We made reference to Britannia Road in an earlier article – the road is named for the community it led to – but we did not talk about the community itself. Driving along the busy thoroughfares of Hurontario Street or Britannia Road today, people may not notice the “Welcome to Britannia” road signs. The historic…
Cook Street, near the intersection of Dundas Street and Hurontario Street, takes its name from the namesake of the historic village of Cooksville, Jacob Cook (1776-1873). Jacob Cook was born on April 26, 1776 in Pennsylvania, with his family later settling near Ancaster, Ontario. A story recounts that Jacob met another early settler in 1814…
An area of Lakeview in southwest Mississauga carries a series of street names that harken back to a time when a schemer scammed hundreds of people out of their life savings and almost ruined a community. Local farmer Robert Duck passed away in 1922, and within days of his funeral, a Toronto realtor named Harold…
The Glen Leven Golf Course was established in 1920 by Lachlan Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton had served as the first president of the Mississaugua Golf & Country Club on Mississauga Road from 1906 until 1915. He purchased a 50-acre property in Clarkson from the Peer family to build a new golf course, which he described as…
On May 27, 1918 Art Murdock purchased 105 acres along Lake Ontario in the Clarkson area, and commissioned renowned architect and designer Stanley Thompson to lay out a golf course. A clubhouse, pro shop and nine-hole course were ready for the 1922 season. The Lakeshore Country Club officially opened on August 26, 1922. The course…
Stonehaven Drive in the Clarkson area is named after Trenwith family farm. William D. Trenwith and his wife, Margaret Pattinson, moved to Clarkson in 1901. Their family grew to include children William H. (“Bill”), John and Lorna. In 1904 William D. purchased 25 acres south of Clarkson Road, and called the farm Stonehaven Farm. The…
Lessard Lane is a modern subdivision road that runs north off of Old Derry Road, just to the east of Meadowvale Village Heritage Conservation District. The road is named in memory of former area resident, Major-General Francois-Louis Lessard (1860-1927), who owned the property on which the subdivision was built. Lessard was born in Quebec City,…
Steen Drive is located near the crossing of Creditview Road and the 401, as part of a subdivision on the east side of Creditview Road tucked into a bend in the Credit River. Historically this area was part of the Steen family farm. The Steen family came from County Donegal, near Londonderry, Ireland. William Steen…
In the northwest corner of our city you will find the name Levi Creek – there is the Levi Creek Public School, Levi Creek Trail, Levi Creek subdivision, and likely other names that take their inspiration from Levi Creek, a tributary of the Credit River. But the creek takes its name from a person –…
North of Eglinton Avenue running west from Hurontario Street is Glenn Hawthorne Boulevard. The road remembers Glenn Grice and his Hawthorne Valley Golf and Country Club. Glenn Grice (1926-2002) was a farmer, and operated a 100-acre farm here that was known as Hawthorne Valley, in reference to the many hawthorne trees that grew in the…