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5 unusual facts about Welland


Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

There were two events: the 2013 Junior Sprint World Championships in Welland, Ontario and the 2013 Junior slalom championship in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia were quotas were awarded.

Imperial Bank of Canada

The Imperial Bank of Canada branches expanded beyond Toronto and were found in St. Catharines, Ingersoll, Welland and Port Colborne.

Philip Demers

Philip Demers (aka "The Walrus Whisperer") (born March 21, 1978 in Welland, Ontario) was a professional marine mammal trainer at MarineLand in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Rubicon Riders

On July 3, the crew clinched 3rd place (18-23 category) in DBC National Competition, Welland, Ontario and has officially qualified for the IDBF Hong Kong Club Crew Championship 2012!!!

Welland

The Buffalo Niagara International Airport is also used by some, as it is the closest, although it requires that travellers cross the American border.


Andre Deveaux

Deveaux was born in Freeport, Bahamas, but he is a naturalized Canadian citizen who was raised in Welland, Ontario.

Evelyn Aubrey Montague

His son, after reading screenwriter Colin Welland's query article in a London newspaper, offered them to Welland — who used them, and Montague, as a means to introduce scenes and connect events in the movie.

Harringworth

It lies on the southern bank of the River Welland; the area is dominated by a railway viaduct, the Welland Viaduct (known locally as "the Harringworth Viaduct") that crosses the Welland and its flood plain immediately to the west of the village.

Jay Triano

He is of Italian descent through his great-grandfather, who landed on Ellis Island, then made his way to Welland, Ontario.

John David Maloney

After further redistribution in 2004, Maloney defeated Greg D'Amico and fellow Liberal MP Tony Tirabassi for the party's nomination in Welland.

John Maloney

John David Maloney (born 1945), Canadian Member of Parliament for Welland

Kings Mill, Stamford

The weir and sluice for the leat were replaced when the large pumping station for Rutland Water was built near the modern A1 bridge over the Welland.

Mark Welland

Welland moved to Cambridge in 1987 and set up the first tunneling microscopy group in the UK in collaboration with John Pethica.

Merritton, St. Catharines

Among them are the Merritton Tunnel (under the third Welland Canal), remnants of the three previous Welland Canals and several early industrial ruins, and The Keg restaurant, which is housed in the former Independent Rubber Company / Merritton Cotton Mills Annex.

Niagara College

The College has three campuses: the Welland Campus in Welland, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and the Maid of the Mist Campus in Niagara Falls which serves as a dedicated industry development and training resource for Niagara's hospitality and tourism sector.

Niagara Parkway

When the First Welland Canal was opened in 1829, the Niagara Road became a towpath for vessels exiting the Welland River.

Port Weller

Port Weller Drydocks, a shipbuilder located on the Welland Canal at the Lake Ontario entrance

Rolls-Royce Welland

The engine was renamed the Welland after the English river, and entered production in 1943 for use on the Gloster Meteor.

Welland Canal

In April 1916, a United States federal grand jury issued an indictment against Franz von Papen, then a senior German diplomat, on charges of a plot to blow up the Welland Canal.

Welland Canal, bridge 13

With the closure of many Welland industries and the resultant increase in numbers of persons in need, the downtown area has become home to organizations such as Goodwill and similar service groups, as opposed to significant private enterprise.

Welland Stadium

Famous players played for the Welland Pirates which included Tim Wakefield.


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