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We are the last generation that know and remember Galt, Preston and Hespeler as their own separate entities. This is just a place to give us a chance to go down memory lane! A memory from today is the history for yesterday.
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I just thought I would create a site where you could jot...
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An interurban streetcar connected Hespeler to nearby Preston and Galt. A new streetcar system, the Galt, Preston and Hespeler electric railway (later called the Grand River Railway Company) began to operate in 1894, connecting Preston and Galt.
Feb 4, 2023 · When Galt, Preston, Hespeler and Blair amalgamated to become Cambridge in 1973, it was Erwin Nelson's job to bring the individual fire departments together and he admits, that wasn't an easy task.
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.
Jul 28, 2023 · A little over 50 years ago, the communities of Galt, Preston and Hespeler were, as the saying goes, three peas in a pod. Tremendous sports rivals to the very core of community pride. Sorry, for those living in Hespeler and Galt, but I was a Preston kid.
Cambridge, Ontario came to be in 1973 with the amalgamation of Galt, Hespeler and Preston. On March 10, 2018, we created this video driving tour of those three centres. The video starts with...
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Nov 20, 2023 · Where Galt now stands was a forest of huge pines, elms, oaks, and the occasional beech. The natural beauty of the area, to later become Galt was strikingly pleasing with its gently sloping oval shaped river valley, and surrounding hills and riverside cliffs.
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