Alliston

Alliston [ ælɪstən ] is a village in the Canadian province of Ontario. Alliston is located about 90 kilometers north- west of Toronto. Since its incorporation in 1991 Alliston is the administrative headquarters of the greater community of New Tecumseth in Simcoe County. Alliston has about 15,379 inhabitants ( 2011).

Alliston is divided by Highway 89. Three kilometers west Allistons is the Earl Rowe Provincial - Park, one of the largest provincial parks in southern Ontario.

The village was considered as a commercial center for potato farmers who still help shape the acquisition image of the city; is the annual Alliston Potato Festivalveranstaltet. With 4,500 employees, but today the company Honda Canada 's most important employers in the city, which operates two plants in the southeast of the city.

History

In November 1847 the first house of Alliston by William Fletcher and his son built. In the summer of 1848, a sawmill and first industrial settlements came about. 1853 a flour mill was built by Fletcher family and from 1874 Alliston was first mentioned as a village. 1875 took the council with Reeve George Fletcher as chairman for the first time on his service. On the rails of the Hamilton and North Western Railway reached in 1878 the first train Alliston.

1891 Alliston was declared a city and John Steward elected mayor. Finally, there was on May 8, 1891 replaced an fire, which destroyed all businesses and many apartments over an area of ​​more than 1.2 km ². Then, a water plant was built in Alliston in the following years.

Frederick Banting, who later received the Nobel Prize and was knighted by the Queen, was the co-discoverer of insulin and opened on 14 February, the Memorial Library. He was born 1891 in Alliston. It is possible, his birthplace and the adjoining Park in Alliston to besichtigen.Dr. Banting was Head of the School Inspectorate of Alliston. The high school of the city is called in his honor Banting Memorial High School.