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Leslieville Historical Society

How the bones of Leslieville residents ended up in a schoolyard in Corktown

Looking for the Ghost of Leslie Creek
Six Laner to Soar, Globe and Mail, May 4, 1954
Gerrard and Carlaw, May 3, 1930
Pape Recreation Centre Junior Soccer Team — Playground Champions – May 2, 1936
Location, Location, Location
Rolph Clark Stone April 1951
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Ashbridge’s Creek: twins: one captured, one free
Playing by the Rules: Baseball, Guelph Maple Leafs, 1886

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Canada’s Greatest Baseball Star dies, home on a quiet Leslieville street
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that what we now call Toronto is on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.

This site is administered by me, Joanne Doucette. I am a local historian, a past Chair of the Toronto Public Library, founding member of the Leslieville Historical Society, and co-founder of the DisAbled Women’s Network. I am retired and live in the Coxwell-Gerrard neighbourhood. While the Leslieville Historical Society has not had a meeting, a Board election or any activity since before the COVID Pandemic, this page will continue thanks to the generosity of readers, friends and neighbours.
My history of Leslieville is available for reading free of charge at:
https://archive.org/details/PigsFlowersAndBricksFeb32017
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Leslieville paid a terrible price in World War One: Charles Hazen KIA Bill Smith wounded, Vimy, The Windsor Star, April 26, 1917

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TTC Gerrard Street closed due to track work, Globe, April 26, 1922

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Leslie Creek, Globe, April 26, 1918

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Lost knowledge of An Indigenous Crop
- Views of Mosley Street, 1929-1930 March 6, 2021
- A.R. Clarke Tannery: Ads February 12, 2021
- Lakefront or Beach Front: Woodbine Beach to Victoria Park February 11, 2021
- Self-guided Tour: Bricks, Devils and a Pocket February 9, 2021
- Some Lost Leslieville Industries October 1, 2020
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- Queen Walk 1: Leslieville’s West End
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