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Unincorporated rural community in Ontario, Canada
Alma is an unincorporated rural community in Mapleton Township , Wellington County, Ontario , Canada.[1] [2]
History
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Pioneers began settling along the Elora Saugeen Road, which forms the main street of Alma, during the 1840s.[3]
Alexander MacCrea and his wife settled here in 1848, and built a store. The "MacCrae's Corners" post office was established in 1854, and MacCrae was postmaster.[4] [5]
In 1854, the settlement's name was changed from MacCrae's Corners to "Alma", after the Battle of Alma .[3]
James Ledingham and his family moved to Alma in 1864, and built a saw and chopping mill.[6]
In 1865, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was established in Alma. The church moved to a new stone church in Alma in 1892.[3]
The Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway built a line through Alma in 1870.[4] Canadian National Railway , and was abandoned in 1983.[7] [8]
After the railway was constructed, Alma became "a bustling service centre for the local settlers and travellers".[5] [5] [9]
Wallace Cummings Park in Alma was constructed in 2003 on 25 ha (62 acres) of donated land. The park features a playground, walking trail, toboggan hill, picnic shelter, community hall, wetland boardwalk, and garden labyrinth.[10]
Education
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Alma Public School, part of the Upper Grand District School Board , is located in Alma.[11]
Notable people
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Gallery
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References
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^ a b "Alma" . Natural Resources Canada. October 6, 2016.
^ "Mapleton" . Statistics Canada. November 2, 2016.
^ a b c "About" . St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Retrieved April 16, 2017 .
^ a b "Alma" . Rural Routes Ontario. March 29, 2009.
^ a b c Campbell, Jean (September 11, 2015). "Alma" . Drayton Community News .
^ "Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers of Wellington County" . Wellington County GenWeb. Retrieved April 16, 2017 .
^ "The Wellington, Grey & Bruce Railway" . Trainweb. December 30, 1997.
^ Brown, Ron (2016). Dundurn Railroad 6-Book Bundle ISBN 9781459736818
^ The County of Wellington Gazetteer and Directory for 1879-80
^ "Labyrinth & Memory Arboretum Project" . Labyrinth Planning Committee. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017 .
^ "Alma Public School" . Township of Mapleton. Retrieved April 16, 2017 .[permanent dead link
^ Han, Peter (April 1, 2014). "Sent By God" . Presbyterian Record.
^ "News" . Canadian Medical Association Journal . 36 3 ): 324–330. March 1937. PMC 1562069
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