, Preston County History Day volunteer, said there are eight historical sites with free tours available to visit this year. Old Hemlock, near Brandonville, will be open Sept. 15 only ...
The Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Historical Society, held June 2, 1914 in Ottawa, Canada. The Ontario Historical Society, originally called the Pioneer and Historical Association of Ontario, [2] was established on September 4, 1888 largely through the efforts of Reverend Henry Scadding. It initially operated as a federation of local ...
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