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New Toronto is a working-class neighbourhood near the southwest corner of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is roughly bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Kipling Avenue to the west, New Toronto Street to the north, and Dwight Avenue to the east. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status but is not fully co-official) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty...
Lake Ontario (French: lac Ontario), bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ...
New Toronto was first incorporated as a village in 1913, with a population of 500, and became a town in 1920. It was amalgamated in 1967 into the Borough (later City) of Etobicoke; this in turn was merged with five other municipalities and a regional government into the new City of Toronto in 1998. 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ...
1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...
Etobicoke (pronounced ) is the western portion of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has a population of about 350,000. ...
The original act, Incorporation of the City of Toronto in 1834, was used to create the former City of Toronto. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
The town of New Toronto was a strong manufacturing community during the early part of the twentieth century. The area's largest employer was the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, which established a plant there in 1917. Other major industries included Good Year Tire & Rubber, Campbell's Soup, Anaconda Brass, Continental Can,and Gilbey Distillers. Industry was attracted to New Toronto by the presence of the Grand Trunk Railway ( a major employer) freight yard opened in 1906, located in New Toronto although named Mimico Yard. Growing freight traffic in the Toronto area necessitated the creation of an amalgamated facility and a by-pass of the conjested Toronto Terminal. A modern hump yard in Maple first named Toronto Yard and the freight by-pass opened in 1965 at which time Mimico was downgraded considerably, resulting in the loss of much employment. At the same time the Toronto By Pass line allowed for the creation of GO Transit commuter train line between Oakville and Pickering. GO named its facility Willowbrook. Old CNR facilities in Mimico Yard were used for the startup of this trial train service. Its subsequent growth has resulted in new facilities being built for GO. The availability of the almost deserted railway yard was an opportunity to relocate VIA Rail passenger facilities from downtown Toronto to New Toronto. VIA calls its facilities: Toronto Maintenance Centre. 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
Mimico, Ontario is a neighbourhood in southern Etobicoke, which is itself now part of Toronto, and bounded by the Gardiner Expressway to the north, Dwight Avenue on the west, the Humber River to the east and Lake Ontario to the south. ...
It is now a neighbourhood in transition as the industrial corridor located at the north end of the community is being converted into residential zoning; industry is gradually moving out of New Toronto, making way for further residential development. New Toronto also has a high senior citizen population.
The Toronto Transit Commission's 501 Queen streetcar line, which runs along Lake Shore Boulevard, connects New Toronto to the downtown core. The Lakeshore Campus of Humber College, formerly Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital, is located at the foot of Kipling Avenue. The local high school is Lakeshore Collegiate Institute, located on the corner of Kipling and Birmingham and the local funeral home is Ridley Funeral Home located at Lake Shore Blvd. W. and Fourteenth St. The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is a public transport authority that operates buses, streetcars, subways, and rapid transit lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
a historic postcard showing electric trolley-powered streetcars in Richmond, Virginia, where Frank J. Sprague successfully demonstrated his new system on the hills in 1888 A streetcar is a railway vehicle designed to carry passengers on tracks, usually laid in city streets. ...
Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (generally referred to as Humber College) is a college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
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Lakeshore Collegiate Institute (formerly New Toronto Secondary School) is a high school in New Toronto, a working class neighbourhood in Toronto, Canadas west side. ...
Links New Toronto Historical Society
The Former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Project
Ridley Funeral Home
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