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40-788: The paper's roots are in several formerly competing newspapers: the Fonthill Herald (established in 1854), the Welland Telegraph (established in 1863) and the Port Colborne Citizen . The original owner of the Herald was John Fraser, while the Telegraph was established by the Welland Printing and Book Company. The Herald later moved to Welland, changing its name to People's Press before becoming

80-705: A linear transfer . As of June 2019, the Region of Waterloo planned for the 302 ION Bus to ultimately be replaced by an extension of the light rail line to Galt. Public English-language schooling is provided by the Waterloo Region District School Board , which operates 26 elementary and five secondary schools in Cambridge. The most notable high school is the Galt Collegiate Institute and Vocational School , which

120-520: A Collegiate Institute. Galt incorporated as a town on January 1, 1857, with Morris C. Lutz elected as the first mayor. By 1858, a "Town Hall and Market House" had been built with an "Italianate", particularly Tuscan, influence. In later years, the Town Hall became the City Hall and was extensively modified. Galt was incorporated as a city in 1915. The population in 1869 was 4000 and the community

160-428: A depth of about four feet. In some areas of the downtown core, the depth was 17.4 feet, smashing windows and carrying goods along the streets. Approximately 75 businesses were affected, with virtually none covered by relevant insurance. The flood caused an estimated $ 5 million in damage. The Dickson Hill Heritage Conservation District, also known as Old West Galt, is an affluent neighbourhood full of stately homes from

200-612: A few elderly speakers remaining. The two languages with the most speakers, Mohawk (Kenien'kéha) in New York and Canada, and Cherokee in Oklahoma and North Carolina, are spoken by less than 10% of the populations of their nations. † — language extinct/dormant Evidence is emerging that what has been called the Laurentian language appears to be more than one dialect or language. Ethnographic and linguistic field work with

240-576: A healthy sense of rivalry had always governed relations among the three communities. Even today, many residents identify Galt, Preston, and Hespeler as still being cities or towns in their own right. Each unique centre has its own history that is well documented in the Cambridge City Archives. No current population data is available for the former Galt since the Census reports cover only the full area of Cambridge. The former Galt covers

280-638: A major manufacturer of safes, wood working machinery and engines powered by steam or by gasoline. It would continue as a major operation under several other owners until 2000. The largest of the early schools in the community, the Galt Grammar School, opened in 1852 with William Tassie as headmaster starting in 1853 at the site of what later became the Galt Collegiate. The school gained widespread recognition and attracted students from across North America. By 1872, it had been recognized as

320-905: A program in Iroquois linguistics at Syracuse University , the Certificate in Iroquois Linguistics for Language Learners , is designed for students and language teachers working in language revitalization . Six Nations Polytechnic in Ohsweken, Ontario offers Ogwehoweh language Diploma and Degree Programs in Mohawk or Cayuga . Starting in September 2017, the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario started offering

360-621: A wealthy immigrant from Scotland, bought 90,000 acres (360 km ) of land along the Grand River in 1816; this was later to become Galt and the Dumfries Townships. Dickson divided the land and sold smaller lots, particularly to Scottish settlers. The centre of the planned community was built at the junction of Mill Creek and the Grand River, then called Shade's Mills. In the late 1700s, developers began to buy land around

400-452: Is home to 380 students who live, study, and learn within the Cambridge community. Iroquoian The Iroquoian languages are a language family of indigenous peoples of North America . They are known for their general lack of labial consonants . The Iroquoian languages are polysynthetic and head-marking . As of 2020, almost all surviving Iroquoian languages are severely or critically endangered , with some languages having only

440-784: Is over 150 years old. Publicly funded Catholic education is available through schools operated by the Waterloo Catholic District School Board . The University of Waterloo School of Architecture campus is located in Cambridge in the Riverside Silk Mill, also known as the Tiger Brand Building. Inside there is a theatre, a fitness room, and the gallery "Design at Riverside", which is one of two publicly funded galleries dedicated to architecture in Canada. The School of Architecture

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480-676: The Allegheny River , lay the Conestoga (Susquehannock). The Conestoga Confederacy and Erie were militarily powerful and respected by neighboring tribes. By 1660 all of these peoples but the Conestoga Confederacy and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy were defeated and scattered, migrating to form new tribes or adopted into others. The Iroquoian peoples had a practice of adopting valiant enemies into

520-488: The Canada Company which was developing this entire area. Primarily agricultural in early years, Galt had attracted industry by 1840 and became the largest town in the Grand River area until the early 1900s. Galt was incorporated as a village in 1850, as a town in 1857 and as a city in 1915. Throughout that entire period, it continued to grow based on a large industrial base. The Canadian Gazetteer of 1846 discussed

560-553: The Welland Tribune . The Tribune and the Telegraph merged in 1920, under the ownership of Louis Blake Duff, and continued publication for several years as the Welland Tribune and Telegraph . Duff sold the paper to a consortium of newspaper owners from Galt and Sarnia in 1926, and the new owners shortened the paper's name back to Welland Tribune . In 1929, the Tribune merged with the Port Colborne Citizen , becoming

600-627: The Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune for several years before reverting to Welland Tribune . The paper was acquired by Roy Thomson in 1943, as one of Thomson's first acquisitions outside of the Northern Ontario region. Henry Foster, the publisher of the newspaper at the time of the sale, continued to serve on the board of directors of the Thomson Newspapers chain. Publication of

640-625: The last Ice Age . In the south of Galt when preparing for building townhouses near Myers Road in 1989, archaeologists discovered the ruins of a longhouse village dated to between 1280 and 1360 CE. They may have practiced slash and burn agriculture (as was common in the Northeastern Woodlands since 1000 CE) cultivating the Three Sisters and could have been occupied by the Iroquoian speaking Chonnonton Peoples . In

680-529: The 200 iXpress/ION Bus Rapid Transit. On Monday, 24 June 2019, three days after the launch of Ion light rail between Conestoga station in Waterloo and Fairway station in Kitchener, the 200 iXpress route was discontinued. Its southern section running through Cambridge was replaced with the 302 ION Bus route, terminating in the north at Fairway station, with riders able to continue on the light rail system as

720-584: The Galt area of Cambridge. Mayor Doug Craig was a determined opponent of the plan, arguing that an expanded express bus system would be just as effective but much less expensive. By late February 2017, the Kitchener-Waterloo portion was well into the final phase of construction, but plans for the Cambridge section of the LRT were still in the very early stage. Public consultations were just getting started at

760-607: The Grand River Railway Company) would begin operation in 1894, connecting Preston and Galt. In 1911, the line reached Hespeler, Berlin (later called Kitchener) and Waterloo; by 1916 it had been extended to Brantford/Port Dover. The electric rail system ended passenger services in April, 1955. Not long after Galt had become part of Cambridge, in May 1974, flooding on the Grand River filled city streets with water to

800-632: The Grand River from the Six Nations Indians who were led by Joseph Brant. One speculator, William Dickson , a wealthy immigrant from Scotland, bought 90,000 acres (360 km ) of land along the Grand River in 1816; this was later to become Galt and the Dumfries Townships. Dickson divided the land and advertised in Scotland for immigrants; many were attracted and arrived in what is now Galt, primarily from Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire . Dickson sold lots to these new settlers. The centre of

840-569: The Neutral people as Atiwandaronk, meaning 'they who understand the language'. The Wenro and Neutral are historically grouped together, and geographically the Wenro's range on the eastern end of Lake Erie placed them between the larger confederations. To the east of the Wenro, beyond the Genesee Gorge , were the lands of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. To the southeast, beyond the headwaters of

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880-628: The Wyandot tribal elders ( Barbeau 1960 ) yielded enough documentation for scholars to characterize and classify the Huron and Petun languages. The languages of the tribes that constituted the tiny Wenrohronon , the powerful Conestoga Confederacy and the confederations of the Neutral Nation and the Erie Nation are very poorly documented in print. The Huron ( Wyandot people ) referred to

920-681: The community's water power which was essential to power the local industries which were making the area prosperous. At the time the population was about 1000, most originally from Scotland. There were five churches, a weekly newspaper, a fire department, a public library, a bank and a curling club. The post office received mail every day. Industries already in operation included "two grist mills (each containing four run of stones), two saw mills, two foundries, two carding machines and cloth factories, one brewery, two distilleries, one tannery..." A foundry had also opened on Grand Avenue, initially as Dumfries Foundry which would later become Goldie & McCulloch ,

960-582: The company had installed a bridge crossing the river and in December completed a preliminary test run with a train; it was successful. The CVR venture was not long-lived however, and in 1883, the line was taken over by the Canadian Pacific Railway which built a brick passenger building that still stands. A new streetcar system, the Galt, Preston and Hespeler electric railway , (later called

1000-422: The largest portion of the amalgamated municipality, making up the southern half of the city. It is located on the Grand River and has a very long history as an industrialized area. The former Preston and Blair are located on the western side of the city, while the former Hespeler is in the most northeasterly section of Cambridge. The area today known as Ontario has been inhabited by Indigenous peoples since end of

1040-744: The late 17th century, the Algonkian speaking Anishinaabe and Mississauga peoples moved into the territory of southern Ontario. Galt is situated on land once granted to the Iroquois people by the British Crown at the end of the American Revolutionary War . In the late 1700s, developers began to buy land around the Grand River from the Six Nations who were led by Joseph Brant . One speculator, William Dickson ,

1080-754: The late 19th and early 20th centuries, found on the western side of the Grand River in West Galt. The local government is the Cambridge City Council consisting of a mayor and eight councillors, each representing a ward . Cambridge is also represented on the higher-tier Waterloo Regional Council which consists of the Regional Chair, the Mayors of the seven cities and townships, and eight additional Councilors - four from Kitchener and two each from Cambridge and Waterloo. Ken Seiling has held

1120-763: The other side; it lasted until 1832. Shade also supplied food and built roads for the Canada Company. He helped establish the Grand River Navigation Company to help transport goods along the river, as well as the Gore Bank in Hamilton. Shade also helped develop railways in the area and was among those who built Galt's Trinity Anglican Church in 1844. Dickson decided to name the Post Office Galt, in honour of John Galt of

1160-611: The paper was briefly suspended by printers' strikes in 1967 and 1982. During the 1982 action, striking employees founded the Guardian Express , which continued operations as a twice-weekly community newspaper which was acquired by Baxter Publishing in 1985 and by Sinclair Stevens in 1990. Thomson sold the paper to Hollinger in 1995. The paper was included in Hollinger's sales of its publishing assets to Canwest in 2000, before being sold to Osprey Media in 2003. The paper

1200-531: The planned community was at the junction of Mill Creek and the Grand River, then called Shade's Mills. Absalom Shade , a carpenter from Pennsylvania, was hired in 1816 by William Dickson to manage his lands in Dumfries Township. He later operated a general store, a mill and a distillery in Shade's Mills, which later became Galt. In 1819, he built a small bridge over the Grand River to serve customers on

1240-602: The position of Regional Chair since 1985. Cambridge is represented in Ottawa by Bryan May (Liberal), the federal member of Parliament who defeated the previous incumbent MP ( Gary Goodyear , Conservative – 2004 to 2015) in the October 2015 election. The MPP for Cambridge is Brian Riddell of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , who was first elected to this position in 2022. Galt

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1280-411: The time. Three routes had been agreed on in 2011, with eight "endorsed" stops: at Fairway, Sportsworld, Preston, Pinebush, Cambridge Centre Mall, Can-Amera, Delta and Ainslie Street Terminal. Three others were still being considered. As the launch of light rail service approached, Grand River Transit began to lay the groundwork for the transition from iXpress to Ion service by renaming the 200 iXpress to

1320-540: The townships of Woolwich , Wilmot , Wellesley , and North Dumfries . Since 2000, local and regional transit throughout the Region of Waterloo has been provided by Grand River Transit (GRT), which was created by a merger of the former Cambridge Transit and Kitchener Transit . GRT operates a number of routes in Cambridge, four of which travel outside of the city: presently the 52, 61, and 72 buses run to southern Kitchener . The Ainslie St. Transit Terminal in Galt

1360-753: The tribe; they also adopted captive women and children to replace members who had died. The group known as the Meherrin were neighbors to the Tuscarora and the Nottoway ( Binford 1967 ) in the American South. They are believed to have spoken an Iroquoian language but documentation is lacking. Attempts to link the Iroquoian, Siouan , and Caddoan languages in a Macro-Siouan family are suggestive but remain unproven ( Mithun 1999 :305). As of 2012,

1400-409: The village of Hespeler , the town of Preston and the village of Blair formed the new municipality of Cambridge. Being the largest constituent community in the city, it is commonly seen as the downtown core of Cambridge. The first mayor of Cambridge was Claudette Millar . There was considerable resistance among the local population to this "shotgun marriage" arranged by the provincial government and

1440-564: Was an independent city in Waterloo County, Ontario until 1973 when amalgamation created the Regional Municipality of Waterloo . At that time, Galt was amalgamated into the new city of Cambridge. The Region handles many services, including Police, waste management, community health, transit, recreation, planning, roads and social services. The Region consists of the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener , and Waterloo , and

1480-479: Was considered an intermediary step while more long-term rapid transit plans were still maturing. In June 2009 Regional Council voted to approve a plan to construct a light rail line, which has been named the Ion rapid transit . The first phase would run from Conestoga Mall in the north of Waterloo , to Fairview Park Mall in the south of Kitchener , while the second phase of the line would run from Fairview Mall to

1520-592: Was included in Osprey's acquisition by Quebecor in 2007, and in Quebecor's subsequent acquisition by Postmedia Network in 2014, before its sale to Torstar was announced in 2017. Galt, Ontario 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

1560-557: Was said to be one of the principal manufacturing locations in Ontario. The railway reached Galt in 1879, increasing the opportunities of exporting local goods and importing others. In 1889, the former Dickson Mill on the Grand River was converted to a hydro electric plant which operated until July 1911 when a power grid from Niagara Falls reached the community. In the early 1870s, the Credit Valley Railway planned to implement several lines running west and north from Toronto and in 1873, built freight and passenger buildings in Galt. By 1879,

1600-446: Was the southern terminus of GRT's original iXpress route (later rebranded as the 200 iXpress after the addition of more routes), which ran through all three cities in the Region of Waterloo before terminating in the north at the Conestoga Mall terminal (later renamed Conestoga station ) in Waterloo. The route was launched in 2005 as a part of the Regional Growth Management Strategy, which called for greater densification of urban cores, and

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