- Conestogo, Ontario
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Conestogo — Unincorporated community — Coordinates: 43°32′29″N 80°30′15″W / 43.54139°N 80.50417°W Country Canada Province Ontario Regional municipality Waterloo Township Woolwich Time zone EST (UTC-5) - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) Forward sortation area N0B 1N0 Area code(s) 519 and 226 NTS Map 040P10 GNBC Code FASNT Conestogo is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the township of Woolwich in Waterloo Region.
The community is located at the junction of the Grand and Conestogo Rivers. Business life in Conestogo has changed over the 20th century, as the feed mill closed its feed production operation in 2008. New retail stores such as the Conestogo Mercantile and Baby Charlotte do business alongside the antique store and the well-known restaurant and dinner theatre, the Blackforest Inn. Early Mennonite settlers from Pennsylvania's Conestoga River region gave the place its name, but the misspelling (with an -o) was probably validated by a later postmaster. Along the banks of the Grand River, in the small town, there is a 27-hole golf course, owned by Golfnorth, called the Conestoga Golf and Country Club.
People from Conestogo
William Daum Euler, politician James Livingston, politician Leeanna Pendergast, politician Walter Hachborn, founder of Home Hardware
External links
- Conestogo at Geographical Names of Canada
Coordinates: 43°32′29″N 80°30′15″W / 43.54139°N 80.50417°W
Categories:- Communities in Waterloo Region, Ontario
- Western Ontario geography stubs
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