The entrance to the Centennial portion of the trail A unique shoreline park in the eastern reaches of the city featuring cobblestone beaches, pedestrian lookouts and connections to waterfront trails. The park provides lakefront access in...
Port Union expanded as reliable transportation point The Laskey Hotel , circa 1859/60 was located at the southeast end of Port Union Road on Orchard Street (later called Duthie Street) and on part of...
Grand Trunk Railway The Port Union train station (c. 1905) was located on part of the current Port Union Village Common. Photo, courtesy Scarborough Archives On November 10, 1852, the Grand Trunk Railway was...
Area was a ship-building hub Drawing of Port Union Village and wharf (c. 1856-1895). Illustration:Jeremy Hopkin, courtesy Scarborough Archives By Don Allen The mouths of the Highland Creek and Rouge Rivers were a hub...
It all began at a Centennial Road Public School meeting on Tuesday, November 9. 1949. At the time, the small Centennial community was quiet and semi-rural. However, a new subdivision was in the planning...
In 1967, the CCRA in association with the local community opened Adams Park on Lawson Road. The plague inscription reads as follows: In commemmeration of “Uncle Tommy Adams” or American Dutchman” who came to...
By Don Allen Until recently, the Cameron Watson orchard was southwest of Centennial Road and Lawson Road was known as Watson’s Orchard. It was originally a 50-acre parcel of land bought by John Cecil...
Scarborough’s lakefront connections to trade and transportation reached it’s zenith when the Scarborough and Pickering Wharf Company was established in 1847 near the mouth of the Rouge by local farmer and entrepreneur William Helliwell...
At the corner of Meadowvale and Old Kingston Road is a beautiful old building. This was the finest store in the district when it was built in 1890 and owned by William J. Morrish....
Weslayan Methodist Church and “Centennial” church at Kingston Road at Centennial Road was built in 1891. The community was built on the former Annis farm and since much of the planning and construction took...