HISTORIC BELLEVILLE ONTARIO CANADA THROUGH OLD POSTCARDS

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RESIDENT 1950 TO 1966, VISITS 1975 1988 2003 History WIKIPEDIA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville%2C_Ontario Originally the site of a Native settlement known as Asukhknosk, the future location of the city was settled by United Empire Loyalists in 1789, after which it became known as Meyer's Creek after prominent settler and industrialist John Walden Meyers. It was renamed Belleville in honour of Lady Arabella Gore in 1816, after a visit to the settlement by Sir Francis Gore and his wife. Belleville became an important railway junction with the completion of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1855. Economy Procter & Gamble, Lipton, Wilson Sports, Sears and Nortel are among the internationally known companies with industrial operations in Belleville. The central Canadian Forces Post Office (CFPO) is located here. As this post office is the gateway between the civilian and military postal systems of Canada, Belleville serves as the mailing address for Canadian Armed Forces Bases and Ships abroad. Education Belleville is the home of Loyalist College, the local community college. There are three public high schools in the City of Belleville: Centennial, Moira and Quinte secondary schools and two publicly funded Roman Catholic high schools: St. Theresa and Nicholson Catholic College. Finally, Belleville has two private schools: Albert College, a private boarding school and Quinte Christian High School aka, the Dutch High School, which opened in 1977 and moved into new facilities in September 2006. Sports Belleville is home to the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League. The Belleville Bulls play at the Yardmen Arena located at Highway 401 and Cannifton Road. A major summer event which attracts thousands of people to Belleville each year is the Waterfront & Ethnic Festival. NHL stars Bobby Hull, Brett Hull, Matt Cooke, Andrew Raycroft, and Marc Crawford were born in Belleville. Susanna Moodie moved there with her husband in 1840, after several years spent "roughing it in the bush," and it was also home to Sir MacKenzie Bowell, Canada's fifth Prime Minister as well as author Farley Mowat. RESIDENT 1950 TO 1966, VISITS 1975 1988 2003 History WIKIPEDIA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville%2C_Ontario Originally the site of a Native settlement known as Asukhknosk, the future location of the city was settled by United Empire Loyalists in 1789, after which it became known as Meyer's Creek after prominent settler and industrialist John Walden Meyers. It was renamed Belleville in honour of Lady Arabella Gore in 1816, after a visit to the settlement by Sir Francis Gore and his wife. Belleville became an important railway junction with the completion of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1855. Economy Procter & Gamble, Lipton, Wilson Sports, Sears and Nortel are among the internationally known companies with industrial operations in Belleville. The central Canadian Forces Post Office (CFPO) is located here. As this post office is the gateway between the civilian and military postal systems of Canada, Belleville serves as the mailing address for Canadian Armed Forces Bases and Ships abroad. Education Belleville is the home of Loyalist College, the local community college. There are three public high schools in the City of Belleville: Centennial, Moira and Quinte secondary schools and two publicly funded Roman Catholic high schools: St. Theresa and Nicholson Catholic College. Finally, Belleville has two private schools: Albert College, a private boarding school and Quinte Christian High School aka, the Dutch High School, which opened in 1977 and moved into new facilities in September 2006. Sports Belleville is home to the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League. The Belleville Bulls play at the Yardmen Arena located at Highway 401 and Cannifton Road. A major summer event which attracts thousands of people to Belleville each year is the Waterfront & Ethnic Festival. NHL stars Bobby Hull, Brett Hull, Matt Cooke, Andrew Raycroft, and Marc Crawford were born in Belleville. Susanna Moodie moved there with her husband in 1840, after several years spent "roughing it in the bush," and it was also home to Sir MacKenzie Bowell, Canada's fifth Prime Minister as well as author Farley Mowat.«

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