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The Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway (WG&BR) was a railway in Ontario, Canada. It ran roughly northwest from Guelph (in Wellington County ) to the port town of Southampton (in Bruce County ) on Lake Huron , a distance of 101 miles (163 km).
The London, Huron and Bruce Railway (LH&BR) was a short line railway in Ontario, Canada. It started in London, Ontario, running northward for 70 miles (110 km) to the small town of Wingham. It originally planned to continue north to Southampton or Kincardine, but instead joined the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway (WG&BR) at Wingham
Wellington—Grey Riding created from Dufferin—Simcoe, Grey—Bruce, Waterloo North, Wellington South and Wellington—Huron: 28th 1968–1972 Marvin Howe: Progressive Conservative: Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo: 29th 1972–1974 Perrin Beatty: Progressive Conservative: 30th 1974–1979: Riding dissolved into Bruce—Grey, Dufferin ...
The arrival of the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway in 1872 further stimulated the growth of the community and it was incorporated as a village in 1874 with a population of about 950." [6] By 1854, the community had three houses, a tavern, and mill. Shops, churches, schools, and roads followed, and ten years later the population totalled six ...
Narrow gauge through the bush: Ontario's Toronto Grey & Bruce and Toronto & Nipissing Railways. Toronto, ON: R Clarke and R Beaumont. ISBN 978-0-9784406-0-2. OCLC 166687958. McIlwraith, Thomas F (1963). The Toronto Grey and Bruce Railway 1863-1884. Toronto: Upper Canada Railway Society. Beaumont, Ralph (1977). Steam Trains to the Bruce.
Eden Grove is an unincorporated community in Bruce County, Ontario. [1] The community was also once called Pinkerton Station [2] when it was used by the Canadian National Railway as a flag stop. [3] The community was once a stop on the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway, a shortline railway that ran in 19th Century to early 20th Century. [4]
In 1947 the House was converted into the Wellington County Home for the Aged and in 1975 the building reopened as the Wellington County Museum and Archives. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] A historic plaque was erected at the museum, indicating that the "government-supported poorhouse" was "the shelter of last resort for the homeless and destitute, who ...
Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario . This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Bruce—Grey , Grey—Simcoe and Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe ridings.