Category: Creeks and ponds
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April 27th in our neighbourhood’s past
Toronto Railway Co. Small’s Park liquor license Lomas, Toronto Star, April 27, 1896 On and Off Rifle Club, Coxwell Ave, Toronto Star, April 27, 1901 Perkins, accidental death from injuries at 158 Reid Ave, Globe, April 27, 1908 Small’s Pond Toronto Star, April 27, 1920 Small’s Pond Toronto Star, April 27, 1920 Crowds Street car, Globe, April 27, 1912 Streetcars collide, Coxwell Avenue, Toronto Star, March 27, 1923 Widening Woodbine Globe & Mail, April 27, 1955 Widening Woodbine Globe & Mail, April 27, 1955 Widening Woodbine Globe & Mail, April 27, 1955 Greenwood fire hall Greenwood garbage pit, Toronto Star, April 27, 1962 -
Small’s Pond, April 26, 1920
Small’s Pond April 26, 1920 Looking north from near Battenberg 
Small’s Pond looking south to bridge, April 26, 1920 
Small’s Pond April 26, 1920, looking north 
Small’s Pond April 26, 1920 
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March 11th
107 Kelvin Park South and Norway 1924 
Cairns Ave. looking west from Gainsborough Rd, March 11, 1929 detail 
Cairns Ave. looking west from Gainsborough Rd, March 11, 1929 detail 
Cairns Avenue looking west from Gainsborough Rd, March 11 1929 detail 
Looking east from Coxwell Ave over Cairns Avenue, March 11, 1929 Detail 
Looking east from Coxwell Ave over Cairns Avenue, March 11, 1929 Detail -
March 3 in our past: featuring Tomlin’s Creek
Creeks Woodbine-Coxwell 1918 
Tomlin’s Creek and the other lost streams of the east end, from a 1951 City of Toronto Engineer’s map Tomlin’s Creek began where springs ran out of the sand and gravel banks just west of Main Street and south of Benlamond. It is now a “lost creek”, rerouted into the City of Toronto’s sewer system. But it still exists as a ghost creek running as ground water along the ravine.
Creek east of Glenmount Park Road, May 11, 1933 
Glenmount Park Fill, May 11, 1933 Pond east of Glenmount Park Road, March 3, 1934 
Creek west of Glenmount Park Road, May 11, 1933 
Pond west of Glenmount Park Road, March 5, 1934 
Rear of south side Corley Ave at Golfview Ave – November 3, 1927 
Rear of south side Corley Ave at Woodbine Ave – November 3, 1927 
Ravine, Corley Avenue, ca. 1930 courtesy of Rae White 
Comparison 1947 to 2017
The Midway Historical Society of Toronto 