Stevensville is a small community in southern

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in the town of

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, most notable as the birthplace of Canadian entrepreneur

James L. Kraft James Lewis Kraft (; December 11, 1874 – February 16, 1953) was a Canadian-American entrepreneur and inventor and the founder of Kraft Foods Inc. Kraft immigrated to the United States from Canada in 1902. He developed a patented pasteurization ...

Economy

The centre of the community is the intersection of Stevensville Road and Main Street. Stevensville is home to several small shops and restaurants including Mae's Place, Scuttlebutt Tap & Eatery, Bertie Tire Centre, Lane's Restaurant, Stevensville Pallet Project, a local wood artist, Stevensville Garden Gallery, Construction companies like Gibbons Contracting, Circle P Paving, Peters Excavating, Niagara Industrial Maintenance, Jazzy Scoops which is one of the best ice cream places in the country with over 60 flavors etc. Nomad Drum Cases, who manufactures cases for drummers, which are exported globally. Stevensville is also the home of EMD Music Inc's Canadian office, an international full line music distributor. Their head office is in Brussels, Belgium. The community of Stevensville is also home to Safari Niagara, a location featuring numerous exotic animals. Safari Niagara also has an outdoor amphitheater that hosts live concerts.

Geography

Situated a few kilometres north of

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, and a short drive from

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, Stevensville is surrounded primarily by agricultural land. Much wildlife can be sighted throughout the rural sections. There are many opportunities to experience the outdoors in Stevensville. Black Creek runs through the area which is often used for kayaking and canoeing, with a boat launch at the end of Main Street.

Notable people

, inventor of processed cheese and founder of the multibillion-dollar J.L. Kraft & Bros. Company, which later became Kraft Foods Inc. *

Michael Fonfara Michael Fonfara (11 August 1946 – 8 January 2021) was a Canadian keyboard player who was most notable for his work as a member of The Electric Flag and Rhinoceros in the 1960s, Rough Trade and Lou Reed's backing band in the 1970s and The Down ...

, musician (blues, rock and pop keyboardist) *

Ron Sider Ronald James Sider (September 17, 1939 – July 27, 2022) was a Canadian-born American theologian and social activist. He was the founder of Evangelicals for Social Action, an evangelical left think tank. Sider was a founding board member of t ...

, theologian and social activist *

Matt Thiessen Matthew Arnold Thiessen (born August 12, 1980) is a Canadian-born American musician known for being co-founder, lead singer, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter for the rock band Relient K. With Relient K, he has released eight full-lengt ...

, musician (Christian rock) * Nick Weglarz, former professional

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outfielder, played in the

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References

External links

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