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The story of Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey) began about 10,000 years ago when Palaeo-Indian nomadic hunters first arrived in Southern Ontario at the end of the last Ice Age. I enjoy imagining those times, and reading about the experiences of hunter-gatherers. Imagination is at play when we picture the past, as it is […]
The following Dec. 23, 2013 text is from Peter Milczyn: Dear Ward 5 Resident, In an effort to keep you as informed as possible, with up to date information, regarding the current power outages in Etobicoke (and across the City), Toronto Hydro has advised me this morning that they continue to operate under the level […]
Updates: Colleen O’Marra – see Comments at the end of this post – has added details about Police Chief Smythe that I read with much interest. For additional comments about Toronto-area postwar emergency housing, click here > [End] I had the good fortune to spend a couple of hours on the morning of Dec. […]
Below is the text of the Nov. 22, 2013 e-News Update from Councillor Milczyn’s office: [To access the PDF version of the newsletter, click here.] Good morning. There is a lot of important information contained in this e-News update. I encourage you to take the time read it, and scroll down to the “Upcoming Events […]
As noted in a previous post, on one occasion I mistook a photo of the Eastwood Park Hotel for the Long Branch Hotel. I recently came across a copy of Villages of Etobicoke (1985), which features an image of the hotel. It’s an interesting book but when it comes to dates and details, I wouldn’t […]
As I’ve explained at a Comment in another post, I did an interview on Oct. 18, 2013 with Bernice Law (nee Butterfield), who was born in 1924 and lived at 86 Forty First Street, at a house that her father built. I’ve done several previous interviews with her. Now that I’m getting up to speed […]
I recently spoke with two former Long Branch residents, Jim Bray and his daughter Sandy Bray, who have filled me in on details, that I was not aware of, related to the barns at the Colonel Samuel Smith homestead site. Jim Bray has also shared some comments at a couple of recent blog posts related […]
The following information is from Councillor Mark Grimes’ website: [I have added a link (see below) to an interview I did with Mississauga Ward 1 Councillor Jim Tovey in August 2013. I have also broken the single concluding paragraph in the original into shorter paragraphs.] Lakeview Waterfront Connection Project Informational Open House Posted September […]
The Lakeshore Planning Council has shared the following message from David Switzer of Long Branch: I will be going to the City Planning Department “Outreach” at Sherway on Friday, September 6, 11am to 3pm. I feel that the most important overall and long term change City Planning can do is adapt Paul Ainslie’s proposal for […]
Information about the proposed Bike Skills Park is available here. The text from the latter Canadian Cycling Magazine site reads as follows: City officials are looking for input on the design of a new bike park in the southwest corner of Toronto. Marie Curtis Park is located at the mouth of Etobicoke Creek, where the […]