Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
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- Columbia gaz.(Galt, Canada: see Cambridge; Cambridge, city, S Ont., Can., on the Grand R., NW of Hamilton; 43°23ʹN 80°19ʹW; it was formed in 1973 with the amalgamation of Galt, Hespeler, and Preston, and parts of Waterloo and North Dumfries townships)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(region; 43°22ʹ00ʺN 080°18ʹ59ʺW)
- LAC, Feb. 25, 2010(Galt (Cambridge, Ont.); amalgamated with Towns of Preston and Hespeler and surrounding area on January 1, 1973, to form the City of Cambridge)
- New city map from the air, Galt, Ontario ... c1961
- LC database Mar. 24, 2000(Galt, Ont.)
- NLC Mar. 24, 2000(Galt (Ont.))
- Columbia gaz.(Galt, Canada: see Cambridge; Cambridge, city, S Ont., Can., on the Grand R., NW of Hamilton; 43p0s23ʹN 80p0s19ʹW; it was formed in 1973 with the amalgamation of Galt, Hespeler, and Preston, and parts of Waterloo and NorthDumfries townships)
Wikipedia description:
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. Being the largest constituent community in the city, it is commonly seen as the downtown core of Cambridge. There was considerable resistance among the local population to this "shotgun marriage" arranged by the provincial government and a healthy sense of rivalry had always governed relations among the three communities. Even today, many residents identify Galt, Preston, and Hespeler as still being cities or towns in their own right. Each unique centre has its own history that is well documented in the Cambridge City Archives. No current population data is available for the former Galt since the Census reports cover only the full area of Cambridge. The former Galt covers the largest portion of the amalgamated municipality, making up the southern half of the city. It is located on the Grand River and has a very long history as an industrialized area.
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