Fergus
Fergus is a town of about 23,200 people in Wellington County, about 25 km north of Guelph. Fergus sits on the Grand River. It is near many natural settings such as the Elora Gorge and Conservation Area, and Belwood Lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Angus Chan, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Town with 20,800 residents
- Description: town in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Fergus, Ontario”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Templin Gardens and Fergus Grand Theatre.
Fergus Grand Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Peter Broster, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fergus Grand Theatre is a theater building.
Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge
Museum
Photo: TheGiantVermin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge, located in Fergus, Ontario, is the oldest surviving state-supported poorhouse in Canada. Constructed in 1877, the site operated as a poorhouse and farm until 1947, and as an old age home until 1971.
Fergus
- Category: locality
- Location: Centre Wellington, Wellington and Dufferin Counties, Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
43.7059° or 43° 42′ 21″ northLongitude
-80.3779° or 80° 22′ 41″ westPopulation
20,800Elevation
400 metres (1,312 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 235572766OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Fergus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فرغس”
- Asturian: “Fergus”
- Chinese: “費吉斯”
- Chinese: “費吉斯村”
- Dutch: “Fergus”
- French: “Fergus”
- Greek: “Φέργκους”
- Italian: “Fergus”
- Persian: “فرگس، انتاریو”
- Persian: “فرگس”
- Swedish: “Fergus, Ontario”
- Swedish: “Fergus”
- Ukrainian: “Ферґус (Онтаріо)”
- Ukrainian: “Фергус”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Fergus”. Photo: Angus Chan, CC BY 2.0.