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Au premier belge : Robinsonville - It was late in the month of November, and before coming to our own lands we had planted some potatoes at Premier Belge (Robinsonville or Champion). It took the boat two days to deliver all our baggage.
Belgenland - In the census of 1980, more than 360,000 Americans stated to be from Belgian descent. That’s about 1.5 % of the total population. Most of them live in the Mid West, with a Flemish concentration around Ghent (Minnesota) and a Walloon concentration around Green Bay (Wisconsin). The next highest concentration is in California, but those Belgians immigrated mainly after WW II.
Brussels, Ontario (CA)
Brussels is a community in Huron County, Ontario, Canada (coordinates : 43.742577° N 81.249948° W). It was originally called Ainleyville. The name was changed in the 1870s when a branch line of the Grand Trunk Railway from Guelph came through the town.
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