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The Founding of Burlington

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The Region of Halton


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July 20, 2004

Summary from the Ontario Heritage Foundation's website
The small milling community of Wellington Square grew slowly until construction of the Great Western Railway in the 1850s. Transportation facilities stimulated economic development and in 1873 Wellington Square and neighbouring Port Nelson were incorporated as the village of Burlington.

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