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”
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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”
September 28 in history: Bridges
There are lost bridges (buried under fill and pavement in Leslieville. One of those lost creeks crossed at the end of Austin Avenue. City of Toronto Creek Locations 1912
Leslieville Historical Society 