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Aerial view of the Conestoga Parkway, with downtown Kitchener visible on the left. The Conestoga Parkway is a 20.7-kilometre (12.9 mi) [1] controlled-access freeway serving the twin cities of Kitchener and Waterloo. The route, which forms the rough shape of a backwards "L", serves as the backbone of the two cities.
Conestogo Lake is an artificial lake on the Conestogo River in Wellington County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. [1] It is a reservoir with a flood control dam, [2] and covers approximately 628 ha (1550 acres). 398 cottage lots are located around the lake.
[3] [4] The name "Conestoga" was taken from the Conestoga Wagon, which was used by American Pioneers to settle the American West and was invented and built in Lancaster County, PA. [citation needed] The CFA first met on April 27, 1949. Todd Belfield of Cochran Foundry was the organization's first chairman.
The name "Conestoga" has also been applied to the Conestoga Rocket, a rocket produced from LGM-30 Minuteman parts and launched from Matagorda Island, the freighter Conestoga, which is a popular diving wreck in the Thousand Islands, the C-93 Conestoga cargo aircraft, and, in Star Trek: Enterprise, the name of the starship used in the failed ...
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology, [5] [6] branded as Ontario Tech University or Ontario Tech, is a public research university located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus is located on approximately 160 hectares (400 acres) of land in northern Oshawa, while its secondary satellite campus is situated in ...
Michael Donald Harris [1] (born May 10, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has been a regional councillor for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo since 2018. Harris was formerly a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP), and represented Kitchener—Conestoga from 2011 to 2018 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party until April 9, 2018, when he sat as an independent.
The Paxton Boys slaughtered the six Conestoga they found there, and burned the settlement to the ground. Fourteen of the Conestoga had been absent from the village and were given shelter in the Lancaster workhouse. Two weeks later, however, the Paxton Boys broke into the workhouse and slaughtered the remaining Conestoga including women and ...
The Student Activity Association, Inc., owns Stony Acres, a 119-acre (0.5 km 2) off-campus student recreation area near Marshalls Creek, that includes a lodge, several cabins, a campsite, recreation areas and a lake. The campus is patrolled by the East Stroudsburg University Police Department.