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London London is a city in Southwestern Ontario situated in Canada along the corridor of Quebec – Windsor metropolitan area with the population of about 457 720 people. London is the capital of Midlesex County that stands on the unnavigable Themes River, approximately in the middle between Toronto, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. London and its surrounding area (roughly the territory between Kitchener – Waterloo and Windsor) together are famous as Southwestern Ontario. London City is a municipality politically independent from Midlesex County while being the official centre of the County. London was initially found and populated by Europeans headed by Peter Hagerman between 1801 and 1804, and in 1826 a village was formed here.

From that time London turned into the biggest southwestern municipality of Ontario, and later the city has developed into a powerful educational center, the important healthcare, touristic, industrial and economical center of the County and the country in whole. Before the Europeans come to these lands in eighteenth century, the existent area of London was occupied by villages of Attawandaron and Odawa/Ojibwa tribes. The archeological researches in these areas show that people inhabited the area at least the last 10 000 years. The current location of London was picked up as the place for the future capital of Upper Canada in 1793 by the vice-governor John Graves Simcoe. It was he who named the settlement after London, the capital of England, and renamed the river flowing across the city in the Themes River.

Historical Buildings Buildings that are more than 100 years old are still standing in London, they were all registered by the region government as London’s Heritage. Lots of architectural styles is displayed in London buildings, including the following: Queen Anne Style Art Deco Modern, etc. The main city parks are: Victoria Park, in the centre of London city Labatt Memorial Park, in the central London on the river banks Harris Park, in the central part of London Gibbons Park, in the north-central part of London Fanshawe Conservation Area, in the northwestern London Springbank Park, in the southwestern London a.k.a. Byron Westminster Ponds, in the southern part of London The economy of London is concentrated around mechanical engineering and military production of transport facilities, insurance and information technologies.

London is also known for its strong traditions of life science development and numerous researches in the sphere of bioengineering. The most of these researches is made or supported by the University of Western Ontario. The part of the city population works at different factories located outside the city, including the factories of Ford and General Motors & Suzuki companies. For many years London was considered as the Canadian “test or trial market”. Different international companies used London as the first market place where a new good or service was released. The city was some kind of litmus paper that indicated the company’s success of entering Canadian market. There are two famous universities in London: the University of Western Ontario (UWO) and Fanshawe College. In the UWO that was founded in 1878 there are 1164 lecturers and about 29 000 students and postgraduates.

The university is one of the best three universities of Canada according to Maclean’s magazine experts owning this status for many years. The Richard Ivey School of Business, a part of UWO, was founded in 1922 and is considered to be one of the best business schools in the country. Today the school is ranked as the fourth best business education establishment after Schulich, Queen’s and Desautel’s schools. The diversity of city’s cultural establishments attracts lots of tourists to London. A lot of different festivals take place here in summer, including the London International Children’s Festival, County Folk Festival, London Culinary Festival, London Ribfest, the second largest festival in North America, and Sunfest – music and culture festival – the second largest Canadian festival after Caribana in Toronto. Also London has its own Symphonic Orchestra and lots of art galleries.

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario situated in Canada along the corridor of Quebec – Windsor metropolitan area with the population of about 457 720 people. London is the capital of Midlesex County that stands on the unnavigable Themes River, approximately in the middle between Toronto, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. London and its surrounding area (roughly the territory between Kitchener – Waterloo and Windsor) together are famous as Southwestern Ontario. London City is a municipality politically independent from Midlesex County while being the official centre of the County. London was initially found and populated by Europeans headed by Peter Hagerman between 1801 and 1804, and in 1826 a village was formed here. From that time London turned into the biggest southwestern municipality of Ontario, and later the city has developed into a powerful educational center, the important healthcare, touristic, industrial and economical center of the County and the country in whole.

Before the Europeans come to these lands in eighteenth century, the existent area of London was occupied by villages of Attawandaron and Odawa/Ojibwa tribes. The archeological researches in these areas show that people inhabited the area at least the last 10 000 years. The current location of London was picked up as the place for the future capital of Upper Canada in 1793 by the vice-governor John Graves Simcoe. It was he who named the settlement after London, the capital of England, and renamed the river flowing across the city in the Themes River. Historical Buildings Buildings that are more than 100 years old are still standing in London, they were all registered by the region government as London’s Heritage. Lots of architectural styles is displayed in London buildings, including the following: Queen Anne Style Art Deco Modern, etc.

The main city parks are: Victoria Park, in the centre of London city Labatt Memorial Park, in the central London on the river banks Harris Park, in the central part of London Gibbons Park, in the north-central part of London Fanshawe Conservation Area, in the northwestern London Springbank Park, in the southwestern London a.k.a. Byron Westminster Ponds, in the southern part of London The economy of London is concentrated around mechanical engineering and military production of transport facilities, insurance and information technologies. London is also known for its strong traditions of life science development and numerous researches in the sphere of bioengineering. The most of these researches is made or supported by the University of Western Ontario.

The part of the city population works at different factories located outside the city, including the factories of Ford and General Motors & Suzuki companies. For many years London was considered as the Canadian “test or trial market”. Different international companies used London as the first market place where a new good or service was released. The city was some kind of litmus paper that indicated the company’s success of entering Canadian market. There are two famous universities in London: the University of Western Ontario (UWO) and Fanshawe College. In the UWO that was founded in 1878 there are 1164 lecturers and about 29 000 students and postgraduates. The university is one of the best three universities of Canada according to Maclean’s magazine experts owning this status for many years.

The Richard Ivey School of Business, a part of UWO, was founded in 1922 and is considered to be one of the best business schools in the country. Today the school is ranked as the fourth best business education establishment after Schulich, Queen’s and Desautel’s schools. The diversity of city’s cultural establishments attracts lots of tourists to London. A lot of different festivals take place here in summer, including the London International Children’s Festival, County Folk Festival, London Culinary Festival, London Ribfest, the second largest festival in North America, and Sunfest – music and culture festival – the second largest Canadian festival after Caribana in Toronto. Also London has its own Symphonic Orchestra and lots of art galleries.

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