Alma | |
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Unincorporated rural community | |
 Entering Alma along County Road 17 | |
  Alma Location of Alma in Canada  Alma Alma (Ontario) | |
| Coordinates: 43°43′49″N80°30′08″W / 43.73028°N 80.50222°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| County | Wellington |
| Township | Mapleton |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNBC Code | FACPP [1] |
Alma is an unincorporated rural community in Mapleton Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. [1] [2]
Pioneers began settling along the Elora Saugeen Road, which forms the main street of Alma, during the 1840s. [3]
Alexander MacCrea and his wife settled here in 1848, and built a store. The "MacCrae's Corners" post office was established in 1854, and MacCrae was postmaster. [4] [5]
In 1854, the settlement's name was changed from MacCrae's Corners to "Alma", after the Battle of Alma. [3]
James Ledingham and his family moved to Alma in 1864, and built a saw and chopping mill. [6]
In 1865, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was established in Alma. The church moved to a new stone church in Alma in 1892. [3]
The Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway built a line through Alma in 1870. [4] The line was eventually taken over by Canadian National Railway, and was abandoned in 1983. [7] The Alma railroad station has since been destroyed. [8]
After the railway was constructed, Alma became "a bustling service centre for the local settlers and travellers". [5] Alma was noted for having a post office, wagon maker, weaver, telegraph office, shoemaker, grist mill, several saw mills, several stores, three churches, and four hotels. In 1879, the population was 250. [5] [9]
Wallace Cummings Park in Alma was constructed in 2003 on 25 ha (62 acres) of donated land. The park features a playground, walking trail, toboggan hill, picnic shelter, community hall, wetland boardwalk, and garden labyrinth. [10]
Alma Public School, part of the Upper Grand District School Board, is located in Alma. [11]
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