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Kitchener is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The current
population is approximately 200,000. The metropolitan area, which
includes the neighbouring cities of Waterloo and Cambridge, has
about 450,000 people. Mennonite families arrived in the early 1800s.
One of the families was the Schneiders, whose restored 1816 home
(the oldest building in the city) is now a museum located in the
heart of Kitchener. Kitchener was name "Berlin" until
1916, when it changed its name to Kitchener; named after Boer War
hero Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener.
Kitchener's
oldest and most important outdoor park is Victoria Park, in the
heart of downtown Kitchener. Numerous events and festivities are
held in this park. Kitchener has an extensive trail system. The
trails are hundreds of kilometres in length. Due to Kitchener's
close proximity to the Grand River, several community trails and
paths border the river's shores.
Transportation
Most air travellers use either Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International
Airport or Hamilton's John C. Munro International Airport. Passenger
service is provided by VIA Rail. Three trains in each direction
travelling between Sarnia and Toronto stop at the Kitchener railway
station daily.
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