Councillor’s Message September 2020
Building safe communities I hope you were able to find ways to stay connected this summer with family and friends while physically distancing. Like you, I was sad that the Port Union Waterfront festival...
Website refresh opens windows on community
By Don Lawrence For most, summertime means holiday trips and relaxing time at the beach. But summer during a pandemic is a bit different. CCRA has been working hard to deliver new content so...
MPP Report September 2020
Scarborough-Rouge Park community is more resilient than ever Everywhere I go, I always tell people that Scarborough-Rouge Park is one of the strongest communities in all of Ontario. Throughout this pandemic, I have witnessed...
Moving forward when the future is a grey haze
By Amy Stephenson Is it just me or has the news been sounding like a Magic 8 ball for the past five months? Concentrate and ask again, Ask again later, Better not tell you...
Celebrating health, diversity and strength with Caribana festival
By Melissa Elliott This year has been challenging for us all but we have reason to celebrate. In mid-August, the Tony Stacey Centre was still without a single case of COVID-19, despite the overwhelming...
Return to playgrounds brings joy
By Denise Bacon The reopening of the parks has been a boon for people of all ages. The sudden shutdown of playgrounds and all public recreation spaces in March due to COVID-19 caught everyone...
Presidents Message September 2020
Great summer weather allowed for lots of outdoor time By Kathy Rowe Welcome back, readers! Our COVID summer was a strange one for sure, but no one can protest our wonderful summer weather. At...
Where is Centennial?
In 1847 the Port Union area entered a golden age of growth as a shipping port. Arrival of the The Grand Trunk Railway in 1856 boosted the area as a shipping and rail hub....
Early settlement began 1808
First Peoples A branch of the Anishinabe who settled along the north shore of Lake Ontario were known as Mississaugas. The territory of the Mississaugas in the Toronto region stretched from Long Point on...
Shop Locally
Your support for local businesses is good for Centennial because you’re putting money back into the neighbourhood and giving the stores a chance to thrive. The more successful shops we have, the more vibrant...
Bamboo Face masks In support of local foodbanks
A fundraiser of the West Hill-Highland Creek Lions Club. Locally made, covers mouth and nose, comfortable to wear. Made with two layers of all-natural stretch bamboo fibres. Order Now
Port Union Waterfront Trail
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...
Laskey Hotel
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...
Port Union Train Station
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...
Ship Building
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...
William Dempsey
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...
Thomas Adams
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...
Watson’s Orchard
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...
William Helliwell
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...
Morrish Store
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....
Centennial Historic Names
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...
Johns-Manville
Johns-Mansville before 1992 The Johns-Manville plant used to be located west of Port Union Rd. south of Lawrence. In May 1948, big industry came to Port Union on the historic Dixon farm land. For...
Andrew Annis
Family of Andrew Annis and Sarah Taylor Port Union, Scarboro Standing: Levi Garry, Cynthia Thom, Fanny Pherrill Seated: David, Arthur, Andrew, Sarah Taylor Annis, Emily Chester, William Kneeling: Letitia Armstrong, Nellie Purdie Andrew Annis...
Stacey Centre fundraiser exceeds expectations
Read Table of contents:Zoom is a popular platform to stay connected – Fairies in Centennial bring delights to doorsteps – This community should be accessible to every resident – Zoo bends with the times...
Car parade ‘an epic event’ for community and Stacey Centre
By Kathryn Stocks A lively community car parade held on Friday, May 1 for the Tony Stacey Centre for Veterans Care took place on the same day employees at the home were reeling from...
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