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Highland Creek Village

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted August, 2007

In Highland Creek Parkette at 6115 Kingston Road at Lawson Road, is this 1991 City of Scarborough L.A.C.A.C. plaque. Here's what it says:

Coordinates: 43.784441 -79.168307

About 1796, pioneer settlers from the United States and the British Isles built homes in southeastern Scarborough, the beginning of a prosperous community. Notable settlers included the families: Adams, Annis, Closson, Cornell, Helliwell, Knowles, Morrish, Post and Richardson.
In 1804, William Cornell built the first grist mill on the creek in "The Highlands", and during the first half of the 19th century, a number of mills, inns, blacksmith shops and general stores flourished.
Shortly after the Township's incorporation in 1850, a post office, know as Highland Creek was opened in Helliwell's Hotel. Presbyterian, Catholic and Methodist churches and a schoolhouse for school section #7 were erected in this area and the "Village" was established.
Building the Grand Trunk Railway along the lake front saw the decline of the stage coach and many hotels, but Highland Creek village survived for another century as an active rural community.

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