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Cambridge

Janes Walk Cambridge has arrived. Please see below for tour details.

If you are interested in organizing a walk in your neighborhood, or volunteering in another way, please contact:

Grace Brunger, Planner
Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Phone: 519-575-4757 x3836
Email:

We are always looking for fresh ideas.

Galt's Industrial Past

  • Magda Milosz
  • Saturday, May 2, 2009
  • 11:00am
  • Walk: ~1.5 hours
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We will be walking through Galt and exploring the vestiges of its industrial past.  Some of the possible themes can include the adaptive re-use of industrial buildings, how heritage industrial buildings affect the urban fabric, the experience of abandoned buildings as opposed to inhabited ones, history, the Grand River and its role in industry, as well as personal stories and memories.  We can also take note of and discuss the condition of the pedestrian environment as we walk.

For more information about this walk, please contact:
Magda Milosz

Meeting Place: North entrance of School of Architecture, 7 Melville St. (outside the Melville Cafe)

Tour guide(s): Magda Milosz, Matthew Hague

End Location: TBD

Neighbourhood Downtown Galt

Public Transit Directions: You can take the 57 Blair Road or 55 St. Andrews, but it is about a 5 minute walk from the Ainslie St. Terminal. Walk west on Main St., cross the Main St. bridge, and turn south. You'll see the Melville Cafe sign.

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Preston: rivers, dams & mills

  • Bob McMullen
  • Sunday, May 3, 2009
  • 1:30pm
  • Walk: 50 minutes, approx.
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Catch Bob speaking about his walk this Saturday, May 2nd at 8 a.m. on CBC Radio One with Mary Ito.

Bob McMullen is offering a 3 km tour starting at the Erb's Mill and tracing aspects of the development from the original Mennonite settlement into the village of Preston. One theme will be the impact of natural features on patterns of human settlement, and then the impact of human settlement on the natural environment. Erb's Mill is the longest continuous functioning industry in Waterloo County. Further along the walk we will look at the development of early industries and the historically significant Galt, Hespeler & Preston electric railway. A third theme will be the built heritage of the neighbourhood.

Contact for this walk:

519-653-9974

Meeting Place: Meet at the entrance to Riverside Park in Cambridge. Access the park from King Street. If arriving via highway 401, exit at interchange #278 and drive south down Shantz Hill Road, turn left on Fountain Street, turn right on to King Street and exit at park entrance opposite Dover Flour Mill.

Tour guide(s): Bob McMullen

End Location: Hike will end at starting location (entrance to Riverside Park)

Neighbourhood Preston and historic Cambridge Mills

Public Transit Directions: Grand River Transit route #52 .... check for weekend service schedule

Accessible

With the exception of a 500 m segment, the entire walk is along sidewalks and paved trails. If necessary, the 'rough' 500 m segment can be replaced by a sidewalk route.

Parking Available

Enter Riverside Park road off King Street in Cambridge. Parking is free.

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