Port Union-Rouge Park Mural

Centennial Park Plaza mural honour’s Port Union’s past more The Port Union Village section of the mural A Brief History of Port Union By Don Allen, President,...

Opening of Port Union-Rouge Park Mural

Mural highlights our rich local heritage This summer Centennial residents watched the evolution of a stunning new landmark in our neighbourhood. On September 8 the Port Union-Rouge...

Tales from the mural – first peoples

Mural highlights our rich local heritage After the last ice age retreated, the first peoples to inhabit the area of the Rouge River watershed were aboriginals. Their...

Port Union Ship-building

Area was a ship-building hub By Don Allen The mouths of the Highland Creek and Rouge Rivers were a hub of shipbuilding activity during the early 1820s...

Port Union Train Station

Grand Trunk Railway On November 10, 1852, the Grand Trunk Railway was incorporated. Plans were immediately announced to build a rail line between the cities of Montreal...

The Laskey Hotel

Port Union expanded as reliable transportation point By Don Allen With the opening of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1856, the area we know as Port Union...

Mural Artist Azadeh Pirazimian

Finding the meaning of community through art The Port Union-Rouge Park mural artist team spent the summer of 2016 face to face with Centennial Plaza’s back wall,...