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1560 Falls St.
Allanburg,
Ontario
L0S 1A0
Phone : (905) 227-2042
Your Host(s) : Community Centre
Description From Owner:
- Allanburg, Ontario is a small community within the City of Thorold, Ontario. It is located along the Welland Canal. Hwy 20 bisects the community with a lift bridge, known locally as the Allanburg Bridge.
- The original sod-turning ceremony for the construction of the First Welland Canal took place in the area on November 30, 1824. Today, a cairn at the west approach to the lift bridge commemorates the event. (soto.on.ca)
- Pop. 486. Part of the City of Thorold, Reg. Mun. of Niagara, on the WeIland Canal and C. Rd. 20, 10 km. W of Niagara Falls.
- The place was first called New Holland because of the many Dutch and German United Empire Loyalist settlers.
- A village was laid out in 1832 by Samuel Keefer and originally named Allanburgh to honour two men: William Allan, a Toronto banker who was vice-president of the Canal Company, and John Vanderburgh, the first settler.
- In 1887 the post office changed the name to Allanburg.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/allanburg
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Visitors to this page: 1,199
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Lake Gibson, 3km
Lake Moodie, 6km
Martindale Pond, 14km
Fifteen Mile Pond, 14km
Sixteen Mile Pond, 14km
Eight Mile Pond, 17km
Eighteen Mile Pond, 15km
Four Mile Pond, 21km
Quarry Ponds, 22km
The Clay Pits, 22km
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