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St Jacobs[1], or 'Jakobstettl' in the local Pennsylvania Dutch, is the heart of St Jacobs Country, a primary tourist destination north of Waterloo, Ontario.

St Jacobs is home base to the network of Home Hardware, Home Furniture, Home Building Supplies stores across Canada. St Jacobs is in the heart of North Waterloo's well-known Mennonite and Amish country. Driving in the area likely as not you will share the road with their horse-drawn buggies, particularly Sundays which is a day of church-going and visiting, and on Market Days when they are on the way to and from Market. Many offer home-grown produce, and home-made baking and preserves from home or road-side stands, but note that 'No Sunday Sales' signs mean just that!

There are two main tourist destinations in the area. The market is located immediately north of the Waterloo city limits. The historic village is located three kilometres to the north.

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St. Jacobs is about 1 hour west of Toronto and 1 hour northeast of London. From Highway 401, exit 278/278A north, take Highway 8 to Highway 85 North, exit "King Street" (Regional Road 15). Note that there are two King Street interchanges; you want the second one. Travel north, following the signs to St. Jacobs Country.

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Grand River Transit's route 21 runs on market days between Conestoga Mall in north Waterloo to both the market and the village.

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The Waterloo Central Railway[2] is an excursion train that travels between Waterloo and St. Jacobs on market days, stopping at both the market and the village.

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The Mennonite Story Visitor Centre, 1406 King Street, 519-664-3518, [3]. Here you can learn about the history, culture and Faith of the Mennonite people of this area of Ontario. Take a journey and look at Mennonite life and history, the clothing and homes, beginning with a short DVD presentation.

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The Waterloo County and Area Quilt Festival, annually through the month of May, is headquartered here, the premier event of its kind in Canada. The Quilt Gallery, third floor at 1441 King St. N., 10AM-6PM daily, features the work both of individual artists, and of quilting groups.

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St. Jacobs Farmers' Market, (Tuesday during summer, Thursday, Saturday year round, 7AM-3:30PM) and the Waterloo County Farmers Market (Saturdays year round, 7AM-2PM, Sundays April to December, 10AM-4PM), on opposite sides of the road on the outskirts of the City of Waterloo 5km south of the village. 600 vendors in a number of buildings. The Market incorporates the Ontario Stockyards with livestock auctions on Thursdays.

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Area restaurants offer international cuisine, as well as authentic Waterloo County 'food that schmecks' home-cooked fare.

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• Best Western St. Jacobs Country Inn, 50 Benjamin Road East, ☎ 519-884-0100.  edit

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