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…
Robert Speck Parkway in Mississauga’s city centre is named in 1977 for the former Mayor (and previously Reeve) of Mississauga. Speck was born in 1915 and raised on a 175 acre fruit farm in Clarkson. He was deeply involved life of the community. He was well-regarded as being honest and committed to the at the…
We have all likely travelled along Wolfedale Road at some point in time. Wolfedale Road is a historic root of travel that was originally surveyed in 1806, and was given the numerical designation of Second Line West. Its modern road names comes in association to the Wolfe family, who operated a farm along its route…