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It runs along Dundas Street West, the centre of the old village is just to the east of the Credit River valley. A large campus of the University of Toronto, known as the University of Toronto, Erindale campus, is located on the west bank of the river. Jump to: navigation, search The Credit River is a river in southern Ontario which flows from headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment to empty into Lake Ontario at Port Credit, Ontario, now part of Mississauga. ... Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada. ...

History

During the 17th and 18th centuries, French trappers named the river "Rivière du Credit". Aboriginal peoples called it the "trusting river" because the guns, knives and kettles they obtained in exchange for their furs an dwoven baskets were often bought on credit.

As settlement progressed, the Mississauga sold their land. In the treaty of 1805 signed by Chief Quenippenon the tribe ceded 70,784 acres. A second sale of 648,000 acres followed in 1818.

The "Indian Trail" became a military road and was named Dundas Street after the British Secretary-at-War, Henry Dundas. The Credit Village developed along Dundas Street, settled mainly by people from the bustling Town of York (now Toronto.) By 1809 there were 185 settlers in the area. Sawmills and grist mills were built, powered by water diverted from the river. Many of these settlers had come from the British Isles or were United Empire Loyalists from the former Thirteen colonies to the south. Others trekked from the settlements in Atlantic Canada, especially New Brunswick.

By 1830 the Crown was selling the land in 100 to 200-acre lots and streets were named after prominent people who settled there. Old Country immigrants began arriving, mingling with the United Empire Loyalists and New Brunswickers. There was also a large group of Irish immigrants who arrived from New York City.

The Credit Village became Springbrook, then Springfield and finally Erindale. Plank roads were laid over the mud of spring and fall and Erindale became a main stopping place for stagecoaches travelling between Toronto and Hamilton.