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1166 Queens Bush
Wellesley,
Ontario
N0B 2T0
Ontario Tourism Region : Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington
Phone : (519) 656-2142
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Wellesley
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 1,274. In Wellesley T., Reg. Mun. of Waterloo, on the Nith R. and C. Rds. 5 & 12, 29 km. W of Kitchener.
- The community was first called Smithville after John Smith, a squatter who settled in the area some time before the township was surveyed in 1842, and built the first sawmill.
- When the post office was established in 1851, the community was named Wellesley after the township. The township had been named for Richard Wellesley (1760-1842), 2nd Earl of Mornington and Baron Wellesley, brother of the Duke of Wellington.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/wellesley
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Visitors to this page: 6,571
Off the beaten track: |
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New Prussia, 2km
Lisbon, 3km
Berlett's Corners, 5km
Ratzburg, 6km
Nithburg, 5km
Crosshill, 6km
Phillipsburg, 7km
Mennonite Corner, 7km
Hampstead, 6km
Bamberg, 6km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Paradise Lake, 9km
Shakespeare Pond, 12km
Sunfish Lake, 10km
Spongy Lake, 12km
Hofstetter Lake, 15km
Laurel Creek Reservoir, 15km
McCarthy Lake, 18km
Columbia Lake, 17km
Clair Lake, 17km
Laurel Lake, 18km
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