Kitchener, Ontario

Kitchener is a city in Ontario, Canada. Kitchener is in Southwestern Ontario and is near Toronto, Hamilton, Mississauga and London. It is in Waterloo Region. Other cities in Waterloo Region include Waterloo and Cambridge. Sometimes Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge are known as the "technology triangle". It is on the Grand River, which leads to Lake Erie.

History

At first, Kitchener was called Berlin. When World War I started it seemed like a bad idea to have a city named after the capital of Germany. The city was renamed Kitchener, after a British general, Herbert Kitchener. Kitchener then slowly became a prosperous city as it is today.

A rapid transit system is planned to be added in the Waterloo Region.

Queen Street South, looking north to King Street
Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower. Built in 1926, it is dedicated to the Pennsylvania-German pioneers who arrived between 1800 and 1803.
Schneider Haus, built in 1816, is now a museum and National Historic Site.
Waterloo County Jail and Governor's House, Kitchener, built 1852
The House of Industry and Refuge in nearby Wellington County has been preserved as a National Historic Site.
The old City Hall clock tower in Victoria Park
A day after raiding a local German social club, soldiers of the local 118th Battalion gather around the 1897 Peace Memorial in Victoria Park with a banner bearing the phrase "Berlin will be Berlin No Longer", 16 February 1916.
Part of: Souvenir of Kitchener, Ont. Reference number: 12-36_3
Victoria Park, Berlin, Ontario, 1906
Military parade down King Street in Berlin.