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Saint Thomas: Elgin County Railway Museum
Elgin County Railway Museum, Saint Thomas, Ontario, Canada.
Saint Thomas
Ontario, Canada
Saint Thomas, city, seat of Elgin county, southeastern Ontario, Canada, on Kettle Creek, just north of Lake Erie. Founded in 1817 as Sterling, it was renamed after Colonel Thomas Talbot, who made it the capital of the extensive settlement that he founded in 1803. A major railway division point and terminal centre, midway between Detroit, Michigan, and Buffalo, New York, and south of London, Ontario, the city is also an important industrial centre. Manufactures include automotive parts, power tools, construction machinery, pet supplies, bearings, and pipes. Pop. (2006) 36,110; (2011) 37,905.
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