Waterloo in Waterloo Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
The First Lutheran Seminary in Canada
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Education. A significant historical date for this entry is October 30, 1911.
Location. 43° 28.337′ N, 80° 31.754′ W. Marker is in Waterloo, Ontario, in Waterloo Region. Marker is on Albert Street, 0.1 kilometers north of Bricker Avenue, on the right when traveling north. The marker is best accessed from the parking lot entered from Bricker Avenue, just east of Albert Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Waterloo ON N2L 3C5, Canada. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Wilfred Laurier University/ Université Wilfred Laurier (within shouting distance of this marker); The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Waterloo as a Village (approx. half a kilometer away); Abraham Erb (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Log Schoolhouse (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); The University of Waterloo (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Mutual Life Head Office / Siège Social de la Mutuelle du Canada, Compagnie d'Assurance Sur la Vie (approx. 1.9 kilometers away); St. Mary Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows Roman Catholic Parish (approx. 3.8 kilometers away); Centennial of Victoria Park (1896-1996) (approx. 4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waterloo.
Also see . . . Wilfred Laurier University - Laurier Facilities Historical Overview.
Laurier’s beginning can be traced back to the opening of the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary, founded in Waterloo in 1911. The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada was eager to establish Canada’s first seminary school for training Lutheran ministers. Though originally intended to be in Toronto, the Waterloo Board of Trade offered to purchase and donate seven acres of land on the outskirts of Waterloo. After the Synod agreed, the estate of a local industrialist was purchased at the corner of Albert and Bricker Streets, with the Board of Trade purchasing and donating an adjacent property.(Submitted on April 1, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)
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