Rural Routes Ontario - City of Stratford (Single Tier Perth)

75 Waterloo St. S.
Stratford, Ontario
N5A 7B2

Ontario Tourism Region : Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington

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Pop. 28,002. In South Easthope T., Perth C., on the Avon R., Hwys 7 & 8 and C. Rds. 112 & 119, 36 km. W of Kitchener.
The attributes of Stratford as a townsite were noted by surveyors as they hacked out the Huron Rd. from the Waterloo C. boundary to Goderich from 1828-29.
The place was known as Little Thames, after the river, when William Sargeant and his wife arrived in 1832 and built a hotel, which they called The Shakespeare Inn. A Canada Company official donated a painting of Shkspeare to Sargeant to hang in the hotel
The river had previously been named the Avon by Dr. William 'Tiger' Dunlop of the Canada Company, so when the post office was established in 1832 residents agreed the place should be called Stratford after Shakespeare's birthplace in Warwickshire, Eng.
In the 1860s, when Stratford was divided into five wards, they were named Shakespeare, Hamlet, Romeo, Avon, and Falstaff.
It wasn't until 1953 that Stratford really capitalized on its Shakespeare connection (thanks to the idea and efforts of newspaper reporter Thomas Patterson.)
Patterson set up a committee in 1952 to explore the possibility of holding a theatre festival and sought the advice ofleaders in the theatre arts.
He arranged through Dora Mavor Moore for Tyrone Guthrie, eminent British producer, to meet the committee in 1952. Patterson held executive posts in the organization that grew out of this committee.
The following year, in a massive tent beside the Avon R., Sir Alec Guinness played Richard III.
The venture was a huge success, and the 1957 season opened in a permanent home with 2,262 seats, none of which is more than 65 feet (19.8 m) from the stage.
The 1901-vintage Avon Theatre became a partner in the festival in 1967, and the Third Stage Theatre opened in 1971. The three theatres now draw 400,000 persons a year to 'The Festival City.'

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Off the beaten track:	Flannigan Corners, 4km Harmony, Stratford area, 7km Gads Hill, 9km Fairview, Stratford area, 10km Sebringville, 8km Brocksden, 7km St. Pauls Station, 9km Wartburg, 10km Conroy, 11km Avonton, 9km Rostock, 13km Moserville, 14km Maplewood, 13km Harrington, 15km Shakespeare, 11km Kinkora, 14km Sebastopol, 12km	Amulree, 13km Tavistock, 13km Brooksdale, 16km Avonbank, 13km Topping, 16km Hampstead, 15km Kuhryville, 18km Mennonite Corner, 14km Carlingford, 14km Youngsville, 20km Uniondale, 19km Bennington, 20km Nithburg, 17km St. Marys Junction, 17km Poole, 20km Ratzburg, 16km Medina, 21km	Kingwood, 19km Lisbon, 18km Lambert, 23km Motherwell, 17km Lind, 20km Braemar, 22km Brown's Corners, St. Mary's area, 23km Strathallan, 22km Cassel, 20km Willow Grove, Mitchell area, 22km New Prussia, 20km Science Hill, 20km Kennicott, 24km Wellesley, 21km West Monkton, 26km Punkeydoodles Corners, 20km
Nearby Lakes:	Lake Victoria, 0km McCarthy Lake, 4km Harrington Pond, 15km Wildwood Lake, 15km Shakespeare Pond, 12km Sunova Lake, 20km Embro Pond, 23km Trout Lake, 30km Centreville Pond, 37km Paradise Lake, 29km Spongy Lake, 28km Maple Lake, 30km Sunfish Lake, 30km Hofstetter Lake, 30km Buck Pond, 32km Trotters Lake, 33km Buchanan Lake, 33km	Fanshawe Lake, 39km Hodges Pond, 37km Park Haven Lake, 34km Fowlers Pond, 34km Pine Pond, 35km Mill Pond, 44km Conestogo Lake, 41km Laurel Creek Reservoir, 34km Mud Lake, 46km Columbia Lake, 36km Clair Lake, 36km Mud Lakes, 48km Burgess Lake, 37km Alder Lake, 36km Laurel Lake, 36km Beattie Pond, 49km Foster Ponds, 49km	Silver Lake, 38km Lake Whittaker, 51km Four Wells Lake, 39km Spring Lake, 51km Morrison Lake, 39km Pond Mills, 51km Victoria Park Lake, 40km Cooley Pond, 44km Westminster Ponds, 51km Tennants Pond, 53km Walkers Pond, 51km The Cove, 51km Wroxeter Mill Pond, 57km Levey Lake, 46km Watson Pond, 44km Reid's Lake, 44km

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