Conestogo Crown Game Preserve
Conestogo may refer to: *Conestogo, Ontario, Canada **Conestogo Public School (see List of Waterloo Region, Ontario schools) **Conestogo Wind Energy Centre, operated by NextEra Energy * Conestogo Crown Game Preserve, Ontario, Canada *Conestogo Lake, Ontario, Canada **Conestogo Lake Conservation Area, operated by the Grand River Conservation Authority *Conestogo River The Conestogo River is a river in Waterloo Region and Wellington County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The river was named by Mennonite settlers after the Conestoga River in Pennsylvania. In the 1800s there were several different spellings of ..., Ontario, Canada See also * Conestoga (other) {{disambig ...
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Conestogo, Ontario
Conestogo is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the township of Woolwich in Waterloo Region. The population in 2016 was 1,270. The community is located at the junction of the Grand and Conestogo Rivers. Conestogo is a terminus of the Avon Trail. History The vicinity of present day Conestogo was first settled in 1820s, on the Grand and Conestogo Rivers. The first settlers were predominantly Mennonites who had emigrated from Pennsylvania, settling on land laid out by David Musselman and Charles Hendry. They were followed by people of German and British background. The first mill in Woolwich Township was built in Conestogo in 1846 by David Musselman powered by the Conestogo River. Two large flax mills were soon built. The Post Office was established in 1849 by Charles Hendry. Known earlier as Bluckstettel (log village) and Musselman's Mills, the settlement was renamed Conestogo in 1852. The name originated from th