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Encyclopedia > Baden, Ontario

Baden is a community in the Township of Wilmot, Ontario, Canada. It has a population of less than 1000 and was named after Baden-Baden in Germany. Categories: Canada geography stubs | Ontario communities ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... , Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

Castle Kilbride, Baden, ON
Castle Kilbride, Baden, ON

Baden is home to the historic Castle Kilbride, built in 1877 by James Livingston, co-founder of a successful linseed oil company who went on to represent the area in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the Canadian House of Commons. In 1993, Castle Kilbride was purchased and restored by Wilmot Township, which spent $6.2 million on the project -- amassing a debt that isn't scheduled to be fully paid until 2013. The castle was designated a site of national historic significance in 1994 and Wilmot Township's administrative offices and council chamber are housed in an addition to the original building. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 400 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2172 × 3252 pixel, file size: 5. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 400 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2172 × 3252 pixel, file size: 5. ... Castle Kilbride is the former residence of James Livingston, a Canadian member of parliament. ... James Livingston Source: Library and Archives Canada James Livingston (November 29, 1838 – April 14, 1920) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. ... The Provincial Parliament of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Type Lower House Speaker Peter Milliken, Liberal since January 29, 2001 Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Peter Van Loan, Conservative since January 4, 2007 Opposition House Leader Ralph Goodale, Liberal since January 23, 2006 Members 308 Political groups Conservative Party Liberal Party Bloc Québécois...


The area is the site of the Baden Tower, a huge television, radio and communications tower located on top of a kame known as Baden Hill. This is where CKCO-TV (CTV Southwestern Ontario) transmits its signal. Baden Tower Baden Tower on Baden Hill CKCO-TV transmits channel 13 from this tower on top of Baden Hill just outside Baden, Ontario, Canada. ... A kame among the glacial drift on the terminal morraine of the Okanagon Lobe of the Cordilerion Glacier on the Waterville Plateau of the Columbia Plateau in Washington, United States. ... Baden Hill is a man-made hill near Baden, Ontario. ... CKCO (operating as CTV Southwestern Ontario since 2005) is a television station based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. ...


Much of the area consists of farmlands and there are pine forests in the area. The local high school, Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School, is located just outside of the town. Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School is a high school just outside Baden, Ontario, Canada operated by the Waterloo Region District School Board. ...


Baden was also the hometown of Sir Adam Beck who went on to pioneer hydro-electric power, the visible results being the hydro-electric generation plants located in Niagara Falls. Beck has a park named after him in his hometown. Mayor Thomas Langton Church and Sir Adam Beck (center) Sir Adam Beck, (June 20, 1857 – August 15, 1925) was a politician and hydro-electricity advocate who founded the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. ...



Coordinates: 43°24′13″N, 80°39′50″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Baden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1790 words)
In 1952 Baden was merged with Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern (southern Württemberg and the former Prussian exclave of Hohenzollern) to form Baden-Württemberg.
The greater part of Baden belongs to the basin of the Rhine, which receives upwards of twenty tributaries from the highlands; the north-eastern portion of the territory is also watered by the Main and the Neckar.
The inhabitants of Baden are of various origins, those to the south of Murg being descended from the Alemanni and those to the north from the Franks, while the Swabian Plateau derives its name from the adjacent German tribe (Schwaben) living in Württemberg.
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