Skip to content

Leslieville Historical Society

Tag Archives: Toronto Harbour

The Continued Creation of Cherry Beach (featuring 1935)

Posted byLeslieville Historical SocietyNovember 23, 2022November 23, 2022Posted inGeneral HistoryTags:Cherry Beach, dredge, dredging, Eastern Gap, Eastern Industrial District, landfill, Leslie Street Spit, Portlands, sand pump', Toronto Harbor Commission, Toronto Harbour1 Comment on The Continued Creation of Cherry Beach (featuring 1935)

October 1 in history

Posted byLeslieville Historical SocietyOctober 1, 2021October 1, 2021Posted inGeneral HistoryTags:Carlaw, Leslie Grove, Lesliegrove, Leslieville, Logan, Rolph-Clark-Stone, Toronto Harbor Commission, Toronto HarbourLeave a comment on October 1 in history

The Story of a Marsh — Now a Harbor

Posted byLeslieville Historical SocietyMarch 22, 2021Posted inGeneral HistoryTags:Ashbridge's Bay, Ashbridges Bay, Eastern Harbor Terminals, marsh, Portlands, Toronto Harbour2 Comments on The Story of a Marsh — Now a Harbor

Archived posts

Follow Leslieville Historical Society on WordPress.com
  • Streets and roads
    • Alton Avenue
    • Ashdale Avenue I
      • Ashdale Avenue II
    • Austin Avenue: Subdivision 549 by Joanne Doucette
    • Carlaw Avenue: The Wrigley Building
      • Wrigley Ads: “Tell ’em quick and tell ’em often.” William Wrigley Jr.
      • 349 Carlaw Avenue: Piano Man
    • Coxwell Avenue
      • Subsidized Housing! Oh no, not in my neighbourhood. Oh yes! Right in your neighbourhood.
      • Coxwell Stables
    • Erie Terrace to Craven Road: You can’t keep a good street down
      • Craven Road I
      • Craven Road: By The Numbers
      • Craven Road II
      • The Story of the Craven Road Fence
      • The Fence
    • Gerrard Street
      • From Farm to Shacktown to Bungalowland: Gerrard-Coxwell
      • Gerrard Ashdale Neighbourhood II
      • Gerrard Ashdale Neighbourhood I
      • Shacktown
      • The Great Shacktown Crisis
      • A Shacktown Christmas
      • Gerrard Ashdale in World War One
      • Gerrard Ashdale Library
      • The Toronto Golf Club: First 18 Hole Course in Canada
    • Greenwood Avenue
      • Wagstaff Brickyards
    • Morse Street Public School
  • Morse Street
    • Morse Street: By The Numbers
  • Queen Street East
    • Queen Street: From Davies Avenue to Munro Street, Riverside
      • Queen Street East: From Broadview Avenue to Baseball Place, Riverside
      • Queen Walk 3: Sex, Lies & Murder on McGee
      • St. Stephen’s United Church, Queen Street East, Toronto
      • Duke of York
      • Queen Street East: from Baseball Place to the East Don Roadway, Riverside
      • Devil Wagons and The Murderdrome Toronto’s Motordrome
      • Devil Wagons and The Murderdrome: Toronto’s Motordrome
      • Christmas Shopping
      • Queen Street East: 709-737 Queen Street East Broadview Ave to Lewis Street, Riverside
      • Heward’s Creek Illustrations, Photos, Maps
    • Queen Street East: from Munro Street to Broadview Avenue, Riverside
    • Queen Street East: The Johnston Company Furniture Store at Queen and Broadview, Riverside
      • Queen Walk 1: A Tale of Trains, Tragedy and Leslieville’s West End
        • The Duke of York
      • Queen Walk 2: Dunlop Rubber & Tire Company
    • Queen Street: From the Bridge to Victoria Park Part I: The Bridge
    • Woodfield Road
  • General History
    • Streetcars
    • 1921 Map
    • Black Lives Matter
      • Weaving Our History: The Isaac Price House and the Underground Railroad
      • Sources Black History
    • Building the subway 1965: Aerial photos
    • Leslies: the family, their business
      • George Leslie and the Toronto Nurseries
    • The Russell Family of Leslieville
    • Neighbourhoods
      • Pocket and south to the Railway
    • Timeline Ashbridge’s Bay
  • 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

Recent Posts

  • Lost knowledge of An Indigenous Crop March 7, 2023
  • Don Valley Flooding, February 26, 1918 February 26, 2023
  • The Continued Creation of Cherry Beach (featuring 1935) November 23, 2022
  • The Cemeteries November 21, 2022
  • TD Bank Robbery, Queen & Logan, Toronto Star, August 14, 1964 November 19, 2022

Archives

  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • May 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • October 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • May 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • February 2016

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Categories

Follow Leslieville Historical Society on WordPress.com

Pages

  • 1921 Map
  • 349 Carlaw Avenue: Piano Man
  • A Shacktown Christmas
  • Action!
  • Alton Avenue
  • Ashbridge’s Bay
  • Ashdale Avenue I
  • Ashdale Avenue II
    • Carlaw: April 7, 1948
  • Austin Avenue: Subdivision 549 by Joanne Doucette
  • Building the subway 1965: Aerial photos
  • Carlaw Avenue: The Wrigley Building
  • Christmas Shopping
  • Coxwell Stables
  • Craven Road I
  • Craven Road II
  • Devil Wagons and The Murderdrome: Toronto’s Motordrome
    • Leslieville Historical Society
  • Duke of York
  • George Leslie and the Toronto Nurseries
  • Gerrard Ashdale in World War One
  • Gerrard Ashdale Library
  • Gerrard Ashdale Neighbourhood I
    • Area Merchants Now and Then: 23 Days to Christmas
  • Gerrard Ashdale Neighbourhood II
  • Heward/Holly Creek
  • Historical Societies
  • Leslie the Builder: Robert Leslie
  • Leslieville Historical Society E-News
  • Leslieville Timeline
  • Morse Street
  • Morse Street Public School
  • Pocket and south to the Railway
  • Queen Street East: 709-737 Queen Street East Broadview Ave to Lewis Street, Riverside
    • Queen Street East: from Baseball Place to the East Don Roadway, Riverside
    • Queen Street East: From Broadview Avenue to Baseball Place, Riverside
    • Queen Street East: from Munro Street to Broadview Avenue, Riverside
    • Queen Street East: The Johnston Company Furniture Store at Queen and Broadview, Riverside
    • Queen Street: From Davies Avenue to Munro Street, Riverside
    • Queen Street: From the Bridge to Victoria Park Part I: The Bridge
  • QUEEN STREET EAST: 714-742 QUEEN STREET EAST BROADVIEW AVE TO GRANT STREET, RIVERSIDE
  • QUEEN STREET EAST: 744-798 QUEEN STREET EAST GRANT STREET TO BOULTON AVENUE, RIVERSIDE
  • Queen Walk 1: Leslieville’s West End
  • Queen Walk 2: Dunlop Rubber
  • Queen Walk 3: McGee
  • Shacktown
  • Sources Black History
  • Streetcars
  • Subsidized Housing! Oh no, not in my neighbourhood. Oh yes! Right in your neighbourhood.
  • The Great Shacktown Crisis
  • The Russell Family of Leslieville
  • The Story of the Craven Road Fence
  • Upcoming Events
  • Wagstaff Brickyards
  • Woodfield Road
  • Wrigley Ads: “Tell ’em quick and tell ’em often.” William Wrigley Jr.
  • Streets and roads
  • Morse Street
  • Queen Street East
  • General History
  • 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
Leslieville Historical Society, Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Follow Following
    • Leslieville Historical Society
    • Join 114 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Leslieville Historical Society
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar