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Guelph Guelph, county seat of Wellington county, located on the Speed River, was founded in 1827 by John Gait of the Canada Company. It was incorporated as a town in 1850 and as a city in 1879. Just south of the city, is located the Ontario Agricultural College, founded in 1874. This institution has trained several generations of noted Canadian scientists. Nearby is the Ontario Veterinary College. Guelph is a rather picturesque city with wide main streets and many stone buildings, including a fine Roman Catholic church which overlooks the city from the crest of one of its numerous drumlins. The flat floors of the old glacial spillways have provided excellent industrial sites. Its factories produce stoves, boiler machinery, electrical equipment, caskets, carpets, lime, leather goods, meats and dairy products. Guelph city had a population of 127,009 in 2006, with a total of 115,635 in the urban area. Galt Galt, second city of Waterloo county, located on the Grand River about 10 miles southeast of Kitchener, is noted for the manufacture of metal goods, chemicals, shoes and textiles. Its position astride the Grand River has subjected the central part of the city to serious floods. Stratford Stratford county seat of Perth county, is an important railway centre. A provincial normal school is located here. It has packing plants and factories for furniture, flour, textiles and foundries for iron and brass. Woodstock Woodstock county seat of Oxford county, situated in the valley of the South Branch of the Thames River, 25 miles east of London, is the centre of one of the most productive dairy districts of Ontario. It manufactures textiles, furniture, organs, fire engines, machinery, tubing, flour and feeds. St. Thomas St. Thomas county seat of Elgin county, is located 18 miles south of London and 8 miles north of Port Stanley on Lake Erie. It is an important railway centre and has machine shops, flour mills and knitting mills. A few miles south of the city is a large provincial mental hospital which during World War II was used as an airforce training centre. Sarnia Sarnia county seat of Lambton county is located at the outlet of Lake Huron. It is connected with Port Huron, Michigan, by the St. Clair Railway Tunnel and by the Blue Water Bridge. Its industries include a large oil refinery, synthetic rubber plant, salt works, and boat building establishment. Chatham Chatham county seat of Kent county, is located on the Thames River about 16 miles from Lake St. Clair. Its manufactures include textiles, clothing, motor trucks, sugar, flour, tobacco, canned goods and chemical fertilizers. Home