Brantford, a town and port of entry of Brant county, Ontario, 24 miles SW. of Hamilton by rail, on the Grand River, which is navigable to within 2½ miles of the town, from which point a canal affords a waterway to Lake Erie. There are manufactures of metal and stoneware, machinery, and agricultural implements. Pop. (1891) 12,753.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 401
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