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| a city in S Ontario, in SE Canada, near Lake Erie. 66,950. |
| Brant·ford (brānt'fərd) A city of southern Ontario, Canada, southwest of Toronto. It was named for the Mohawk leader Joseph Brant, who is buried nearby. Alexander Graham Bell performed some of his early experiments in sound transmission here in the 1870s. Population: 90,200. |
Brantford
city, seat (1852) of Brant county, southeastern Ontario, Canada, on the Grand River. It originated as Brant's Ford, named for Joseph Brant, the famous Mohawk chief who was granted the site in 1784 for the settlement of the Six Nations (see Iroquois Confederacy) after the American Revolution. White settlement dates from 1805. Brantford is now an agricultural and industrial centre. Manufactures include textiles and agricultural, auto, and refrigeration equipment.
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