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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 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. Wikipedia
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