Today’s topic is about the history of 3 remarkable women who called historic Mississauga home. Sreetsville’s Helen Beaty (nee Ker), 1792-1868, took over the operation and management of the family’s grist and flour mill after her husband, John, passed away in 1842. “Hetty” was known as a formidable and dominant business woman at a time…
A recreational trail in Ward 5 carries the name of Jan’s Trail. The trail was named in recognition of Janusz (Jan) Zurakowski. Jan was born in Ryzawka, Russia (now in Poland), on September 12, 1914, and is best known for his association with A.V. Roe Canada and of being the chief test pilot for the…
Pattinson Crescent in the Clarkson area is named for Gordon Pattinson (1885-1973). The former Pattinson House, located at 972 Clarkson Road South, was built in 1915. Today the house serves as an office. Gordon built this house on property he had purchased from the Orr family. Gordon actively farmed his property, raising a variety of…
Timothy Street, Streetsville’s namesake, was born in Spencertown, New York in 1777. In 1800 he married Abigail Smith, who was born in 1783 in Hillsdale, New York. The couple relocated to Canada in 1801. Timothy lived and worked in St. David’s, near Niagara, for over 20 years before coming to the Credit River area. They…
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…
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…