Galt
Galt is a community in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario on the Grand River. Prior to 1973, it was an independent city, incorporated in 1915, but amalgamation with the village of Hespeler, the town of Preston and the village of Blair formed the new municipality of Cambridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: town in Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Galt, ON” and “Galt, Ontario”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cambridge Main Street Bridge and Old Galt Public Library.
Cambridge Main Street Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Matt Deres, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cambridge Main Street Bridge is a concrete bowstring arch bridge located in Cambridge, Ontario. It cost approximately $55,000 and was built by W.H.
Old Galt Public Library
Public building
Photo: JasonParis, CC BY 2.0.
Old Galt Public Library is a public building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cambridge and Preston.
Cambridge
Photo: Hitesh Red E, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cambridge is one of the cities that forms a tightly-integrated metro area, along with Kitchener and Waterloo, within the larger Region of Waterloo in Southwestern Ontario.
Preston
Suburb
Photo: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Preston is a community in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario. Prior to 1973 it was an independent town, incorporated in 1915, but amalgamation with the town of Hespeler, Ontario, the city of Galt, Ontario and the village of Blair formed the new municipality of Cambridge. Preston is situated 5 km northwest of Galt.
Branchton
Village
Branchton is an unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada. It is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. The settlement was named for its location on the Galt-Brantford branch of the Great Western Railway, abandoned in 1986. Branchton is situated 7 km southeast of Galt.
Galt
- Categories: former town and locality
- Location: Region of Waterloo, Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.35899° or 43° 21′ 32″ northLongitude
-80.31525° or 80° 18′ 55″ westElevation
283 metres (928 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA GLTOpen location code
86MX9M5M+HWOpenStreetMap ID
node 472560185OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
5959212Wikidata ID
Q15982096
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Galt” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “高尔特”
- Dutch: “Galt”
- French: “Galt”
- German: “Galt”
- Japanese: “ガルト”
- Persian: “گالت، انتاریو”
- Persian: “گالت”
- Russian: “Галт”
- Spanish: “Galt (Ontario)”
- Spanish: “Galt”
- Swedish: “Galt”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Galtway and Cambridge Public Library - Old Post Office.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Galt”. Photo: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0.