Cambridge, Ontario

Cambridge (2016 population 129,920) is a city located in Southern Ontario at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of Galt, Preston, Hespeler, the settlement of Blair and a small portion of surrounding townships.

As Cambridge has developed and the open spaces between the original municipalities have been filled in, a fourth commercial core, entirely modern in its construction, has emerged between the three former municipalities. The Macdonald-Cartier Freeway Highway 401 runs through the northern portions of the city.

Cambridge in Southern Victory
In 1916, the Great War had progressed for the Americans on the Ontario front such that they established a U.S. Army Air Corp aerodrome on the outskirts of Cambridge. Lt. Jonathan Moss was based here and flew his Martin one-decker from a grass airstrip.