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East Kitchener runs from the southern city limits north to Victoria Street on the East side of King. The Kitchener downtown is located in the centre of the city along King Street and offers many unique shops and hosts some popular regional events including the Kitchener Blues Festival and KOI Music Fest.
Properties for Sale in East Kitchener
Recreation in Kitchener East
Home Styles
Kitchener’s downtown is located along King Street and the city has developed outward since its founding. The result is most older home in Kitchener are located within a few blocks of the downtown. As you move east from King Street you enter the East Ward, which is largely made of war-time era homes and beyond that the more recent subdivision developments of Stanley Park, Chicopee and most recently Lackner Woods.
Places of Interest
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Worth Mentioning
Chicopee; skiing, snowboarding and tubing in the winter, tennis, volleyball, high and low ropes courses, a rock-climbing wall, a disc golf course, mountain bike trails and a BMX course for the warmer months.
History
Formerly known as Berlin, the community was founded in 1833 and incorporated as a city in 1912. It was renamed, Kitchener, in 1916. Over the years Kitchener has been a largely blue-collar town with the city calling itself home to some major manufacturers including Electrohome, Schneider’s Foods, Budd Canada, Kaufman and Kuntz Electroplating. Many of these companies have ceased local operations and the city is being revitalized with the transformation of their buildings into trendy upscale lofts.
Kitchener is also home to some popular cultural festivals including the blues festival, the K-W Multicultural Festival and Oktoberfest the second largest Bavarian festival in the world.
Moving into the future Kitchener has built a light rail transit system and has expanded Fairway road across the Grand River, the first new bridge to span the Grand in the area since 1963.