Conestogo is a community in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, located in the township

Township (Canada)

The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. However in some systems no town needs to be involved. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semi-rural government within the county...

 of Woolwich

Woolwich, Ontario

The Township of Woolwich is a rural township in Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Region of Waterloo, immediately to the north and east of the City of Waterloo. Its 2006 census population was 19,658.-Communities:*Bloomingdale*Breslau*Conestogo*Elmira...

 in Waterloo Region.

The community is located at the junction of the Grand

Grand River (Ontario)

The Grand River is a large river in southwestern Ontario, Canada. From its source, it flows south through Grand Valley, Fergus, Elora, Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, Paris, Brantford, Caledonia, and Cayuga before emptying into the north shore of Lake Erie south of Dunnville at Port Maitland...

 and Conestogo

Conestogo River

The Conestogo River is a river in Waterloo Region in Western Ontario. It joins the Grand River at the town of Conestogo.A dam built on the river for flood control formed Conestoga Lake, which covers an area of about 23 square kilometres. A conservation area operated by the Grand River Conservation...

 Rivers.
Business life in Conestogo has changed over the 20th century, as the feed mill closed its feed production operation in 2008. New retail stores such as the Conestogo Mercantile and Baby Charlotte do business alongside the antique store and the well-known restaurant and dinner theatre, the Blackforest Inn.
Early Mennonite

Mennonite

The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after the Frisian Menno Simons , who, through his writings, articulated and thereby formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders...

 settlers from Pennsylvania's Conestoga River

Conestoga River

The Conestoga River, also referred to as Conestoga Creek, is a tributary of the Susquehanna River flowing through the center of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.-Geography:...

 region gave the place its name, but the misspelling (with an -o) was probably validated by a later postmaster.
Along the banks of the Grand River, in the small town, there is a 27-hole golf course, owned by Golfnorth, called the Conestoga Golf and Country Club.

People from Conestogo

William Daum Euler

William Daum Euler

William Daum Euler, was a Canadian parliamentarian.Born in Conestogo, Ontario, the son of Henry Euler and Catherine Daum, he attended Berlin High School between the years of 1891 and 1893. He then taught in Suddaby Public School and later founded the Euler Business College. Euler married Jean...

, politician
James Livingston

James Livingston (Canadian politician)

James Livingston was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Waterloo South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1879 to 1882 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1900 as a Liberal member.He was born in East Kilbride, Scotland in 1838, the son of a weaver...

, politician
Leeanna Pendergast

Leeanna Pendergast

Leeanna Pendergast is a Canadian politician. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election, representing the riding of Kitchener—Conestoga. She is a member of the Ontario Liberal Party....

, politician
Walter Hachborn

Walter Hachborn

Walter Hachborn, is a Canadian businessman who is the co-founder of Home Hardware, a Canadian home improvement and construction retailer which supplies to contractors and individual consumers....

, founder of Home Hardware

Home Hardware

Home Hardware is a privately held Canadian home improvement, construction materials, and furniture retailer. Co-founded in 1964 by Walter Hachborn and headquartered in St...

External links

• Conestogo at Geographical Names of Canada