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The town of Elmira in Ontario, Canada is the largest community within the Township of Woolwich in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and is located 15 km to the north of the city of Waterloo. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Township of Woolwich is a Rural township in Ontario, Canada. Waterloo is a City in Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality

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History

A community by the name of Bristow's Corners was already in existence in 1839 when a post office was assigned there. Local merchant Samuel Weber had been visiting New York State in the early 1850s and was apparently impressed with Elmira, New York. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Elmira is a City in Chemung County, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira New York Metropolitan Statistical Area This may have been a factor in the decision of Woolwich Township council on February 22, 1853 to rename the community Elmira. The post office was renamed in 1866. Like most of the township, the primary settlers in the Elmira area were Mennonites, who still form a significant proportion of the population today. The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after Menno Simons (1496&ndash1561 though his teachings were a relatively The town still retains much of its traditional Pennsylvania Dutch character. The Pennsylvania Dutch (perhaps more strictly Pennsylvania Deitsch, Pennsylvania Germans or Pennsylvania Deutsch) are the descendants of German Many Old Order Mennonites can still be seen on the local roads using their traditional horse and buggy transportation. The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after Menno Simons (1496&ndash1561 though his teachings were a relatively [1]

During the 1960s under contract with the U.S. government, Elmira's Uniroyal chemical plant (which changed its name to Crompton Company in 2001 and then to Chemtura in 2006) was one of seven manufacturers supplying the U.S. military with the toxic herbicide Agent Orange. The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. The United States Rubber Company was founded in Naugatuck Connecticut in 1892 Chemtura Corporation ( is a marketer of specialty chemicals polymer products and processing equipment for a variety of industries The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States Agent Orange is the code name for a powerful Herbicide and Defoliant used by the U 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, NMDA (N-nitrose dimethylamine), forced local water wells to close in 1990. Water is now delivered via a pipeline from Waterloo and other near local areas.

Local Information

Elmira has a population of 11988 residents(census 2006). The local schools include John Mahood Public School, Riverside Public School, St. Teresas RC and Elmira District Secondary School. Elmira District Secondary School (EDSS is the high school serving the town of Elmira Ontario, Canada and the surrounding area The secondary school draws students from the town and surrounding areas of St. Jacobs, Conestogo, Linwood, Heidelburg, West Montrose, Wallenstein and St. Clements.

The local Library received a Carnegie grant in 1911 after being supported by the local businesses for many years and was expanded.

Sports

Local Jr. B Hockey Team are the Elmira Sugar Kings, named after the very successful Elmira Maple Syrup Festival. http://www.kings.on.ca/

Geography

The town was founded at the intersection of two roads, now Regional Road 21 (Arthur St. ) running north-south, and Regional Road 86 (Church St. ), running east-west. Canagagigue Creek is the major body of water, flowing southeast from the north end of town to join the Grand River, some 4 km to the east. For other rivers of the same name please see Grand River. The Grand River is a large

Events

Elmira's main annual event is the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival, held each spring in early April. The Elmira Maple Syrup Festival is an annual festival held in Elmira, Ontario, Canada. It attracts some 60,000 visitors to the one-day event, giving it the claim of the world's largest one-day maple syrup festival [2]

Famous natives

External links

North: Elora
West: Wilmot Township, Listowel Elmira East: Guelph
South: St. Jacobs, Waterloo

The Rotman School of Management is the University of Toronto 's business school This article is about the University of Toronto's St George Campus Isabel Huggan (b 1943 Kitchener Ontario Canada is a prize-winning Canadian author of fiction and personal essays The Michener Award is one of the highest distinctions in Canadian journalism Elora is a community in the township of Centre Wellington, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Wilmot redirects here It is a name variant of William. The Township of Wilmot is a Rural township Listowel is an unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada located in the municipality of North Perth. The community of St Jacobs is located in southwest Ontario, just north of Waterloo in Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region. Waterloo is a City in Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality
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