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60 Snyder's Rd W.
Baden,
Ontario
N3A 2B0
Ontario Tourism Region : Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington
Phone : (519) 696-3327
Your Host(s) : New Dundee Community Ctr.
Description From Owner:
- 1,464. In Wilmot T., Reg. Mun. of Waterloo, on Spring Cr., a tributary of the Nith R. and C. Rd. 6, 16 km. SW of Kitchener.
- Jacob Beck from the Grand Duchy of Baden in Germany laid out the village in 1855 and named it after his birthplace.
- His son, later Sir Adam Beck, introduced a bill in the provincial legislature in 1906, creating the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission.
- He became its first chair and is remembered by Adam Beck Memorial Park in Baden.
- In the 1820s, with the assistance of Mennonites already established in the area, Christian Nafziger arranged for a number of European Amish families to settle on a tract of land in what later became Wilmot T. Baden is noted for its Limburger cheese.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/baden
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Visitors to this page: 2,450
Off the beaten track: |
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Wilmot Centre, 3km
Hamilton Heights, 3km
Luxemburg, 3km
Haysville, 5km
St. Agatha, 5km
Phillipsburg, 5km
Josephsburg, 7km
Schindelsteddle, 5km
Petersburg, 5km
Berlett's Corners, 7km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Spongy Lake, 3km
Hofstetter Lake, 5km
Sunfish Lake, 8km
Paradise Lake, 11km
Laurel Creek Reservoir, 11km
Clair Lake, 11km
Columbia Lake, 12km
Laurel Lake, 12km
Alder Lake, 12km
Silver Lake, 13km
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