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Leslieville Timeline
1909 Township of York Directory
Scottish Soldier
Highland Clearances
Canada’s Johnny Appleseed
Canada’s Johnny Appleseed
Leslie the Builder: Robert Leslie
Leslie the Builder: Robert Leslie
St. Stephen’s United Church, Queen Street East, Toronto
Duke of York
Devil Wagons and The Murderdrome Toronto’s Motordrome
Devil Wagons and The Murderdrome: Toronto’s Motordrome
Heward’s Creek Illustrations, Photos, Maps
The Fence
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May 26 in Leslieville’s past May 24, 2025
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Transplanting, George Leslie, The Farmer and Mechanic, Vol 1, no 7, April 1849 April 24, 2025
Planting, Spring, 1888, The Canadian Horticulturist, Vol 11, no 4, April 1888 April 24, 2025

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1921 Map
349 Carlaw Avenue: Piano Man
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Ashbridge’s Bay
Austin Avenue: Subdivision 549 by Joanne Doucette
Carlaw Avenue: The Wrigley Building
Devil Wagons and The Murderdrome: Toronto’s Motordrome
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Duke of York
George Leslie and the Toronto Nurseries
Heward/Holly Creek
Leslie the Builder: Robert Leslie
Leslieville History
Leslieville Timeline
Luella Price and the Lane Way
Morse Street
Morse Street Public School
The Russell Family of Leslieville
Wagstaff Brickyards
Wrigley Ads: “Tell ’em quick and tell ’em often.” William Wrigley Jr.
Carlaw: April 7, 1948

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1909 Township of York Directory
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Canada’s Johnny Appleseed
Leslie the Builder: Robert Leslie
Leslie the Builder: Robert Leslie

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