Heritage Mississauga Heritage Guide
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Table of Contents<br />
1. <strong>Heritage</strong> Partners 6<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Mississauga</strong>, <strong>Heritage</strong> Planning,<br />
<strong>Mississauga</strong> Library System, Museums of <strong>Mississauga</strong><br />
2. The First 10,000 Years 14<br />
Geography, Early History<br />
3. Aboriginal history 18<br />
<strong>Mississauga</strong>s of the New Credit First Nation<br />
4. Early Settlement 22<br />
Surveys<br />
5. Founding Villages 24<br />
Clarkson, Cooksville, Dixie, Erindale, Lakeview, Malton,<br />
Meadowvale Village, Port Credit, Streetsville<br />
6. Lost Villages 34<br />
23 Lost Villages of <strong>Mississauga</strong><br />
7. A City Emerges 45<br />
Layers in Time<br />
8. A Cultural Mosaic 52<br />
Celebrating our Many Cultures<br />
9. Milestones 55<br />
Moments in Time<br />
10. <strong>Mississauga</strong> Remembers 57<br />
Remembering our Fallen<br />
11. <strong>Heritage</strong> Naturally 60<br />
Exploring Parks and Trails<br />
12. Resources 62<br />
Community <strong>Heritage</strong> Network<br />
Publisher <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Mississauga</strong> 2012<br />
Creative Design and Printing The Print Guru’s Inc.<br />
Front Cover Design:<br />
Mike Tran and The Print Guru’s Inc.<br />
1923 Durant Star courtesy of Alan and Donna Cooper looking across<br />
the historic Middle Road Bridge.<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Mississauga</strong> gratefully acknowledges the financial support<br />
to produce this guide, from the Pendle Fund at the Community<br />
Foundation of <strong>Mississauga</strong>, a registered charitable public foundation<br />
serving the people of <strong>Mississauga</strong>.<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Mississauga</strong> would like to thank the many contributors to this guide, including the Community Foundation of <strong>Mississauga</strong>,<br />
The Print Guru’s, Sue Brettell, Richard Collins, City of <strong>Mississauga</strong>: Culture Division, Jenny Dale, Meaghan FitzGibbon, Suzanna Elmazi,<br />
Jerry French, Jayme Gaspar, Zofia Krivdova, Mayor Hazel McCallion, Thomas McIlwraith, Nicole Mair, <strong>Mississauga</strong> Library System:<br />
Canadiana Room, <strong>Mississauga</strong>s of the New Credit First Nation, David Moses, Museums of <strong>Mississauga</strong>, Barbara O’Neil, Joseph<br />
Paquette, Anna-Marie Raftery, Alexander von Gernet, Jenny Walker, Jane Watt, Amy Wilkinson, Matthew Wilkinson, Paula Wubbenhorst.<br />
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part must be approved by the publisher.<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Mississauga</strong> gratefully acknowledges funding support from:<br />
Hazel McCallion Foundation<br />
for the Arts, Culture and <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Mississauga</strong>, Robinson-Adamson House, “The Grange” 1921 Dundas St. W. <strong>Mississauga</strong> ON L5K 1R2<br />
T: 905-828-8411 website: www.heritagemississauga.com<br />
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