During Heritage Week, from February 19 to 27, you will have a chance for a fascinating exploration along the course of Mississauga Road. The City of Mississauga Culture, Museums and Parks teams are working in collaboration with Heritage Mississauga to present an outdoor recreation-themed Heritage Week campaign. Daily social posts will be shared by Culture,…
It is a bit like a bug that I cannot shake. Wherever I travel, wherever I may go, I look to connect with the history and stories of the place, and invariably I am drawn to finding connections to Mississauga. We recently had an opportunity to go winter Yurt camping in Algonquin Park – and…
Mississauga has deep roots in recreation and play. Informal gatherings and local competitions, such as competing barn raising teams, bicycle and horse racing, plowing matches, swimming, and rowing competitions, and even auto-polo and donkey baseball, gradually evolved in semi-organized and organized sporting endeavours, such as baseball, football, lacrosse and hockey, and countless other recreational activities….
Dundas stays. The name of the road has been etched on our landscape for over 200 years, and countless citizens over innumerable generations have interacted and connected with the road, and as a by-product, the name. We also know over the recent past the wider societal discussions over colonial place names, and the modern revaluation…
(Oakridge is a residential area bounded by the Credit River on the north and east, North Sheridan landfill site on the west, and the QEW on the south.) The modern landscape often hides clues, albeit in plain sight, from its history. Residential development is very much part of our story here in Mississauga, and some…
It was Monday, October 31, 1910. And for over three hours a fierce engagement took place between two armies – one advancing eastward from Hamilton, the other, in defence of Toronto, advancing westward along Dundas Street, determined to hold the bridge over the Credit River. The armies met at Mississauga Road. The engagement involved over…
166 years ago, a steam locomotive, painted in dark green with polished brass fittings, and pulling several passenger cars full of VIPs – railway officials, financiers, and other assorted dignitaries – travelled merrily along the newly laid Great Western Railway near Clarkson. The date was December 3, 1855, and the opening of the sparkling new…
Some time ago, local historian, author and storyteller Alan Skeoch penned an article remembering the late Lorne Joyce and recalling the heady days of rum-running in Port Credit. Lorne, himself an avid storyteller, author and marine historian, often regaled members of local historical societies with tales from life on the Great Lakes. I fondly recall…
We recently received an inquiry about the dam ruins in Erindale Park. For many visitors today it can be hard to fathom that the area that is now Erindale Park was, for over 30 years, mostly submerged under water. Beginning in 1898, plans to harness the natural water resources of the Credit River for hydroelectricity…
Let’s all mark tomorrow, September 30, by wearing orange in honour of Orange Shirt Day. Coinciding with the day and aligning with the Federal government’s adoption of September 30 as a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the City of Mississauga also chose to honour the day by closing City facilities for a day of…