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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Elmira,_OntarioElmira, Ontario - Wikipedia

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   The Elmira Library is a branch within the Region of Waterloo Library system. In 1911, the Elmira Library received a Carnegie grant after being supported by the local businesses for many years. [19] It was expanded in 1978 to include a children's library and a meeting room. In 2008, an elevator was added to make the library accessible.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Waterloo_County,_OntarioWaterloo County, Ontario - Wikipedia

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   Waterloo County was a county in Canada West in the ... in Victoria Park. ... by 1919 most of the population of what would become Kitchener, Waterloo and Elmira were ...

3. regionofwaterloomuseums.ca › en › collections-andWoolwich Township - Waterloo Region Museum

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   Elmira was incorporated as a town in 1923, and with reorganization of Waterloo County municipalities in 1973, it became the administrative centre of an enlarged Woolwich Township. Elmira House, ca. 1890

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4. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca › en › articleElmira - The Canadian Encyclopedia

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   Elmira, Ontario, urban area, population 9931 (2011c), 8872 (2006c). Elmira is located about 17 km northwest of KITCHENER-WATERLOO.Founded on the banks of the Canagagigue River, it was part of the original Six Nations Reserve and a stopping point on the CANADA COMPANY's Guelph-Goderich Road.

5. www.therecord.com › news › waterloo-regionAn era ends as Waterloo council shutters animal display at ...

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   3 days ago · An era ends as Waterloo council shutters animal display at Waterloo Park after 57 years The display launched in 1967 as a zoo that went on to show bears, cougars and wolves before switching to ...

6. www.werelate.org › wiki › Place:Elmira,_WaterlooPlace:Elmira, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - Genealogy - WeRelate

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   Feb 11, 2013 · After this method of transportation became available, furniture manufacturing and other industries began to open. In the early 1900s, North Waterloo County - the Kitchener, Waterloo, St. Jacobs, Elmira area - exhibited a strong German culture and those of German origin made up a third of the population in 1911.

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   When did Elmira become Waterloo County?

   • In 1973, the town of Elmira ceased to exist under the amalgamation that also formed the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, replacing Waterloo County. Elmira became the administrative centre of Woolwich Township which increased in size at that time.

   Elmira, Ontario - Wikipedia

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   Where is Elmira Ontario?

   • Elmira is the largest community in the township of Woolwich, Ontario, Canada. It is 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of the city of Waterloo near the Regional Municipality of Waterloo 's northern border with Wellington County. The community was listed in the 2016 Canadian census as having a population of 10,161.

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   When did Elmira become a town?

   • Its first settlers were English and Irish, then predominantly German from the 1850s. It has been a supply centre for Kitchener's agricultural hinterland. Now part of the Township of Woolwich, Elmira achieved town status in 1923 but disappeared as a legal corporation with the inauguration of Waterloo Regional Government in 1973.

   Elmira - The Canadian Encyclopedia

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   What happened to Waterloo Township?

   • One township vanished when the former Waterloo Township was divided among Woolwich Township and the three cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge. The settlement of Bridgeport was annexed to the city of Kitchener. The settlement of Erbsville was annexed to the city of Waterloo.

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   Why did Elmira Water wells close in 1990?

   • Due to the poor disposal practices of the toxic waste associated with the manufacture of Agent Orange and other chemicals, contamination has seeped down to the aquifer in and around Elmira. This contamination, NDMA (N-Nitrosodimethylamine), forced local water wells to close in 1990.

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   How did Waterloo County settle?

   • The village of Elmira eventually grew around the farmlands, with settlement by immigrants of a variety of professions, trades, and businesses. In the early settlement period, the bulk of immigrants into Waterloo County chose to settle in previously settled areas like Waterloo Township where settlement had begun as early as 1800.

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8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Regional_Municipality_ofRegional Municipality of Waterloo - Wikipedia

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   Waterloo County Jail and Governor's House, Kitchener, built 1852 Map of Waterloo County, 1883. Previously part of the United County of Waterloo, Wellington and Grey, Waterloo became a separate entity in 1853, with five townships. Galt and Berlin contended to be the county seat; one requirement was the construction of a courthouse and jail.