Toronto's Lost Villages

Ron Brown, a geographer and travel writer, has authored more than twenty books, including Canada’s World Wonders and The Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore. A past chair of the Writers’ Union of Canada and a current member of the East York Historical Society, he gives lectures and conducts tours along Ontario’s back roads. Ron lives in Toronto.

• LIST OF THE LOSTINTRODUCTION 1. ALONG THE LAKESHOREToronto’ First Vanished VillagesTeiaiagon and GanatchakiagonThe Europeans Arrive, in NumbersOld YorkThe Toronto IslandsNew TownThe Villages on the LakeWindermereHumber BayLong BranchLorne ParkRosebankFairport2. EARLY PIONEER PATHSDon Mills RoadDon ValeChesterTodmorden VillageDawes RoadColeman’s CornersLittle YorkMoffat’s CornersDavenport RoadDavenportCarltonAlbion RoadThistletownSmithfieldClaireville3. YONGE STREETYorkvilleDrummondvilleDavisville“Eglington”Bedford ParkYork MillsLansingWillowdaleNewtonbrookLangstaff4. THE GOVERNOR’S ROADBlue Bell VillageBrocktonLambton MillsIslingtonSummervilleDixieCooksvilleSpringfield5. THE LOST VILLAGES OF THE PIONEER KINGSTON ROADDon MountLeslievilleNorwayMortlake, and the Famous Halfway HouseScarborough Post OfficeHighland Creek and West HillRouge HillDunbartonLiverpoolDuffin’s Creek6. VANISHED FARM HAMLETS OF SCARBOROUGH AND THE NORTHEASTDanforth Post OfficeBell’s CornersBendaleWoburnWexfordO’Sullivan’s CornersL’AmoreauxHillsideHough’s CornersEllesmereMillikenMalvernArmadaleHagerman’s CornersBrown’s CornersDollar7. FARM HAMLETS OF THE NORTHWESTThe Vaughn RoadFairbankDublinEliaEmeryFishervilleKaiservilleDownsviewConcrodEdgeleyAirport RoadWoodhillGrahamsvilleMaltonMount CharlesDerry WestElmbankRichviewBritanniaHanlonBurnhamthorpeHighfield8. BY THE OLD MILL STREAMThe Rouge RiverButtonvilleHeadfordThe Don RiverTodmorden MillsOrioleFlynntownDon MillsGray MillsMilneford MillsGerman MillsThe Humber RiverMilton MillsBrownsvillePine GorveRowntree MillsThe Credit RiverBarbertownChurchvilleOld Meadowvale9. THE RAILWAY TOWNSMimicoNew TorontoWest Toronto JunctionEast TorontoScarborough JunctionScarborough VillagePort UnionLeasideEPILOGUEACKNOWLEDGEMENTSAPPENDIX 1: THE STREET RAILWAYSAPPENDIX 2: TORONTO’S LOST STATIONSFURTHER READINGIMAGE CREDITSINDEX

Brown has written a book of great service...Toronto’s Lost Villages is a compendious buffet of civic history.