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History
From
the late 17th century to the early 19th century, the Credit River Valley
was the exclusive domain of the Mississauga’s, a band of the Ojibway.
They were nomadic hunters and fishers who travelled the entire length of
the Credit River from Lake Ontario to Georgian Bay. In 1805, they
relinquished most of their holdings to the British Government, with the
exception of a strip of land one mile on each side of the Credit River -
the Credit Indian Reserve, which now comprises part of Mineola,
as we know it
today. As settlement occurred, the Mississaugas sold most of the
Credit Indian Reserve to the Crown in 1820. Following deforestation, the
lands in Mineola were used for agriculture up to the 1930’s.
Growth pressures of Port Credit, together with construction of the Queen
Elizabeth Way, including Canada’s first “clover leaf” interchange
at Hurontario Street, Consequently, Mineola underwent suburban
residential development on several parcels of land throughout the
1940’s and 50’s, and by 1950 newer homes along with older farmhouses
lined Hurontario Street almost continuously from Port Credit to
Cooksville. Since that time, infill development has continued to take
place, abetted by the widening of Hurontario Street, and the
introduction of GO train service in 1967. |
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