Guelph, an inland port of entry in Ontario, capital of Wellington county, on the river Speed, 45 miles W. by S. of Toronto by rail. It is the seat of the Ontario Agricultural College, and has several flour-mills, woollen-mills, and manufactories of sewing-machines, &c., the Speed supplying abundant motive-power. Pop. (1891) 10,537.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 446
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