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Formosa is a community located in the municipality of South Bruce, in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. Prominent features of Formosa include: * a hilltop church (named the Church of the Immaculate Conception) built from 1875-1883 * Lion and Lioness Park – a picnic stop * Formosa Springs Brewery (Brick Brewing Company) * site of the Formosa Mutual Insurance Company (1880) * Formosa Inn and Oberle's General Store (1886) Neighbouring towns include Mildmay and Walkerton. The postal code for the hamlet is N0G 1W0. ==Origins== Rev. Gaspar Matoga, a Jesuit missionary, visited the area in January 1853, on one of many trips to minister to the new settlements of the region. Upon seeing the valley in which the present day hamlet is situated, he described it as ''formosa'', the Latin word for beautiful. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Formosa, Ontario」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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