This article might pose more questions than answers. There is a street (or a court to be precise) in northwest Mississauga named for Bishop John Strachan (pronounced “Strawn”). Bishop Strachan Court was developed in the early 1990s as part of the Trelawny subdivision development in Meadowvale, which in itself is a unique part of Mississauga’s…
Welcome to our 50th installment of “Ask a Historian”. Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our next episode of “Ask A Historian” on May 27th at 4:00 p.m. on our YouTube channel. This week Matthew welcomes guest Tahir I. Qureshi as they explore the history of the Meadowvale Islamic center (MIC) and the dedication of the…
March 21 marked World Poetry Day. UNESCO first adopted World Poetry Day in 1999, with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression. World Poetry Day is the occasion to honour poets, revive oral traditions of poetry recitals, promote the reading, writing and teaching of poetry, and to foster the convergence between poetry and…
Christmas – that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of gathering, but always it will be a day of remembrance – a day in which we think of everything…
In 1992, the Government of Canada designated October as Women’s History Month, marking the beginning of an annual month-long celebration of the outstanding achievements of women throughout Canada’s history. Women’s History Month in 2020 includes the International Day of the Girl (October 11) and Persons Day (October 18). For Women’s History Month we will be…
There is a leash free dog park in Northwest Mississauga known affectionately as “Toto Park”. Totoredaca Park has a long and interesting story, and the leash free dog park is but the latest chapter of its story. Children’s day camps began in Toronto Township (Mississauga) in the 1950s, under the direction of former Recreation Director,…
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,…
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 –…
The Ontario Heritage Trust carried out a Favourite Sites survey during Doors Open Ontario 2011 in celebration of the program’s 10th anniversary. The survey consisted of 12 nominee sites in 15 different categories, and all 103 events in the program’s history were represented with at least one nominated site. There was also a category at…
Heritage Home in historic Meadowvale Village Heritage Conservation District Lost in Fire In the early morning hours of November 12th, 2011, the Lambe-McDonald House, also known historically as the “Cantelon Cottage”, located at 1066 Old Derry Road in historic Meadowvale Village, was gutted by fire. The home had recently been sold, and was undergoing a…