Trenton is a former city in Southern Ontario that is now part of the Quint West Municipality , Ontario , Canada . Located in Quint Bay . The population of Trenton in 2001 was 19,374 people .
History
The Trent River, after which the city is named, was known among the local Indians as Sangichiwigewonk , "fast flowing." She received her English name in honor of the Trent River in England.
Europeans settled in this area in the 1780s, however, until the establishment of the village of Trenton in 1853, the area changed its name several times, various settlements appeared and disappeared here. Trenton began to grow due to its port location and local wood industry.
During the First World War, the city housed a large ammunition plant of the British Chemical Company. The plant was destroyed in a major explosion in 1918.
Trenton was also an important center of the film industry for some time. In 1917, a film studio was built in the city, on which a number of films were shot. In 1923, the Trenton Film Factory was acquired by the Ontario government in order to house the studio and laboratory of the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau. The advent of sound cinema and a 16 mm film standard led to the crisis of the film factory, and it was closed in 1934.
In 1929, the construction of the Trenton Air Force Base of Canada began. The base caused an increase in economic activity in the area during the years of the Great Depression, World War II and beyond. The base is currently Trenton's largest employer. The base is a small airport and the National Aviation Museum of Canada .
In 1980, Trenton received the status of a city. January 1, 1998. Trenton was merged with the village of Frankford and the townships Murray and Sydney in the municipality of Quint West, in which it is the most populated and largest of the areas.
The city has several cable factories and thermal and refrigeration enterprises. Tourism also plays an important role, since Trenton is the southern tip of the Trenton Severn waterway.
Highway 401 and lines of two railway companies pass through Trenton.
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Literature
- Rayburn, Alan. Place Names of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8020-7207-0 .
- Quinte West Tourism retrieved 2007-10-30