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Kissing Stane
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Kissing stane is a beautiful memorial of the only place where people were allowed to show affection during Victorian times. Legend has it that to be kissed while seated on this stane would inevitably bring good luck. Next to the stane is now a locally forged iron sculpture where you can lock in your love […]
- At the corner of St. Patrick Street West and Tower Street North, Fergus
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- https://elorafergus.ca/steeped-in-stone/
Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games
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August The Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games is a three-day cultural festival held in Fergus every year for more than 70 years – from 1946. The festival features competitions that lead up to the World Scottish Athletic Championships. It is North America’s oldest festival of its kind. The games have had two locations, Victoria […]
- 550 Belsyde Ave. E. Fergus, Ontario N1M 3S1
- (519) 787-0099
- https://fergusscottishfestival.com/
Milligan Footbridge
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The Milligan Footbridge, located behind the Fergus Library, provides an accessible walkway with a great view of the water, linking the Riverwalk area behind the revamped Fergus Library to the historic Fergus Marketplace, which has shops and restaurants to explore. Do not forget to make a stop at night to see the waterfalls light up […]
Templin Gardens
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Take a walk through Templin Gardens, tucked away behind the shops of Fergus’ West end, where the Milligan Footbridge spans the Grand River to the Fergus Marketplace. Take the stairway down to the water’s edge, which is made of limestone and explore the mysterious gardens of Fergus. Photo: downtownfergus.com
- St Andrew Street West, Fergus, Centre Wellington, Ontario N1M 1N7
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- https://twilightattemplin.com/
Fergus Marketplace
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The old Fergus Market on the banks of the beautiful Grand River is a large historic building once filled with market shops and vendors. But long before that, this site was home to the Beatty Brothers’ stone foundry. It was built in 1878, overlooking the waterfalls in downtown Fergus. Today, this historic structure retains its […]
St. Andrew’s Mill
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The Fergus and Monkland Mill was established in 1856. An oatmeal mill and dam were built on the Grand River in Fergus. In 2002/2003 it was converted into condominiums under the name St. Andrew Mill. Photo: http://www.fergus-ontario.com/
- 478 St Andrew Street E, Fergus, Ontario N1M 3V7
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- http://www.fergus-ontario.com/oldmill1.html
Home Town of Surgeon Abraham Groves
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Dr. Abraham Groves was well known as a medical innovator and surgeon. He was known for his pioneered work in the uses of sterilization and antiseptics. Groves was born at Peterborough, The Groves family moved to a farm in Garafraxa Township in the 1850s. Groves attended the Grammar School in Fergus, Ontario. In 1871, after […]
- 131 Frederick Campbell St, Fergus, ON N1M 0H3
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- https://1000towns.ca/abraham-groves-physician-surgeon/
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