About Guelph

	What's in a Name? The name Guelph has a special significance, it was the family name of the Dukes of Bavaria and through alliance with the Hohenstaufens came to be the surname of the British Royal family when, in 1714, George of Hanover became George I...
	The Founding of Guelph Guelph was founded in 1827 by John Galt of the Canada Company. The Scotsman, John Galt has been described as an adventurer, novelist, dramatist, biographer and empire-builder. Guelph officially became a town as of January 1, 1879...
	The Legend of Guelph Tradition relates that John Galt, or one of his companions, laid his outstretched hand on a tree stump and predicted that the streets of the new town would radiate from a central point such as his fingers radiated from his palm. It is true that the main streets of downtown Guelph do follow such a pattern, but which came first, the legend or the plan, remains in doubt...
	Wellington County's Storied Past Much of the county's first non-aboriginal settlers were fugitive American black slaves. In Fergus, land was granted to Richard Pierpoint and half a dozen other former slaves. This would grow to be known as the Pierpoint Settlement. Throughout Wellington County's historical story, European settlers came to work and populate the land.