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OverviewExplore the vestiges of the hamlets and villages that have been swallowed up by Toronto’s relentless growth. Over the course of more than two centuries, Toronto has ballooned from a muddy collection of huts on a swampy waterfront to Canada’s largest and most diverse city. Amid (and sometimes underneath) this urban agglomeration are the remains of many small communities that once dotted the region now known as Toronto and the GTA. Before European settlers arrived, Indigenous Peoples established villages on the shore of Lake Ontario. With the arrival of the English, a host of farm hamlets, tollgate stopovers, mill towns, and, later, railway and cottage communities sprang up. Vestiges of some are still preserved, while others have disappeared forever. Some are remembered, though many have been forgotten. In Toronto’s Lost Villages, all of their stories are brought back to life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ron BrownPublisher: Dundurn Group Ltd Imprint: Dundurn Group Ltd Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.397kg ISBN: 9781459746572ISBN 10: 1459746570 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 02 July 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsLIST OF THE LOST INTRODUCTION 1. ALONG THE LAKESHORE Toronto’ First Vanished Villages Teiaiagon and Ganatchakiagon The Europeans Arrive, in Numbers Old York The Toronto Islands New Town The Villages on the Lake Windermere Humber Bay Long Branch Lorne Park Rosebank Fairport 2. EARLY PIONEER PATHS Don Mills Road Don Vale Chester Todmorden Village Dawes Road Coleman’s Corners Little York Moffat’s Corners Davenport Road Davenport Carlton Albion Road Thistletown Smithfield Claireville 3. YONGE STREET Yorkville Drummondville Davisville “Eglington” Bedford Park York Mills Lansing Willowdale Newtonbrook Langstaff 4. THE GOVERNOR’S ROAD Blue Bell Village Brockton Lambton Mills Islington Summerville Dixie Cooksville Springfield 5. THE LOST VILLAGES OF THE PIONEER KINGSTON ROAD Don Mount Leslieville Norway Mortlake, and the Famous Halfway House Scarborough Post Office Highland Creek and West Hill Rouge Hill Dunbarton Liverpool Duffin’s Creek 6. VANISHED FARM HAMLETS OF SCARBOROUGH AND THE NORTHEAST Danforth Post Office Bell’s Corners Bendale Woburn Wexford O’Sullivan’s Corners L’Amoreaux Hillside Hough’s Corners Ellesmere Milliken Malvern Armadale Hagerman’s Corners Brown’s Corners Dollar 7. FARM HAMLETS OF THE NORTHWEST The Vaughn Road Fairbank Dublin Elia Emery Fisherville Kaiserville Downsview Concrod Edgeley Airport Road Woodhill Grahamsville Malton Mount Charles Derry West Elmbank Richview Britannia Hanlon Burnhamthorpe Highfield 8. BY THE OLD MILL STREAM The Rouge River Buttonville Headford The Don River Todmorden Mills Oriole Flynntown Don Mills Gray Mills Milneford Mills German Mills The Humber River Milton Mills Brownsville Pine Gorve Rowntree Mills The Credit River Barbertown Churchville Old Meadowvale 9. THE RAILWAY TOWNS Mimico New Toronto West Toronto Junction East Toronto Scarborough Junction Scarborough Village Port Union Leaside EPILOGUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS APPENDIX 1: THE STREET RAILWAYS APPENDIX 2: TORONTO’S LOST STATIONS FURTHER READING IMAGE CREDITS INDEXReviewsBrown has written a book of great service...Toronto's Lost Villages is a compendious buffet of civic history. * Literary Review of Canada * Author InformationRon Brown, a geographer and travel writer, has authored more than twenty books, including Canada’s World Wonders and The Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore. A past chair of the Writers’ Union of Canada and a current member of the East York Historical Society, he gives lectures and conducts tours along Ontario’s back roads. Ron lives in Toronto. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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