Conestoga

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Conestoga is a name attached to several places and things:

• Conestoga Township, Pennsylvania
• Conestoga River, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in the state of Pennsylvania.
• Conestoga Parkway, a freeway in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
• Conestoga High School, a public high school in Devon-Berwyn, Pennsylvania
• Conestoga College, based in Kitchener, Ontario in Canada.

• Conestoga (people), an English name for the Susquehannock people in Pennsylvania.

• The Conestoga wagon, a covered horse-drawn wagon.
• The Conestoga Cigar, also known as "Stogie."
• The Conestoga Rocket, a rocket produced from Minuteman I parts and launched from Matagorda Island.
• The Conestoga steam ship, which is a popular diving wreck in the Thousand Islands.
• The C-93 Conestoga cargo aircraft.
• The AL.60C Conestoga utility aircraft.

• In Star Trek, Conestoga is the name of the starship used in the failed first attempt at deep space colonization.
• In Aliens, it is the ship class of the Sulaco.
• In the game Outpost 2, Conestoga is also the name of a starship presented in the game.