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St. Jacobs Farmers' Market
St. Jacobs Farmers' Market is a farmers' market and flea market in Woolwich, Ontario, Woolwich, Ontario, Canada. It is located to the south of Waterloo Regional Road 15, King Street North, to the east of Weber Street, Weber Street North, and to the west of the railway tracks. It is the largest year-round farmers' market in Canada, and is a popular destination for residents of the town and nearby communities, as well as tourists from Canada, the United States, and Europe. It draws about 1 million visitors annually. It was established in April 1975. The main building of the market was destroyed by a fire on 2 September 2013. The market was rebuilt and re-opened on 11 June 2015. The farmers' market is open on Thursdays and Saturdays throughout the year, as well as Tuesdays between June and August. Market The market was established in April 1975 by eight farmers, who merged a three-owner Feedlot, stockyard based in Waterloo, Ontario, Waterloo with a five-owner stockyard based in K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Alarm System
A fire alarm system is a building system designed to detect, alert occupants, and alert emergency forces of the presence of fire, smoke, carbon monoxide, or other fire-related emergencies. Fire alarm systems are required in most commercial buildings. They may include smoke detectors, heat detectors, and manual fire alarm activation devices ( pull stations). All components of a fire alarm system are connected to a fire alarm control panel. Fire alarm control panels are usually found in an electrical or panel room. Fire alarm systems generally use visual and audio signalization to warn the occupants of the building. Some fire alarm systems may also disable elevators, which are unsafe to use during a fire under most circumstances. Design Fire alarm systems are designed after fire protection requirements in a location are established, which is usually done by referencing the minimum levels of security mandated by the appropriate model building code, insurance agencies, and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), originally the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading Into Hudson’s Bay, is a Canadian holding company of department stores, and the oldest corporation in North America. It was the owner of the namesake Hudson's Bay (department store), Hudson's Bay department stores (colloquially The Bay), and also owns or manages approximately of gross leasable real estate through its HBC Properties and Investments business unit. HBC previously owned the full-line Saks Fifth Avenue and off-price Saks Off 5th in the United States, which were spun-off into the Saks Global holding company in 2024. After incorporation by royal charter issued in 1670 by Charles II of England, King Charles II, the company was granted a right of "sole trade and commerce" over an expansive area of land known as Rupert's Land, comprising much of the Hudson Bay drainage basin. This right gave the company a monopoly, commercial monopoly over that area. The HBC functioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walmart Canada
Walmart Canada is a Canadian retail corporation, discount retailer and the Canadian subsidiary of the U.S.-based multinational retail conglomerate Walmart. Headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario and Edmonton, Alberta, it was founded on March 17, 1994, with the purchase of the Woolco Canada chain from the F. W. Woolworth Company. Originally consisting of discount stores, many of Walmart Canada's contemporaries and competitors include Giant Tiger, Home Hardware, Canadian Tire, Mark's, Sport Chek, GameStop, Dollarama, Winners, HomeSense, Rossy, Staples Canada, Michaels, Pet Valu, the Great Canadian Dollar Store, Dollar Tree, and Hart Stores. Based on the success of the US format, Walmart Canada has focused on expanding Supercentres from new or converted locations, offering groceries which puts them in the same market as supermarket chains such as Loblaws, Real Canadian Superstore, Real Atlantic Superstore, Your Independent Grocer, No Frills, Metro, Sobeys, Foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Center (retail)
A power center or big-box center (known in Canadian English, Canadian and Commonwealth English as power centre or big-box centre) is a shopping center with typically of gross leasable area that usually contains three or more big-box store, big box anchor tenants and various smaller retailers, where the anchors occupy 75–90% of the total area. Origins and history 280 Metro Center in Colma, California is credited as the world's first power center. In 1986, local real estate developer Merritt Sher opened 280 Metro Center next to Interstate 280 (California), Interstate 280 as an open-air strip shopping center dominated by big-box stores and category killers. As originally constructed, 280 Metro Center featured of gross leasable area on a 33-acre (13.3 ha) lot, which was home to seven anchor tenants, 27 smaller shops, and a six-screen movie theater. The original seven anchors were Federated Group, Federated Electronics, The Home Depot, Herman's World of Sporting Goods, Herman' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterloo Central Railway Market Stop
Waterloo most commonly refers to: * Battle of Waterloo, 1815 battle where Napoleon's French army was defeated by Anglo-allied and Prussian forces * Waterloo, Belgium Waterloo may also refer to: Other places Australia *Waterloo, New South Wales * Waterloo, Queensland * Waterloo, South Australia *Waterloo Bay, now Elliston, South Australia *Waterloo, Victoria * Waterloo, Western Australia Canada * Waterloo, Nova Scotia *Regional Municipality of Waterloo, a region in Ontario **Waterloo, Ontario, a city **Waterloo (federal electoral district) **Waterloo (provincial electoral district) **Waterloo County, Ontario (1853–1973) * Waterloo, Quebec * Waterloo Village, a neighbourhood in Saint John, New Brunswick United Kingdom England *Waterloo, Dorset, England, a suburb of Poole * Waterloo, Huddersfield, England, a suburb *Waterloo, London, England, area around Waterloo Station * Waterloo Place, London, a street in the St James's area *Waterloo, Merseyside, England **Waterloo (UK P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterloo Central Railway
The Waterloo Central Railway is a non-profit heritage railway owned and operated by the Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society (SOLRS). In May 2007, SOLRS received joint approval from the Region of Waterloo and the City of Waterloo to run trains from Waterloo to St. Jacobs and potentially as far north as Elmira. On a typical operating day, the train runs three times a day on Tuesdays (June to August), Thursdays (May to October) and Saturdays (April to October). In 2015, the railway lost regular running rights south of Northfield Drive to make way for the Ion (transit system), Ion light rail project. All Market Train service now runs between St. Jacobs Farmers' Market, the Village of St. Jacobs, and Elmira, Ontario. The train also runs on certain special events including the Maple Syrup Festival in early April. Operations and milestones Running rights The WCR operates on the former Canadian National Waterloo Spur now owned by the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maple Syrup
Maple syrup is a sweet syrup made from the sap of maple trees. In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before winter; the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in late winter and early spring. Maple trees are tapped by drilling holes into their trunks and collecting the sap, which is processed by heating to evaporate much of the water, leaving the concentrated syrup. Maple syrup was first made by the Indigenous peoples of North America, Indigenous peoples of Northeastern North America. The practice was adopted by European settlers, who gradually changed production methods. Technological improvements in the 1970s further refined syrup processing. Almost all of the world's maple syrup is produced in Canada and the United States. Maple syrup is graded based on its colour and taste. Sucrose is the most prevalent sugar in maple syrup. In Canada, syrups must be made exclusively from maple sap to qualify as maple syrup and must also be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar Bush
Sugar Bush may refer to: * Sugar bush, a forest that is harvested for maple syrup. Plants * Sugar Bush (''Rhus ovata''), an evergreen shrub that grows in the southwest United States * Common Sugarbush Protea (''Protea repens'') * ''Protea'', a genus of South African flowering shrubs often known as sugarbushes Places United States * Sugar Bush Township, Becker County, Minnesota Sugar Bush Township is a township in Becker County, Minnesota, Becker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 537 as of the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township ... * Sugar Bush Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota * Sugar Bush, Brown County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Sugarbush Hill, a peak in Forest County, Wisconsin * Sugar Bush, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Sugarbush Resort, a ski resort in Vermont Other uses * Sugar Bush (song), a song recorded by Doris Day and Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Order Mennonite
Old Order Mennonites (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania German: ) form a branch of the Mennonite tradition. Old Order Movement, Old Order are those Mennonite groups of Swiss people, Swiss German and south Germans, German heritage who practice a lifestyle without some elements of modern technology, still drive a horse and Buggy (carriage)#Amish buggy, buggy rather than cars, wear very Plain dress, conservative and modest dress, and have retained the old forms of worship, baptism and communion. All Old Order Mennonites reject certain technologies (e.g., radio, television, Internet), but the extent of this rejection depends on the individual group. Old Order groups generally place great emphasis on a disciplined community instead of the individual's personal faith beliefs. The Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania German language is spoken vigorously among all horse-and-buggy groups except the Virginia Old Order Mennonite Conference, Virginia Old Order Mennonites, who los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trolley (horse-drawn)
Among horse-drawn vehicles, a trolley was a goods vehicle with a platform body with four small wheels of equal size, mounted underneath it, the front two on a turntable undercarriage. The wheels were rather larger and the deck proportionately higher than those of a lorry. A large trolley is likely to have had a headboard with the driver's seat on it, as on a lorry but a smaller trolley may have had a box at the front of the deck or the driver seated on a corner of the deck and his feet on a shaft. With a very small trolley, the 'driver' may even have led the horse as a pedestrian. They were normally drawn by a single pony or horse but a large trolley would have a pair. It was primarily an urban vehicle so that, on the paved roads, the small wheels were not a handicap. In any case, the axles would normally be sprung. It was typically used by market fruiterers and greengrocers but commonly also by coal merchants. These would have a headboard to stabilize the front row of sacks whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guelph
Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as The Royal City, it is roughly east of Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Ontario Highway 6, Highway 6, Ontario Highway 7, Highway 7 and Wellington County Road 124. It is the seat of Wellington County, Ontario, Wellington County, but is politically Independent city, independent of it. Guelph was established in the 1820s by Scottish novelist John Galt (novelist), John Galt, first superintendent of the Canada Company, who based his headquarters and home in the community. The area—much of which became Wellington County—was part of the Halton Block, a Crown reserve for the Six Nations Iroquois. Galt is generally considered Guelph's founder. For many years, Guelph ranked at or near the bottom of Canada's crime severity list. However, the 2017 index showed a 15% increase from 2016. It had one of the country's lowest unemployment r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
