Monthly Archives: February 2025

February 15th in Leslieville’s past: Featuring Boston Avenue

This is a short street, broken into two sections one south of Dundas Street East and the other a shorter section running south off Gerrard Street. It has an interesting history as it was the focus of a long-running law suite brought by John Russell against the City of Toronto which had seized the propertyContinue reading “February 15th in Leslieville’s past: Featuring Boston Avenue”

February 9th in Leslieville: Disaster on Eastern Avenue

AT LEAST FIVE OF TEN GAS VICTIMS DIED IN ATTEMPT TO RESCUE COMRADES SURVIVORS KNOW LITTLE OF HOW THE BLOW FELL Louis Peters Was at Work – Then He Awoke in Hospital. JUST OVER THE FLU Thomas Wilson Had Just Returned From Three Week’s Illness. Gas which filled the valve house of the Consumers GasContinue reading “February 9th in Leslieville: Disaster on Eastern Avenue”

February 4 in Leslieville: Heward/Holly Creek

By Joanne Doucette I hope you enjoy this short photo essay. For scholars, students and the curious, a detailed time line of Heward/Holly Creek showing the development of Carlaw Avenue follows. It is from original sources which are credited. Time Line 1874 Motion that “the new street running from King-street southward to the lake, westContinue reading “February 4 in Leslieville: Heward/Holly Creek”

February 3 in Leslieville: Featuring Carlaw Avenue

February 2 in Leslieville

The Kingston Road was an Indigenous Trail, a “Moccasin Highway”, surveyed by the British military and minimally improved. It’s chief purpose was to allow troops to move quickly as an alternative to sailing on Lake Ontario. From 1815 to 1817 local settlers built the Kingston or Front Road on a new alignment, closer to theContinue reading “February 2 in Leslieville”