The Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum is the only original station left in Wellington County, Ontario and one of the few designated as a railway museum in its part of the province. The Palmerston Station is located at 166 William Street, Palmerston, Ontario .
33-566: Palmerston Railway Station is directly linked to the development of the Town of Palmerston. With the first station being built on Lot 19, Concession 11 of Wallace Township, Perth County . Built in 1871, by the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway , at the point where the southern extension branched off from the main Guelph - Harriston line. This first station was a single story building, around which
66-482: A breast health centre and a Family Primary Care Centre. Stratford General Hospital offers many services, including MRI. Perth County Paramedic Services has seven staffed ambulances; stations are located in Stratford, St. Marys, Listowel, Mitchell and Milverton. The Headquarters are in Stratford. The City of Stratford has its own Police Department. The Stratford Police Service also provides service to St. Marys with
99-482: A land area of 2,218.24 km (856.47 sq mi), it had a population density of 36.8/km (95.2/sq mi) in 2021. Perth County Council is made up of representatives from the four member municipalities within the county's boundaries, not including Stratford or St. Marys which had 48.8% of the population in 2011. The head of County Council is elected from amongst the council members annually, in December, by
132-1018: A police cruiser on patrol 24/7 and an additional officer stationed at Town Hall during business hours. Other areas of the county receive services from the Ontario Provincial Police , Perth County Detachment in Sebringville with satellite offices in Listowel, Mitchell and St. Marys Perth County is served by the Avon Maitland District School Board and the Huron Perth Catholic District School Board. Private schools are also present: Listowel Christian School, Nancy Campbell Academy, Sunshine Montessori School, Stratford & District Christian School and Stratford Middle Years School. Post-Secondary facilities include
165-708: A vote at council and is known as the Warden. In 2016–2017, the Perth County Warden (Head of County Council) is Meredith (Mert) Schneider. Each of theTownships also has a mayor and Council. The full 2015–2018 Perth County Council consists of the following. Bob McMillan, Rhonda Ehgoetz and Helen Dowd from Perth East, Robert Wilhelm and James Aitcheson from Perth South, Walter McKenzie and Doug Eidt from West Perth, and three from North Perth, Julie Behrns, Doug Kellum and (already discussed) Meredith (Mert) Schneider. Fully independent of County Council, but located within
198-842: Is a major part of the economy because of the Stratford Festival which runs from May to October each year. The full County has increased its efforts to boost tourism in the areas outside Stratford; it hired a full-time Tourism Coordinator in January 2017. The area is serviced by the Stratford Municipal Airport which can handle air traffic ranging from Dash 8s to helicopters. It services over 12,000 yearly flights: freight, corporate and recreational. Larger airports are located in London, Ontario , Hamilton, Ontario and outside Toronto , Ontario . Passenger rail service
231-601: Is chosen yearly in the Paddyfest Ambassador Competition. Contestants must perform a speech, impromptu question and interview with the judges and receive the overall highest score to be awarded this position. A separate award of Talent is given out to the contestant with the highest score in the talent competition. Runner-up and Congeniality are also awards which are available. The Paddyfest Ambassador Competition changed its name and official status from being Miss Paddyfest when first created. Events at
264-562: Is offered by VIA Rail with trains from Stratford to London, Toronto and Ottawa daily. Three carriers provide daily freight rail service. Listowel, Ontario Listowel / ˈ l ɪ s t ə w əl / is an unincorporated community in Ontario , Canada, located in the Municipality of North Perth . Incorporated as the Town of Listowel in 1875, it was dissolved in 1998 following amalgamation with several other communities in
297-791: Is second at $ 161 million. Food processing industries are also represented, with 20 such companies (2012). Manufacturing, primarily in Stratford and Listowel, Ontario is also significant. Categories include auto parts, metal fabrication, plastic injection moulding, robotics, and building and construction as well as plastics and textile manufacturing. Stratford has been attracting an increasing number of high-tech companies. The largest employers in Perth County include Maple Leaf Foods , Listowel Technology Inc., Spinrite Inc., Cooper Standard Automotive, Erie Meat Products Ltd., Parmalat, Armtech-Durisol, Ideal Supply Company Ltd., Taylor Construction and FGC Construction. Particularly in Stratford, tourism
330-557: The CN Property Task Force which was responsible for overseeing the development of the property and renovation of the Station. With the help of volunteers and Palmerston's Lions Club , the major renovations began which have led the station's present appearance. It has been returned to its 1900 Grand Trunk look, by having the insulbrick removed, board and batten replaced and the drop ceiling removed. The original wood of
363-652: The Canadian Pacific Railway , the Grand Trunk Railway upgraded their stations. Palmerston appears to have benefitted the most from this decision. They added a West Elevation in front of the station and created a walk-in storage attic. A tower (which does not appear to have had an entrance) was built above the ladies washroom. This tower was destroyed by fire in 1912. After the Canadian National Railway had taken over
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#1732798684263396-636: The Town of St. Marys are within the Perth census division, but are separate from Perth County. The 2016 population of Perth County was 38,066. The county comprises four lower-tier municipalities: Perth County was settled primarily through the efforts of the Canada Company agency which opened a road from the site of Stratford to Goderich. The settlers were almost equal in number as to their origins: English, Irish, Scottish and German. They began arriving in
429-542: The 1820s but the majority arrived in the 1830s and the 1840s. Most became farmers, and even today, the county is known for mixed farming, dairying and hog production. This area originally formed part of the Huron District, which was constituted as the United Counties of Huron, Perth and Bruce in 1850. The County of Perth was given its own Provisional Municipal Council at that time, and was separated from
462-598: The County of Perth, Stratford is governed by an elected mayor and ten councilors. Also independent, the Town of St. Marys has its own mayor and six councilors. Perth—Wellington is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. It was created in 2003 from parts of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Perth—Middlesex and Waterloo—Wellington ridings. It consists of
495-598: The County of Perth, and the Town of Minto and the townships of Mapleton and Wellington North in the County of Wellington. Randy Pettapiece was elected MPP for the riding on October 6, 2011, and has been re-elected twice. According to County documents, the area (including Stratford and St. Marys) encompasses the following: Perth County has three hospitals, in Stratford, Listowel and St. Marys, with 24-hour emergency services. Large regional health care centres are located in London, Ontario and Kitchener - Waterloo, Ontario . Listowel Hospital offers comprehensive care including
528-601: The County of Perth, the City of Stratford, the Town of St. Mary's and the Town of Minto and the townships of Mapleton and Wellington North in the County of Wellington. Perth—Wellington is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election. It was created in 2003 from parts of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Perth—Middlesex and Waterloo—Wellington ridings. It consists of
561-834: The Fest include arm wrestling and a parade. Listowel has a Jr. "B" hockey team from the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (Mid-West Conference). They are called the Listowel Cyclones . The town also hosts a baseball team, the Listowel Jr. Legionnaires. Part II Bistro Ladies Classic , a curling bonspiel takes place in Listowel Curling Club. Carl Tremaine - born in Listowel on August 26, 1899 - Boxing - undisputed junior-feather world champion The Campbell Soup Company
594-534: The Grand Trunk Railway, the station underwent another transformation. During the Depression , the CNR installed a drop ceiling in the main waiting room to save on heating costs. In 1936 it was painted in CNR colours. By the early 1950s, the traditional board and batten had been covered up by insulbrick which was then painted red. By 1959 the steam locomotives had been replaced by diesel locomotives , which led to
627-546: The Salvation Army Thrift Store) is located across from Veky's International Cuisine Restaurant. This Celtic-inspired book store stocks about 25,000 books and traditional Celtic, Irish and Scottish jewellery in silver. In addition, they provide gallery space for local artists to display their work. Listowel has also raised musicians from many genres, such as Thirteen O'Clock, and Brian Vollmer (lead singer of Helix). The official spokesperson for Paddyfest
660-588: The Stratford Campuses of Conestoga College and the University of Waterloo as well as Stratford Chef's School. Perth County is an agricultural area; farm cash receipts for main commodities totaled $ 739 million in 2012. The county is home to 2,252 census farms and 506,291 acres of farmland, employing over 3,000 people (2012) in crop and animal production. Dairy farming is the primary category, with receipts of $ 210 million (2012) while pork production
693-605: The United Counties in 1853. It had 11 original townships. Eight of the townships were laid out as part of the Huron Tract , and three more were surveyed from that part of the crown land known as the Queen's Bush : The City of Stratford was formed from parts of Downie, Ellice and Easthope Townships. In 1831 William Sergeant was given a lot by the Canada Company on the condition that he open an inn. In 1832 he erected
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#1732798684263726-532: The ceiling was professionally grained to simulate its original appearance. The Agent's Office was stripped down to its original tine ceiling and the Conductor's Room was converted into a kitchen by the Lions Club. In 2024 the resident volunteers announced plans to restore a 1947 caboose that had been donated to the museum several years prior. The Caboose Restoration Project began in the spring, with plans for
759-429: The county was restructured by reducing fourteen municipalities to four. The City of Stratford and the Town of St. Marys retained their status as separated municipalities. As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Perth County had a population of 81,565 living in 32,772 of its 34,062 total private dwellings, a change of 6.2% from its 2016 population of 76,812 . With
792-840: The fallen firefighters. Paddyfest festivities continued to honour Kinsman Ray Walter, but in a somber fashion. Between the 2016 and 2021 Censuses, Listowel's population grew by 26.7 percent, helping drive North Perth's population growth to 18.3 percent. Public education in Listowel is administered by the Avon Maitland District School Board , who manage Listowel District Secondary School and elementary schools Listowel Eastdale Public School and North Perth Westfield Elementary School. North Perth Westfield Elementary School, an amalgamation of Wallace Public School and Listowel Central School, accepted its first cohort of students in September 2016. The Bookery (now
825-460: The first frame building in the region by the Avon River and called it the "Shakespeare Hotel." First purchaser of land was John Sharman (1834), a blacksmith from Bedfordshire, England. His son, Henry, was the first child born within the limits of the city. Over time, four additional towns were incorporated as urban municipalities: St. Marys, Mitchell, Listowel and Milverton. On January 1, 1998,
858-636: The northern section of Perth County . Its population was 9,539 at the Canada 2021 Census in a land area of 6.73 square kilometres; at the time there were 3,910 occupied dwellings. Listowel was founded in 1852, and was originally called Mapleton. It was renamed in June 1856 after a post office was established, and named after the town of Listowel , in County Kerry, Ireland. In 1871 the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway extended its line to Listowel. It
891-487: The population had increased to 2,661, and a woolen mill, a planing mill, a flour mill, a brewery and a dairy products exporting company were operating in the town. On February 28, 1959, the roof of the Listowel Memorial Arena collapsed under heavy snow, burying a boys' hockey team playing a scrimmage game. Seven players, along with a referee and recreation director, were killed in the collapse in what
924-484: The removal of the roundhouse , roundtable and coal sheds. In 1970, the last passenger train left the station. However, unlike other stations which were being abandoned or torn down, the Palmerston station remained as an active freight center until the mid-1980s when the CNR requested the right to abandon the rail line through Palmerston. The station was officially closed in 1982. It remained abandoned until 1996, when
957-854: The restoration to be completed in time for Palmerston's 150th anniversary. The project received $ 11,388 from the Rural Economic Development (RED) program and $ 4,500 from the Minto mayor's annual charity golf tournament. 43°49′57″N 80°50′57″W / 43.8324°N 80.8491°W / 43.8324; -80.8491 Perth County, Ontario Perth County is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario in Southwestern Ontario , 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Toronto. Its population centres are Listowel , Mitchell and Milverton. The City of Stratford and
990-483: The town eventually developed. In 1876, due to the increasing amount of traffic through the station, railway officials had an additional story put on the station. This second story was used to house the offices, which left the lower floor to be used exclusively for waiting and baggage rooms. When the Grand Trunk Railway took over in 1900, the station underwent another transformation. To help compete with
1023-401: The track was torn up from Harriston to Stratford . On June 3, 1996, the Town of Palmerston presented an offer to the CNR to purchase the railway property. Later that year resident volunteers began to organize a restoration effort and solicit money to replace the leaking roof. By 1998, the Town of Palmerston was able to fully purchase the 26-acre (110,000 m) yard from the CNR, and initiated
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1056-633: Was described by the Waterloo Region Record as "Listowel's darkest day". The arena was rebuilt and closed in 2017 following the construction of the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex. The arena was demolished on February 2, 2021. On March 17, 2011, the local dollar store caught fire and its roof collapsed, killing volunteer firefighters Ray Walter (30) and Ken Rea (56). Listowel mourned the loss, closing major streets and posting black ribbons all over town in honour of
1089-581: Was joined in 1873 by a second railway, the Stratford and Huron Railway, and Listowel soon became an important shipping point. The arrival of the railway hastened development and Listowel became a Town with a population of 2,054 in 1875 in what is now North Perth in Perth County, Ontario . In 1877, the first elementary school opened. Electricity came to Listowel in 1897, and in 1900 the Listowel Furniture Company opened. By 1902
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