CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCE REPORT
BUILT HERITAGE &
CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES
DERRY GREEN CORPORATE BUSINESS PARK
SECONDARY PLAN
MILTON, ONTARIO
March 2008
Prepared for:
Macaulay Shiomi Howson Ltd.
Prepared by:
Cultural Heritage Resource Report
Built Heritage & Cultural Heritage Landscapes
Derry Green Corporate Business Park Secondary Plan
Milton, Ontario
March 2008
Prepared for:
Macaulay Shiomi Howson Ltd.
Prepared by:
Unterman McPhail Associates
Heritage Resource Management Consultants
540 Runnymede Road
Toronto, Ontario, M6S 2Z7
Tel: 416-766-7333
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.0
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Report Purpose and Format
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2.0
HERITAGE PLANNING AND ASSOCIATED
PRINCIPLES
2.1
Introduction
2.2
Provincial Interests in Planning for Cultural Heritage
2.3
Provincial Policy Statement (March 2005)
2.4
Town of Milton Official Plan
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IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
LANDSCAPES & BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES
3.1
Introduction
3.2
Survey Methodology
3.3
Summary of Findings
3.4
Assessment of Identified Resources
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CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCE CONSERVATION
PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
4.1
Managing Cultural Heritage Landscapes and Built
Heritage
4.2
Conserving Cultural Heritage Landscapes and Built
Heritage
4.2.1 Conservation of Cultural Heritage Landscapes
4.2.2 Conservation of Built Heritage Resources
4.3
Cultural Heritage Impact Statement (CHIS)
4.3.1 Cultural Heritage Impact Statement Recommendations
4.4
Community Place Names
Appendix A: Cultural Heritage Landscapes & Built Heritage Resources
within & adjacent to the Derry Green Business Park Secondary Plan.
Appendix B: Historical Maps
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LIST OF FIGURES
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Figure 1.
Figure 2.
Figure 3.
Location of General Study Area.
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Location of Derry Green Corporate Business Park Secondary Plan Study
Boundaries.
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Map of Cultural Heritage Resources located within and adjacent to the
Derry Green Corporate Business Park Secondary Plan study area
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INTRODUCTION
The Town of Milton Official Plan recognizes the importance of heritage resources in
providing a sense of place and community. A Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment of
built heritage resources and cultural heritage landscapes associated with the Business
Park II Secondary Plan lands, together with recommendations for their conservation, is
one of the essential bases for the development of the Secondary Plan required by the
Official Plan (Section 5.4.3).
The Town of Milton retained Unterman McPhail Associates to undertake the built
heritage resource and cultural heritage landscape assessment component as part of the
Derry Green Corporate Business Park Secondary Plan Study. Archaeological resources
have been addressed in a separate report. Generally, the study area is located in Lots 7 to
14, Concession 4 and 5, former Trafalgar Township, now part of the Town of Milton,
between Highway 401 and the Middle Branch of Sixteen Mile Creek; the Sixth Line; the
Centre Tributary of the Middle Branch of Sixteen Mile Creek and James Snow Parkway
Figure 1. Location of
General Study Area.
1.1
Report Purpose and Format
The purpose of this report is to identify built heritage resources and cultural heritage
landscapes in the study area, provide background and contextual material for the
assessment of these resources, and to inform and direct sound heritage planning on the
lands associated with the Derry Green Corporate Business Park Secondary Plan.
A windshield survey of the study area identified built heritage resources (BHR) and
cultural heritage landscapes (CHL) (Appendix C). Based on further assessment and
historical research of these resources, individual properties were identified as candidates
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for more specific analysis by means of Cultural Heritage Impact Statements [CHIS] (see
Figure 4).
This report comprises three principal sections and three appendices. Section 2 contains a
summary of the heritage planning context for conserving above ground cultural heritage
resources.
Section 3 contains a summary of the results of the built heritage resources and cultural
heritage landscape windshield survey of the larger study area. Sites considered of
significance were identified based on the field survey results.
Section 4 contains heritage management strategies and heritage conservation policies
proposed for the Derry Green Corporate Business Park Secondary Plan lands.
Appendix A contains an overview of Euro-Canadian settlement history within the study
area, as well as survey forms and summary property histories of the significant built
heritage resources within and adjacent to the Secondary Plan Area warranting a Cultural
Heritage Impact Statement. Appendix B contains historical maps and aerial photographs
illustrating the historical development of the study area. Appendix C contains the results
of the field survey.
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HERITAGE PLANNING AND ASSOCIATED PRINCIPLES
2.1
Introduction
Planning is the management of change or the way that society induces change in itself.
Change, which may be promoted in a range of ways and by a number of proponents, may
be motivated in order to achieve numerous societal or community goals and objectives. In
respect of the exercise of any authority that affects a planning matter, Section 3 of the
Planning Act requires decisions affecting planning matters “shall be consistent with”
policy statements issued under the Act. This is addressed in the Preamble to Section 2.0
of the Provincial Policy Statements (March 2005).
The objectives of “protection” and “wise use” must be considered the key principles of
conservation. Protection is concerned with ensuring cultural heritage resources are kept
free from harm, loss or damage either through outright displacement or through
disruption in any planning matter. Their continuing use—particularly their wise use in
situations where adaptive reuses are appropriate to the cultural resource—contribute to
and support the continuing development of successful and healthy, physical, social and
economic environments. In Ontario, cultural heritage conservation is a legitimate
objective of planning activity. Conservation planning provides an important framework
for ensuring that future change respects the cultural heritage resources of the Town of
Milton and in particular, the lands associated with the Derry Green Corporate Business
Park Secondary Plan.
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Provincial Interests in Planning for Cultural Heritage
The Ontario Planning Act R.S.O. 1990 is the principal legislation to guide municipal land
use planning and development on private property. It integrates matters of provincial
interest into provincial and municipal planning decisions. The conservation of built
heritage, i.e., heritage buildings and structures, and cultural heritage landscapes in land
use planning is considered to be a matter of public interest, thus these resources are
addressed in the Act.
From the heritage conservation standpoint, the early identification of significant cultural
heritage resources best addresses their management in the planning process. Support for
built heritage and cultural heritage landscapes is clearly stated in Section 2 of the revised
Act:
the conservation of features of significant architectural, cultural, historical,
archaeological or scientific interest;
This provides the context not only for discrete planning activities detailed in the Act, but
also for the foundation of policy statements issued under Section 3 of the Act.
2.3
Provincial Policy Statement (March 2005)
The PPS reinforces the idea that cultural heritage resources provide and contribute to
economic, environmental and social benefits. Consideration must be given in a manner
that seeks to ensure the protection and wise use of these cultural heritage resources as a
matter of provincial interest and as a measurable end result of planning. Therefore,
consideration must be given to the conservation of Ontario’s cultural heritage when
addressing change.
Section 4.0, Implementation and Interpretation, of the Provincial Policy Statement
(March 2005) indicates that:
4.1. This Provincial Policy Statement applies to all applications, matters or
proceedings commenced on or after March 1, 2005.
4.5. The official plan is the most important vehicle for implementation of this
Provincial Policy Statement.
Comprehensive, integrated and long-term planning is best achieved through
municipal official plans. Municipal official plans shall identify provincial
interests and set out appropriate land use designations and policies. Municipal
official plans should also coordinate cross-boundary matters to complement the
actions of other planning authorities and promote mutually beneficial solutions.
Municipal official plans shall provide clear, reasonable and attainable policies to
protect provincial interests and direct development to suitable areas.
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In order to protect provincial interests, planning authorities shall keep their
official plans up-to-date with this Provincial Policy Statement. The policies of
this Provincial Policy Statement continue to apply after adoption and approval of
a municipal official plan.
Those policies of particular relevance for the conservation of built heritage and cultural
heritage landscapes are contained in Section 2, Wise Use and Management of Resources,
Subsection 2.6, Cultural Heritage and Archaeology:
2.6.1
Significant built heritage resources and significant cultural heritage landscapes
shall be conserved.
Provision has also been made for the protection of lands of a proposed
development that are located adjacent to protected heritage properties:
2.6.3
Development and site alteration may be permitted on adjacent lands to protected
heritage property where the proposed development and site alteration has been
evaluated and it has been demonstrated that the heritage attributes of the protected
heritage property will be conserved.
A number of definitions that have specific meanings for use in a policy context
accompany the policy statement. These definitions include “Built heritage resources”,
and “Cultural heritage landscapes” and “Significance”.
“Built heritage resources”:
means one or more significant buildings, structures, monuments, installations or
remains associated with architectural, cultural, social, political, economic, or
military history, and identified as being important to a community. These
resources may be identified through designation or heritage conservation
easement under the Ontario Heritage Act, or listed by local, provincial or federal
jurisdictions.
“Cultural heritage landscape”:
means a defined geographical area of heritage significance, which has been
modified by human activities and is valued by a community. It involves a
grouping(s) of individual heritage features such as structures, spaces,
archaeological sites and natural elements, which together form a significant type
of heritage form, distinctive from that of its constituent elements or parts.
Examples may include, but are not limited to, heritage conservation districts
designated under the Ontario Heritage Act; and villages, parks, gardens,
battlefields, main streets and neighbourhoods, cemeteries, trailways and industrial
complexes of cultural heritage value.
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“Significant” means:
in regard to cultural heritage and archaeology, resources that are valued for the
important contribution they make to our understanding of the history of a place,
an event, or a people.
2.4
Town of Milton Official Plan
Section 2.10, Heritage, of the current Official Plan establishes a heritage resource
management strategy for the Town. However, it should be noted that the Plan was
prepared in the mid-1990s and thus does not reflect the most current provisions of the
Ontario Heritage Act. The Town is in the process of updating its Plan, but has not yet
released proposed policies.
The key directions of the Town’s policy approach are reflected in the goal found in
Section 2.10.1:
“To provide for:
a) the conservation of the Town’s heritage resources by identifying, recognizing,
preserving, protecting, improving and managing those resources, including the
potential for their adaptive reuse;
b) the integration of the conservation of heritage resources into the Town’s
general planning approach; and,
c) the promotion of an understanding and appreciation of the heritage resources
in the Town to both residents and visitors.”
The policies of Section 2.10 implement this goal by:
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providing for the establishment of a Local Architectural Conservation
Advisory Committee (Heritage Milton –LACAC);
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encouraging LACAC to develop and maintain a list and/or inventory of
resources of heritage interest;
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requiring, during the processing of development applications, the resources of
potential heritage interest be identified, evaluated and added to the Town’s list
and/or inventory as appropriate;
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establishing criteria to be used in determining the historic or architectural
value or interest of heritage resources to be included in the inventory;
o
establishing that Council may designate selected buildings listed in the
inventory and setting out criteria for designation;
o
establishing that Council may designate Heritage Conservation Districts and
setting out criteria for designation;
o
setting out the approach the Town will use to the protection of heritage
resources, including policies with respect to new development which involves,
or is located in or near heritage resources;
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providing direction with respect to signage related to designated buildings and
Heritage Conservation Districts, pioneer cemeteries, small cemeteries and the
preservation of mature trees and other vegetation of heritage significance.
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In addition to the policies of Section 2.10, Section 5.4, Secondary Planning Process,
requires the preparation of a Heritage Resource Assessment as one of the studies which
form the basis of any Secondary Plan.
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3.1
IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
LANDSCAPES & BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES
Introduction
The Milton Business Park II Secondary Plan Study area is located in the Town of Milton,
formerly part of Trafalgar Township in Halton County, now in the Regional Municipality
of Halton. Rural lands are located to the south and east of the plan area. To the west of
the plan area, west of James Snow Parkway, is the Bristol Survey, which is currently
under development as a residential community. Highway 401 forms the northern
boundary and on the west, Sixth Line. The Central Tributary of the Middle Branch of
Sixteen Mile Creek forms the southern boundary.
Historical research for this report included a review of both primary and secondary
sources as well as historical mapping. A number of person-made resources associated
with the Euro-Canadian settlement of the study area in the nineteenth and twentieth
century, i.e., buildings and structures and landscape features, have survived to the present
day within the plan area. Some are intact and in original use, others unused and derelict
or altered and adapted to new uses.
3.2
Survey Methodology
Unterman McPhail Associates undertook a windshield survey in November 2007 to
identify, photograph and map all built heritage resources and cultural heritage landscape
elements older than forty years within the larger study area for the Derry Green Corporate
Business Park Secondary Plan study area. Prior to the survey, historical and
topographical maps, the Town of Milton’s Heritage Inventory and list of municipally
designated properties were consulted. No official access was provided to the sites as part
of this work. Interiors of buildings were not examined. Representative colour
photographs of the built heritage resources and cultural heritage landscapes were taken
and site forms completed.
Assessment of the heritage significance of the inventoried cultural resources identified
those within and adjacent to the Secondary Plan area that may require a Cultural Heritage
Impact Statement (CHIS) as part of the development process. The purpose of a Cultural
Heritage Impact Statement is to provide a more detailed assessment of the resource and
develop appropriate conservation strategies.
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Figure 2: Location of Derry Green Corporate Business Park Secondary Plan Study Boundaries.
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Summary of Findings
The area retains its 19th and 20th century patchwork field patterns, delineated by fences
lines, tree lines and hedgerows. Evidence of 19th and 20th century farm complexes dot
the landscape maintaining the rural nature of the area. The Sixteen Mile Creek (Oakville
Creek) and tributaries flow from north to south in the gently undulating topography. The
historic north-south concession roads and east-west sideroads continue to divide the area
in a grid-like pattern. Several of these roads have retained a rural character as two lane,
paved roads with narrow gravel shoulders, grassy ditches, some tree lines, hedgerows and
fence lines. There was some change in the last quarter of the twentieth century in the
form of new and scattered development of single rural residences, the conversion of
several former farmhouses to rural residences and agricultural buildings, such as barns
being demolished.
3.4
Assessment of Identified Resources
Seventeen (17) cultural heritage resources of 40 years of age and older were identified
within the study area boundaries during a windshield survey conducted in November
2007 (Figure 2). Unterman McPhail Associates identified the built heritage resources and
cultural heritage landscapes through field observations based on age, architectural
interest, contextual value and historical associations based on research records.
The identified heritage resources include ten (10) cultural heritage landscapes comprising
agricultural land, two (2) farm complexes, four (4) roadscapes, a watercourse, a railscape,
and a golf course, and seven (7) built heritage resources including five (5)
farmhouses/residences, one (1) barn and two (2) barn ruins. Of those identified, five (5)
built heritage resources are included on the Town of Milton Heritage Inventory.
Located within the Derry Green Corporate Park Secondary Plan Area, they include:
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Farm Complex, No. 6400 Fifth Line (CHL);
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CHL Farm Complex, No. 7429 Fifth Line (CHL);
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CHL Roadscape, Main Street (CHL);
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Roadscape, Derry Road East (CHL);
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Roadscape, Fifth Line (CHL);
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Roadscape, Sixth Line (CHL);
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Agricultural Land (CHL);
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Railscape, CPR line (CHL);
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Waterscape, Sixteen Mile Creek (CHL);
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Trafalgar Golf & Country Club, Sixth Line (CHL);
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Barn Ruin, No. 6712 Fifth Line (BHR);
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Residence, No. 7236 Fifth Line (BHR);
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Residence, No. 7542 Fifth Line (BHR);
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Former Farmhouse, No. 7622 Fifth Line (BHR);
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Former Farmhouse, No. 6516 Sixth Line (BHR) ; and,
o
Barn, No. 11319 Derry Road East (formerly 201) (BHR).
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Figure 3. Map of the cultural heritage resources located within and adjacent (colour blue) to the
Town of Milton Business Park II Secondary Plan study area.
One (1) former farmhouse located at No. 6566 Sixth Line, three (3) road bridges of forty
years and older and the Bloomfield Cemetery at No. 7350 Sixth Line were identified as
being adjacent to the Derry Green Corporate Business Park Secondary Plan study area.
The windshield survey determined that the principal buildings of three properties listed
on the Town of Milton’s Heritage Inventory have been demolished. They are:
o
the barn at No. 6400 Fifth Line (formerly 6390 Fifth Line);
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the farmhouse at No. 6548 Fifth Line; and,
o
the farmhouse at No. 6712 Fifth Line.
A summary history of the study area and a description of the identified cultural heritage
resources both within and adjacent to the study area are provided in Appendix A. The
cultural heritage resources are mapped on Figure 2.
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CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCE CONSERVATION PLANNING AND
MANAGEMENT
This section provides cultural heritage management strategies and cultural heritage
resource conservation policies for the future development of the lands contained in the
Derry Green Corporate Business Park Secondary Plan area. The advice,
recommendations and guidance found in this report have been prepared within the
context of provincial and municipal planning policies, heritage conservation principles
and an awareness of the unique cultural heritage attributes of the plan area.
The cultural heritage resources identified within the Derry Green Corporate Business
Park Secondary Plan area are of varying degrees of heritage value. Further assessment of
significant resources will address appropriate conservation measures. A number of
identified resources may require a Heritage Impact Assessment as part of the
development process. The purpose of a Heritage Impact Assessment is to provide a more
detailed assessment of the resource and develop appropriate conservation strategies. The
HIA also addresses appropriate conservation measures.
4.1
Managing Cultural Heritage Landscapes and Built Heritage Resources
Ensuring that significant cultural heritage resources are passed on to future generations
for their enjoyment and care is a key objective in prudent heritage conservation planning.
Achieving this objective will assist in creating a new landscape in the Derry Green
Corporate Business Park Secondary Plan area that provides continuity between the old
and the new. Incorporating cultural heritage components into new development assists in
making the area visually diverse and hence, more distinctive. It enables greater depth and
texture to be incorporated into the new landscape, making it physically more interesting
and reflective of the area’s past.
4.2
Conserving Cultural Heritage Landscapes and Built Heritage Resources
Four key objectives in the cultural heritage planning and conservation for the built
heritage and cultural heritage landscapes found within the Derry Green Corporate
Business Park Secondary Plan Area have been identified:
1. Integrate significant built heritage resources into new development proposals;
2. Designate significant built heritage resources and significant cultural heritage
landscapes under Section 29 the Ontario Heritage Act;
3. Incorporate where possible, principal agricultural built heritage elements such as
barns and silos into the evolving future landscape where opportunities for
specialized uses may exist; and,
4. Protect and maintain as much as possible rural cultural heritage landscape
elements, such as tree lines, hedgerows, fencing, etc., associated with the
identified roadscapes and agricultural lands recognizing that wide spread grading
will be required prior to development.
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Built heritage resources such as farmhouses and rural residences are most easily
incorporated into new planning initiatives. Resources such as barns and associated
agricultural outbuildings may be retained where opportunities for specialized use may
exist to permit their re-use within a modern development.
4.2.1
Conservation of Cultural Heritage Landscapes
Since the subject lands are intended for urban development as a business park, it is
recognized that the likelihood or potential for the viable retention of many of the
agricultural landscape resources is unlikely. Therefore, in the detailed subdivision
planning for the Derry Green Corporate Business Park Secondary Plan, the opportunity to
conserve some agricultural remnants of the former rural landscape such as ruins and silos,
as well as roadscapes, remnant hedgerows, fence lines and tree lines as reminders of the
past land use in the area will be considered.
Cultural heritage landscape resources such as tree lines and hedgerows should be
considered for incorporation into the overall landscape plan of a new development to
enhance it visually. and provide a link with the earlier landscape. If the roads are to be
improved, the characteristics of the rural roadscapes should be considered incorporated
into the landscaping. Consideration should be given to the possibility of retaining some of
the existing rural characteristics of the roadscapes.
4.2.2
Conservation of Built Heritage Resources
Due to certain change in character of the landscape and environment in the study area, it
is important that opportunities to protect and retain significant built heritage resources be
considered during development planning. The Cultural Heritage Impact Statement
(CHIS) process may recommend municipal heritage designation under Section 29 of the
Ontario Heritage Act as a conservation measure prior to development for properties
included on the Town of Milton’s Heritage Inventory. General conservation and adaptive
re-use opportunities for cultural heritage resources are discussed below.
Farmhouses and Residences:
Built heritage resources such as freestanding farmhouses and residences should be
retained and integrated into a development. These resources are best suited for continued
use as stand alone residential units; however, since the lands for the Derry Green
Corporate Business Park Secondary Plan will be converted to employment areas,
retention as residential units is not possible. Therefore, adaptive re-use provides
beneficial opportunities for the viable retention of this type of heritage resource, the
re-cycling of scarce resources, and, directly contributes to sustainable development. New
adaptive re-uses within employment lands may include, but are not limited to, offices,
corporate meeting places, day cares, and restaurants. Relocation of the buildings on-site
and off-site is an alternate conservation option for consideration after all other options
have been examined.
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Agricultural Buildings
Barns are a greater adaptive reuse challenge than farmhouses. Where barns have been
displaced surviving barn remnants, such stone foundation walls, could be incorporated
wherever possible into new uses. Barn foundations may be used as part of parks or
parkettes or in delineating parking lot areas in residential or commercial areas.
As with barns, silos are important and significant landmarks. Silos are excellent visual
markers in the present-day landscape and surviving silos can continue to serve as eyecatching monuments of the former rural landscape in the new developed landscape.
Where possible their conservation is a convenient way of marking former historical land
uses.
Documentation and Salvage
When it has been determined that a cultural heritage resource cannot be retained, it
should be documented photographically, and where deemed necessary, measured
drawings prepared. In the demolition process, salvage of architectural elements should be
considered.
4.3
Cultural Heritage Impact Statement (CHIS)
A cultural heritage impact statement as a individual study to determine how significant a
cultural heritage resource may be and how a proposed land use development, demolition
or site alterations may affect that resource.
4.3.1
Cultural Heritage Impact Statement Recommendations
From the survey findings and historical research it is recommended the Town of Milton
undertake a Cultural Heritage Impact Statement (CHIS) for the following properties
located within the Derry Green Corporate Business Park Secondary Plan study area as
part of future development applications. These properties warrant such investigation
based on architectural design, context, historical associations and integrity, and may merit
consideration for municipal designation under Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Within the study area they include:
Cultural Heritage Landscapes (CHL)
o
Farm Complex, No. 7429 Fifth Line
Built Heritage Resources (BHR)
o
Residence, No. 7236 Fifth Line
o
Residence, No. 7542 Fifth Line
o
Former Farmhouse, No. 7622 Fifth Line
o
Former Farmhouse, No. 6516 Sixth Line
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Adjacent to the study area:
o
Former Farmhouse (BHR), No. 6566 Sixth Line;, and,
o
Bloomfield Cemetery (CHL), No. 7350 Sixth Line.
4.4
Community Names
Commemoration is a collective and public act of remembrance. Permanent landmarks
include the usage of heritage names, historical markers and signs for heritage buildings,
commemorative plaques and monuments, as well as interpretive signs and exhibits.
In the course of new development, every effort should be made to maintain the names of
the existing roads. Further, several early settlement families have figured prominently in
the transformation of the landscape within the study area from a pristine natural state to a
domesticated, agricultural environment. Some descendants of these farming families may
remain as active landowners and/or farmers to the present day in the local area. In the
future development of this area it is recommended that farming family surnames
including, but not limited to, Anderson, Beatty, Cunningham, Dent, Orr, Pewtruss and
Robinson, be celebrated in the naming of streets, parks, community facilities and other
public places. Individual heritage buildings retained within the Plan area should be
commemorated with historical/architectural markers.
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SOURCES
Environmental Assessment Act RSO 1990, c. E.18. (as am. S.O. 1993, c. 27; 1994, c. 27;
and 1996, c. 27).
Guideline for Preparing the Cultural Heritage Component of Environmental
Assessments. Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications and Ontario Ministry
of the Environment, October 1992.
Milton Historical Society: Index of Historic Homes and Buildings Under our Plaque
Program.
Ontario Planning Act R.S.O. 1990
Ontario Heritage Act. RSO 1990.
Provincial Policy Statement (2005).
Town of Milton Official Plan (consolidated January 2001).
Weiler, John. Guidelines on the Man-Made Heritage Component of Environmental
Assessments. Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation, 1980.
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APPENDIX A:
CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES
& BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES
WITHIN & ADJACENT TO
THE DERRY GREEN COPORATE BUSINESS
PARK SECONDARY PLAN AREA
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SUMMARY HISTORY:
TRAFALGAR TOWNSHIP
Nineteenth Century Development
In 1788, the district of Montreal, now
present-day Ontario, was into four
administrative districts, Hesse, Nassau,
Mecklenburg, and Lunenburg. Four years
later in 1792, the district names were
changed: Hesse became the Western
District; Lunenburg, the Eastern district;
Mecklenburg, the Midland district; and,
Nassau, the Home District. Counties were
created as administrative jurisdictions and
English Civil Law was established.
Several new districts were established in
1798. and old ones redefined. The new
districts included the Johnstown district;
London District; Newcastle District; and,
the Niagara District. In 1800 the districts
were divided into counties and the
boundaries of the various townships,
counties and districts were regularized so
that each township was contained within
a single county, and each county, in a
single district.
With the exception of the Reserve of the
Mississauga Indians located between
Burlington Bay and Etobicoke, all of the
land along the north shore of Lake
Ontario had been divided into townships
by 1805. In August of that year, the
British
Government
bought
the
Mississauga tract of land to open up the
area for settlement. Deputy Provincial
Surveyor Samuel S. Wilmot surveyed the
Mississauga Purchase in 1806, dividing it
into three new townships. Initially
Township No. 2 was designated as
Alexander, but it was renamed Trafalgar
soon after in honour of the victory and
death of Britain’s Admiral Nelson at the
Battle of Trafalgar.
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Although Dundas Street had been
surveyed as a military road as early as
1796, it remained incomplete and
impassable through the Mississauga
Tract until 1806. Wilmot used the street
as the baseline for his single front survey
of 200-acre lots and a grid system of
concessions and side roads. Four
concessions were laid out south (SDS) of
Dundas Street, and two concessions to
the north (NDS). This became the Old
Survey. Settlement in the Old Survey
began about 1807 near the lake.
The Gore District was established in
1816 as an administrative district, with a
court from parts of York County in the
Home District and parts of the Niagara
District. It included the Counties of
Wellington and Halton, with the district
town in Hamilton. In 1849, the United
Counties of Wentworth and Halton
replaced the district. The two
counties separated in 1854, and
Milton was named the county seat for
Halton.
The boundary of Trafalgar Township
was extended northward from the first
survey after the purchase of more land
from the Mississaugas in 1818, and this
area became known as the New Survey.
Esquesing Township was located on the
northern boundary, Nelson Township to
the west, Peel County on the east, and
Lake Ontario on the south. Settlement in
the New Survey began soon after 1818.
Early settlement family names in Lots 10
to 16, Concessions 5NS and 6NS of
Trafalgar Township, near the Esquesing
boundary included, but are not limited
to: Anderson, Bloomfield, Cunningham,
Dent, Downes, Patterson, and Storey.
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Smith’s Canadian Gazetteer (1846)
describes Trafalgar Township as being,
…a well-settled township, containing
numerous well cleared and cultivated
farms, most of which have good
orchards. The landing general with
the exception of that bordering on the
lake…is of excellent quality.
The township developed from subsistence
farming in the early 1800s, to a wheat
growing area in the mid-1800s. Small
hamlets were established at strategic
places along roads, near watercourses and
farmsteads within the developing
agricultural landscape, providing services
to the local population. Tremaine’s map
(1858) notes the hamlets of Hornby,
Auburn (now Agerton), Omagh and
Drumquin within and adjacent to the
study area in Concessions 5NS and 6NS.
The village of Milton, which developed
on Lots 13 and 14, Concession 2NS, on
Sixteen Mile Creek, is located in the
northwest corner of the township. A
schoolhouse is noted on the southwest
corner of Derry Road and the Sixth Line
in 1858, and, although landowners are
shown on the map, farmhouses are not
depicted.
The Bloomfield Church and Cemetery
was established on Richard Bloomfield’s
property on the east side of Lot 13,
Concession 6NS with the cemetery
opening in September 1835, and a frame
church in 1836. The church and cemetery
served a Methodist congregation and the
cemetery became the resting place of a
number of early area settlers.
The local road network was not fully
established c1850. Trafalgar Road
(Seventh Line) to the east of the study
area had evolved as a principal
transportation route from Oakville to the
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northern townships, and the road
between Trafalgar and Esquesing
Townships was opened. Although
Concessions 4NS, 5NS and 6NS were
not shown as opened roads c1850, 1 by
the end of the 1850s, Tremaine‘s map
(1858) shows the concessions as open
road allowances.
The Census Return (1861) describes
District 2 of Trafalgar Township, Halton
County, as having, for the most part,
level land with a good deal of drainage.
The farm buildings were of very good
quality, and generally consisted of a
barn, sheds for cattle, driving houses and
stables. The area was well watered, with
farms having two or more wells, and
sometimes three. The district roads were
considered to be very good, and it was
noted that all of the government road
allowances had been opened. The
population was described as industrious
and intelligent, and the whole District
“can be considered to be a thriving part
of Halton County.”
Wheat was the principal crop prior to
1870, occupying about one quarter to
one third of the cultivated land. Fall
wheat planting predominated until the
1860s, and then spring wheat became
more important. From the 1850s to the
1890s there was a consistent increase in
the acreage of cultivated township land.
Ontario farmers turned to higher cost
cash crops and animal husbandry in the
1870s.
The Illustrated Historical Atlas (1877)
describes Trafalgar Township as an area
of well-tilled farms, beautiful residences,
with all that constituted a thriving and
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well-to-do community. The township
map shows numerous farmsteads with
orchards that faced onto the Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth Lines. Alexander Storey owned
a cheese factory was on Lot 13 on the
Fifth Line. The schoolhouse at the Sixth
Line and Derry Road had been moved
across the road to the southeast corner of
the intersection by 1877. Although the
Bloomfield Church had been replaced by
a newer building in Hornby in 1876, the
building is still shown on the township
map on Lot 13, Concession 6NS. The
hamlets of Auburn (Agerton), Drumquin,
Hornby and Omagh are depicted as larger
population centres. The Credit Valley
Railway (CVR), which was established in
the early 1870s, ran east to west between
Lots 12 and 13 at Fourth Line.
Surveys for the CVR were conducted in
1873, and construction began in 1874.
The Parkdale (Toronto) to Milton section
was opened for traffic in 1877, and two
years later, the line was built from Milton
to Galt, and then to Orangeville and
Elora. In November 1883, the Ontario &
Quebec Railway, which was an affiliate
of the Canadian Pacific Railway,
amalgamated with the CVR and the
dormant London Junction Railway
charter. The Hornby Station on the line
was located on the Seventh Line, and
another station was located at Milton.
Auburn/Agerton
This small hamlet was established in the
early 19th century and is shown on
Tremaine’s map (1858). The Illustrated
Historical Atlas (1877) describes the
small settlement on the Seventh Line as
having a blacksmith shop and a
temperance house. Twentieth century
topographical maps refer to the
community at the intersection of Derry
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Road and the Trafalgar Road (Seventh
Line) as Agerton.
Drumquin
This small hamlet was established in the
early 19th century and is shown on
Tremaine’s map (1858). A post office
was opened in 1861 and closed in 1913.2
The Illustrated Historical Atlas (1877)
describes the small settlement on the 7th
Line as having a post office, store,
blacksmith shop and inn.
Hornby
The first settlers in the Hornby area
began arriving in the recently surveyed
Esquesing Township, around 1818.
Robert Barker, John Howson, Thomas
Preston, Robert Hall and Robert
Atkinson selected a name for their small
community in the 1830’s, with Hornby
chosen over Farlton, which was a small
settlement about a mile north of Hornby.
The Hornby post office opened in 1841.3
Smith’s Canadian Gazetteer (1846)
notes Hornby as a small settlement
situated partly in Esquesing Township
and partly in Trafalgar Township with
about 60 inhabitants, two stores and one
tavern and a post office. Tremaine’s map
(1858) notes Lower Hornby on the
Trafalgar Township side of the township
line at Sixth Line.
The Illustrated Historical Atlas (1877)
notes the prosperous village of Hornby
had commercial businesses, a post
office, a good hotel (Red Lion Hotel),
two temperance houses, a brick
schoolhouse and four churches, namely a
Church of England, and a Presbyterian,
2
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Canada, “Post Offices and Postmasters”.
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Methodist and Baptist church; and an
Orange Hall and Drill Shed.
Omagh
This small hamlet was established in the
early 19th century and is shown on
Tremaine’s map (1858). The Illustrated
Historical Atlas (1877) note Omagh was
a small village on the 4th Line with about
100 inhabitants. It had three churches, a
drill shed and a Temperance Hall. An
Omagh post office opened in 1853 and
closed in 1914.4
Twentieth Century Development
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The CPR railway line is used by GO
Transit, with a station for Milton. The
James Snow Parkway was initiated in
the 1980s, following 4th Line from
Highway 401 to Main Street. James
Snow Parkway South (Regional Road 4)
running from Derry Road to Britannia
Road, mid concession between the
Fourth and Fifth Lines, is to be
completed in 2007. The topographic map
(1979) shows post war residential
subdivision had occurred within the
study
area.
Recent
subdivision
development has occurred on the
western edge of the study area.
For the most part, the area outside the
town of Milton and in the northwest
corner of Trafalgar Township remained
largely rural in use and character into the
latter part of the 20th century when
residential subdivision and development
began to expand beyond the boundaries
of the original town. The Trafalgar Golf
and Country Club, a private 18-hole golf
course, located south of Derry Road on
the west side of Sixth Line, was opened
in 1958 and expanded in 1959.
At the end of the 20th century, and into
the 21st century, there has been a noted
loss of barns and other agricultural
structures in the landscape as the lands
make the transition from agriculture to
other uses. Ontario Hydro, now a Hydro
One site, developed a substantial
hydroelectric transmission station on
Main Street east of the James Snow
Parkway. A large works yard was placed
to its east. Five transmission lines run
eastward from the transmission station,
north of the railway line.
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Farm Complex, No. 6400 Fifth Line
(East Lot 8, Concession 5NS,
Trafalgar Township
Appendix A-6
The Guidal map (1917) shows J. B.
Lindsay as the owner of the east half of
Lots 7 and 8. C. Gillies was the occupant
of the house in 2000.6
Twentieth century topographical maps
show a farmstead throughout the 20th
century. It would appear that the barn
structure was demolished in the last few
years.
Heritage Status: The former barn (now
demolished) was included on Town of
Milton Heritage Inventory.
Physical/Design Value:
The barn was a large wood barn painted
red with a gambrel roof and symmetrical
gables dormers.5 A silo is still extant
with three frame outbuildings. A one
storey frame residence with shiplap
siding and a concrete block foundation
sits close to Fifth Line.
Contextual Value:
The residence sits close to Fifth Line
while the location of the former barn, the
silo and outbuildings is set back a
distance from the house and road. The
location is accessed by a drive, marked
by a distinctive tree line, on the south
side of the house.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The property has historical associations
with the Beatty family, early settlers in
the area. A distinctive tree line along the
lane to the former barn complex is a
dominant feature in the landscape.
Historical Value:
Once part Tremaine’s Map (1858)
indicates the Lot 8 was owned by J & W.
C. William Beatty [also recorded as
Beaty]. The Illustrative Historical Atlas
shows W. C. Beatty as the owner of the
east half of Lots 8 and 9, Concession
5NS. Information from the Town of
Milton Heritage Inventory indicates the
property was once part of 400 acres of
land owned by W. C. Beatty. The Beatty
family owned the property from 1825 to
1888; Anderson Beatty built the former
barn in 1886.
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Barn Ruin, No. 6712 Fifth Line
(East Lot 10, Concession 5NS,
Trafalgar Township
Appendix A-7
Contextual Value:
The farmhouse has been demolished,
and only a frame barn building located at
the end, and on north side of a long
overgrown drive from Fifth Line,
remains as a visible marker of the former
19th century farm complex.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The property has historical associations
with the Robinson family. The barn
building is the last building remaining of
the former farm complex.
Heritage Status: Former farmhouse
(now demolished) is included on Town
of Milton Heritage Inventory.
Physical/Design Value:
A gable barn building is visible on the
property.
Historical Value:
Tremaine’s Map (1858) indicates the
east half of Lot 10, Concession 5NS was
owned by William Robinson. The
Illustrative Historical Atlas shows John
Robinson as the owner of all Lot 10,
Concession 5NS with a farmhouse on
the east half of the lot in the approximate
location of the present barn ruin.
Information from the Town of Milton
Heritage Inventory indicates the
Robinson family owned the land from
1825 to 1879. The Norris family then
owned it until the Peacock family
acquired it. The Guidal map (1917)
shows James H. Peacock as the owner of
the east half of Lot 10. The Peacocks
built the farmhouse, and owned the
farmstead until 1969.
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Residence, No. 7236 Fifth Line
(East Lot 12, Concession 5NS,
Trafalgar Township
Heritage Status: Included on Town of
Milton Heritage Inventory
Physical/Design Value:
This vernacular, two storey, concrete
block residence has a cross gable roof
and a two storey rear addition. It has
undergone a number of exterior
alterations such as new window sash, a
ground floor patio door with roof and an
exterior chimney on the east elevation,
and a new portico and entrance door on
the north elevation. The cladding in the
gables is modern.
Historical Value:
Thomas Swim received the Crown Grant
for 100 acres of the northeast half of Lot
1, Concession 5NS in July 1823. He sold
the east half of Lot 12 to Jonathan
Howes in June 1826; Howes sold the
property to Robert Cunningham in
February 1841. Andrew Cunningham
bought the east half of Lot 12 from
Robert Cunningham in July 1854.
Thomas Paterson acquired the east half
from the estate of Andrew Cunningham
in September 1857. He had previously
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bought the west half of Lot 12,
Concession 5NS in 1840. Trafalgar
Township assessment rolls record that
Tremaine’s map (1858) shows Thomas
“Patterson” owned all of Lot 12 at this
time. The Illustrated Historical Atlas
(1877) shows a farmhouse on the east
half of Lot 12 owned by Thomas
Paterson.
Paterson and his wife sold the east half
of Lot 12 to William John Hammond in
May 1880. Benjamin Pewtruss bought
the property from Hammond in March
1881. The Census Return (1881) notes
40-year old farmer Benjamin Pewtruss,
wife Rebecca Pewtruss, and their five
children—Mary, Benjamin, Margaret,
Robert William and Charlotte—lived
together as a single household. The
Census Return (1891) records that the
47-year old widow, Rebecca Pewtruss,
lived with her children, 21-year old
farmer Robert, and 12-year old Charlotte
in a 14-room, 1 storey frame house.
Assessment rolls confirm Rebecca
Pewtruss owned 96 acres of land on the
east half of Lot 12, Concession 5NS in
1891.
In January 1900 Mary Chorley Parker,
formerly Mary Chorley Pewtruss,
registered a release on the east half of
Lot 12 to Rebecca Pewtruss, widow of
Benjamin Pewtruss. In the October of
the same year, Margaret Rebecca
Robinson released her claim to the
property to her mother Rebecca
Pewtruss. Rebecca Pewtruss then sold
the east half of Lot 12, Concession 5NS
to Robert Pewtruss in December 1900.
The Census Return (1901) notes widow
Rebecca Pewtruss and her unmarried son
Robert William Pewtruss lived together
in an 11-room wood house on 100 acres
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of the east half of Lot 12, Concession
5NS.
The Census Return (1911) records
Robert W. Pewtruss, wife Annie M.,
their son Medforth, his widowed mother
Rebecca Pewtruss, and a domestic as a
household in Trafalgar Township. The
Guidal Map of Trafalgar Township
(1917) shows Robert Pewtruss as the
owner of the east half of Lot 12. It would
appear the present concrete block house
was built sometime after 1901 and in the
early 20th century, for the Pewtruss
family. A building is shown in the
location of the present concrete block
residence on an early 20th century
topographical map (1912, rpt. 1922).
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early 20th century agricultural changes
and development in this area of
Trafalgar Township. The residence is
clearly visible on Fifth Line, and has
some landmark qualities.
Land records show Robert Pewtruss and
his wife sold the east half of Lot 12 to
Charles Kenneth Pewtruss and Mary
Anne Pewtruss in April 1946. Members
of the Pewtruss family continued to own
the property until 1969 when Vincent
Gallo bought it from the Pewtruss
Family. Terry and Sofia Brazden bought
the property in 1973, and Leonardo and
Leonarda Plazza in 1995.
Contextual Value:
The associated site has undergone some
change with the demolition of the
superstructure of the barn, leaving only a
foundation on site. The surrounding area
is still rural agricultural in character with
local roads, tree lines, field patterns.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The present residence is attributed to the
Pewtruss family, long time owners (1881
to 1969). Although this early 20th
century concrete block residence has
undergone a number of alterations to its
original design, it is representative of
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Farm Complex, No. 7429 Fifth Line
(West Lot 13, Concession 6NS,
Trafalgar Township)
Heritage Status: Included on Town of
Milton Heritage Inventory
Physical/Design Value:
The vernacular 1 storey farmhouse has
stucco cladding, a cross gable roof with
vergeboard on the gables and narrow,
paired window openings on the ground
and second floor of the front elevation.
A one storey verandah is located on the
front elevation (west) on the south wing.
Historical Value:
Davis Smith received the Crown Patent
for the 100 acres of the southwesterly
half of Lot 13, Concession 5NS,
Trafalgar Township in January 1824.
Smith sold the property to James
Skirrow in March 1824. Skirrow had
emigrated from Ireland to the area in
1821 with his wife Ann Howson.7
Robert Anderson bought the southwesterly half of Lot 13 in March 1840.
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Captain John Anderson8 was born in
Ireland in 1826. His wife Mary King
Anderson was also born in Ireland in
1829. Township assessment rolls record
John Anderson on 100 acres of the west
half Lot 13, Concession 6NS in 1850,
but did not indicate a dwelling on the
property at that time. Tremaine’s map
(1858) shows that John Anderson owned
the west half of Lot 13. According to the
Census Return (1861) John and Mary
Anderson and their children—Margaret
A., Eliza, Lucy, Robert, Samuel—70year old widow Eliza J. Algo and
William Wilson all resided together in a
1 storey log house on Lot 13,
Concession 6NS.
Anderson
had
cultivated 88 acres of land including an
acre of gardens and/or orchards. The real
property value was given as $4000.
Land records show that son Robert
Anderson sold the southwesterly half of
Lot 13 to Samuel Anderson in December
1847; the deed on title was registered in
June 1867. Samuel Anderson and his
wife then sold the property back to John
Anderson in January 1867, with the deed
registered in June 1867.
The Census Return (1871) lists John and
Mary Anderson and their six children—
Margaret A., Elizabeth J., Lucy M.,
Mary L., Jemina and Robert—as the
residents of a farmhouse located on 100
acres of land on Lot 13, Concession
6NS. The Illustrated Historical Atlas
(1877) shows a farmhouse with orchards
owned by J. Anderson on the west half
of Lot 13, Concession 6NS in the
general location of the present day house
at No. 7429 Fifth Line. John and Mary
8
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Anderson and children Eliza J. Lucy M.,
Samuel J., Robert K., Mary L., and
Jemima, were enumerated in the Census
Return (1881) as a household in
Trafalgar Township.
Son Robert K. Anderson qualified as a
medical doctor and practiced in Milton
for over forty years, as well as serving as
a Milton town councillor (1899, 190002) and mayor (1904, 1907-09).
Anderson also sat as a Conservative
member of the House of Commons for
Halton in 1917, 1921, 1925, 1926 and
1930.9
Mary Anderson died on January 1,
1891.10 The Census Return (1891)
records that 65-year old widower John
Anderson lived with daughter Eliza
Anderson and members of the Price
family—75-year old widower Alexander
Price, 22-year old Jackson, 17-year old
William and 24-year old Annie—in an
11-room, two storey wood house. John
Anderson died on January 7, 1892.11
Alexander Cooke bought the Anderson
property from the heirs of John
Anderson in October 1894.
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a grain buying business with an elevator
at the Milton train station.12 Cooke
probably leased the farmstead for a
number of years until he sold it in 1913.
Land records note Robert Edwy May
bought the west half of Lot 13 f in April
of that year. The Guidal map (1917)
shows R. E. May as the owner.
Lloyd F. May inherited the farmstead in
1935, and members of the May family
continued to own the property until 1969
when Harlib Farms Limited bought it.
The Ministry of Government Services,
bought the property in 1975; Aaron
Farm Limited in 1982; and, Philip and
Barbara Lawton in 1987; they
established Lawton’s Landscaping on
site.13
Contextual Value:
The farmhouse is set back from Fifth
Line at the end of a long gravel drive,
and is partially obscured by trees. The
associated barn is in a ruinous condition.
The farmhouse contributes to the rural
character of the area, which comprises
agricultural lands, field patterns, fencerows, hedgerows and tree lines.
Alexander and Martha (M. Augusta
McLean) Cooke and their children
Wellington and Mabel Cooke are noted
as a Trafalgar household in the Census
Return (1891). The Census Return
(1901) notes Martha and Alexander, and
their children Wellington and Mabel
lived in a 10-room roughcast house on
Lot 13, Concession 6NS. Local history
recounts that Cooke sold the farmstead
in August 1908, and moved to Milton
where he opened “Alex. Cooke & Son”,
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The vernacular, stucco clad farmhouse is
relatively unchanged, and is considered
to be a good example of a c1870 area
farmhouse exhibiting such design
attributes such as paired, narrow
windows, cross gable roof and porch. It
is representative of late 19th century
agricultural development in the area. The
construction of the house is associated
with the Anderson family.
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Residence, No. 7542 Fifth Line
(S Lot 14, Concession 5NS,
Trafalgar Township)
Heritage Status: Not listed on Town of
Milton Heritage Inventory
Physical/Design Value:
The residence is a one and-a-half storey
log house with a side gable roof. A
modern shed dormer and an enclosed
extension have been added to the front
elevation.
Historical Value:
Darcy Boulton received the Crown grant
for all 200 acres of land in Lot 14,
Concession 5NS, Trafalgar Township on
September 24, 1821. Ashabel Davis
bought all 200 acres of land in
November 1827, and then sold it to
William Shackelton at the end of the
same month. Andrew Cunningham
bought the south half of Lot 14 in
October 1828.
The Census Return (1851) records that
William Cunningham, an 80-year old
farmer, and his 80-year old wife Frances
lived in a one storey log house.
Recorded immediately after the elder
Cunninghams in the return are 50-year
old farmer Andrew Cunningham, his 30year old wife Jane, 18-year old son
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William, and 16-year old daughter Ann
who lived in a one storey log house.
Both the William and Andrew
Cunningham households are recorded in
the census return after Joseph
Cunningham, who is known to have
lived on the north part of Lot 14,
Concession 5NS in 1851. Tremaine’s
map (1858) notes William Cunningham
was the owner of the south half of Lot
14. Township assessment rolls (1858)
indicates 23-year old farmer William
Cunningham—probably the son of
Andrew and Jane Cunningham— owned
100 acres of land on Lot 13, Concession
5NS valued at $2400.
The Census Return (1861) notes 26-year
old farmer William Cunningham, his
wife Hannah and their 3-year old son
Andrew, and Nancy Thirsten [?] as a
single household occupying a one storey
frame house. The following entry in the
return is for Jack Cunningham, a 48-year
old widower, lived in a one and-a-half
storey frame house. It is believed one of
the two log houses may have been the
house located at No. 7542 Fifth Line.
Both households are entered in the return
immediately after Joseph Cunningham.
Township assessment rolls indicate
Joseph Cunningham owned William
Cunningham’s 100 acres, as well his
own northeasterly 100 acres [No. 7429
Fifth Line] of Lot 14, Concession 5NS
by 1866.
Land records show Robert and Ann
Cunningham, Thomas and Frances
Pickard, Richard and Sarah M. Harrison,
William and Elizabeth Cunningham and
Mary Jane Cunningham sold all of their
rights, and property claims for the 100
acres of the southeasterly half of Lot 14,
Concession 5NS to their brother Joseph
Cunningham in February 1868.
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The Census Return (1871) records that
57-year old farmer James Cunningham
was the owner of 100 acres of Lot 14,
Concession 5NS. Two houses and three
barns/stables were recorded on the
property. The Illustrated Historical Atlas
shows J. Cunningham occupied the
south half of Lot 14. Two buildings, as
noted in the 1851 and 1861 Census
Returns, and an orchard are shown on
the property in the late 1870s.
Land records indicate Jane Cunningham
released her dower rights for the
southeasterly half of Lot 14, Concession
5NS to Joseph Cunningham in April
1873. John Tingle bought 100 acres of
land on the southeasterly half of Lot 14
from Joseph Cunningham in November
1878. From assessment rolls in the late
1800s it would seem that Tingle leased
the southeast part of Lot 9. Thomas
Shanks was located on the property by
the early 1880s and continued to occupy
the land into the early 1900s. The
Census Return (1901) records Thomas
Shanks was located on 100 acres of land
on the east half of Lot 14, Concession
5NS. He and his wife Margaret and two
children lived in a wood house.
John Tingle and his wife sold the
property on Lot 14 to Alexander Cooke
in February 1903, and Cooke then sold it
to John A. Clarridge in March 1913. The
Guidal map (1917) shows William
Clarridge as the owner of the east half of
Lot 9, Concession 5NS. John A.
Clarridge sold the southeast half of Lot
14, Concession 5NS to Clifford F.
Clarridge in March 1924, and Thomas
Forrest Howden bought all 100 acres
from Clifford F. Clarridge and his wife
in January 1946. Lillian May Ludelia
Howden, widow, and Arnold T. A.
Howden, as executors of the last will and
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testament of Thomas Forrest Howden,
sold part of the southeast quarter to F.
Lloyd Allewell and Barbara Ann
Allewell as joint tenants for $2.00 and
consideration in 1973. William and
Allison Alexander bought the property
from the Allewells in May 1994, and
established the Alexander Kennels.14
Contextual Value:
The surrounding lands are still in
agricultural use, characterized by some
farm
complexes,
field
patterns,
fencerows, hedgerows and tree lines.
The farmhouse is set on a rise of land
overlooking Fifth Line, to the south of
Sixteen Mile Creek. The associated barn
and outbuildings have been removed
from the site.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The residence is associated with the
Cunningham family, who were early
settlers in the Hornby area of Trafalgar
Township, from 1828 to 1878. Thought
to have been built c1840s [to be
confirmed], the log farmhouse has
undergone some alterations, but retained
its original form and unclad log walls. If
it is confirmed that this residence was
built c1840s, it would be considered to
be excellent example of an early 19th
century log house that is representative
of the township’s initial phase of
agricultural development.15
14
Halton-Peel Regions Ontario Polk CrissCross Directory, 2000.
15
Confirmation of the construction is subject to
further investigation of the building.
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Residence, No. 7622 Fifth Line
(East Lot 14, Concession 5NS,
Trafalgar Township)
Heritage Status: Included on the Town
of Milton Heritage Inventory
Physical/Design Value:
This vernacular, 1 storey, brick
residence was exhibits Classical Revival
design elements such as a side gable roof
with eave returns, a five bay front
elevation and a centre door accented by
a rectangular transom and sidelights. The
window openings and main entrance
door opening are highlighted by stone
voussoirs. A inside chimney is located
on the north end of the roof ridge. A
shed dormer has been added to the front
elevation.
Historical Value:
Darcy Boulton Jr. received the Crown
grant for all 200 acres of land in Lot 14,
Concession 5NS, Trafalgar Township on
September 24, 1821. Ashabel Davis
bought all 200 acres of land in
November 1827, and then sold it to
William Shackelton at the end of the
same month. James Skirrow, a Irishman
who had immigrated with his wife Ann
Howson to the area around Hornby in
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the 1820s 16, bought the northwest half
of the east half and the northwest half of
the west half of Lot 14 in September
1829. Land records indicate Joseph
Cunningham, an Irish immigrant born
c1801, acquired the 100 acres of the land
from Skirrow in 1830. He married Mary
Anne Jackson of the Trafalgar Township
in October 1939 at St. James Cathedral
in York (Toronto).17 Mary Jackson was
also an Irish immigrant, born c1808.
Their daughter Ann was born c.1840,
daughter Frances c.1842 and son Joseph
Cunningham Jr. c1843. Three other
daughters were born later in the 1840s.
The Trafalgar Township assessment roll
(1850) noted Joseph Cunningham as the
owner of 100 acres of land on the
northeasterly half of Lot 14, Concession
5NS. A house was not recorded on the
property. The Census Return (1851)
records Joseph and Mary Ann
Cunningham and six children—Ann,
Frances, Joseph, Rebecca, Elizabeth and
Mary Jane—and 20-year old domestic
Elizabeth Cunningham as the occupants
of a one storey log house.
The present brick house appears to have
been built in the 1850s by and for Joseph
and Mary Ann Cunningham. The Census
Return (1861) notes Joseph and his wife
M. A. Cunningham and five children—
Ann, Frances, Joseph, Rebecca, E.
Cunningham and M. J. Cunningham—
lived in a 1 storey brick house. Joseph
Cunningham Sr. died on August 9, 1864,
16
Tackaberry Times, Ibid.
Marriages at St. James Cathedral, Toronto
Aug. 1836 – 1841. From Landmarks of Toronto,
volume 3, p.395 ff, by John Ross Robertson.
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and was buried in the Bloomfield
Church Cemetery on Sixth Line. This
cemetery was later amalgamated with St.
Stephen’s Anglican Church, Hornby.18
The probate of Joseph Cunningham‘s
last will and testament was registered on
property title on October 5, 1865, with
all 100 acres of Lot 14, Concession 5NS
being left to his son Joseph Cunningham
when he reached 25 years of age. In
February 1868, Ann Cunningham and
her husband Robert Cunningham,
Frances Pickard and her husband
Thomas, Sarah M. Harrison and her
husband, Elizabeth Cunningham and her
husband William and Mary Jane
Cunningham, spinster sold all of their
rights, title and claims to the 100 acres
of land in the southeasterly half of Lot
14 to Joseph Cunningham.
The Census Return (1871) notes 25-year
old farmer Joseph Cunningham, his 60year old widowed mother Mary
Cunningham, siblings Fanny [Frances],
Rebecca, Elizabeth and Mary and a farm
labourer living as a household on Lot 14,
Concession 5NS. Cunningham owned a
total of 112 acres of land, one house and
three barns and/or stable. The
agricultural return notes 100 acres of
land were owned and 80 acres were
cultivated, including 2 acres in gardens
and/or orchards.
The Illustrated Historical Atlas shows J.
Cunningham owned a farmhouse and
orchards on the north side of Sixteen
Mile Creek in the northeast corner of Lot
16 in 1877. The Census Return (1881)
records 37-year old farmer Joseph
18
Trafalgar Twp. Cemetery No. 4, Bloomfield
Church Cemetery (Halton-Peel OGS Cemetery
Records, 1991 and 2002).
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Cunningham, his 72-year old, Irish-born
mother Mary A. Cunningham, and two
adult sisters, Elizabeth and Mary Jane
Cunningham, as a Trafalgar Township
household. The Census Return (1891)
notes Joseph, his mother Mary, and
sisters Elizabeth and Mary Cunningham
along with nephew Joseph A. Robinson
and a 14-year old domestic named Mary
Price were the residents of a 1 storey
brick house with 13 rooms. Mary A.
Cunningham died in August 1897 and is
buried at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church,
Hornby.19
The Census Return (1901) records 57year old farmer and bachelor Joseph
Cunningham, his 52-year old sister
Elizabeth Cunningham, and nephew,
Joseph A. Robinson in the household.
They lived in a 12-room brick house on
Lot 14, Concession 5NS. Joseph A.
Robinson married in the early 1900s,
and the Census Return (1911) recorded
Joseph Cunningham, his sister Elizabeth
and servant Mary E. Price as a
household next to the household of
Joseph A. Robinson, his wife Maud, 8year old daughter Marion and a
domestic.
Joseph Cunningham died on February 2,
1916, and is buried in St. Stephen’s
Anglican Church, Hornby. Under the
probate of Joseph Cunningham’s last
will and testament registered on property
title in April 1916, his nephew, [Joseph]
Albert Robinson, inherited the north half
of Lot 14. Mary Elizabeth Price released
her legatee rights to Albert Robinson in
February 1916 for the 100 acres of the
northwest half and premises for $1.00.
The executors of Joseph Cunningham’s
estate granted Joseph Albert Robinson
19
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the 100 acres of the northwest half,
subject to certain terms, for $1.00 in July
1917. Interestingly, the Guidal map
(1917) notes William Clarridge was on
both the north and south parts of the
west half of Lot 14, Concession 5 NS;
while J. A. Robinson was located on the
west half of Lot 14, Concession 5NS.
The brick house is shown in red on the
topographic map (1922).
Appendix A-16
area of Trafalgar Township, for over 100
years from 1830 to 1940.
Joseph Albert Robinson sold the 100
acres of the northwest half of Lot 14 to
Thomas Bousfield in April 1940. The
Bousfield family sold the property to
Mario Fasulo in 2003, who sold it to
Everlast Paving Ltd. in 2004.
Contextual Value:
The former farm complex still retains the
farmhouse, however, the barn and other
outbuildings have been removed. A
distinctive spruce tree line marks the
drive that leads to the farmhouse situated
on a rise above and to the north of the
Sixteen Mile Creek. The surrounding
lands are still rural agricultural use,
characterized by some farm complexes,
field patterns, fencerows, hedgerows and
tree lines.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The c1850s brick residence is well
designed
with
some
distinctive
architectural details, and an early 19th
century example of brick masonry
construction. It is an excellent example
of the early mid 19th century, second
phase, agricultural development of the
township, and a principal characterdefining building of the agricultural
landscape. The residence and property is
associated with the Cunningham family,
who were early settlers in the Hornby
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BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCE
No. 6516 Sixth Line (South Part East
Lot 9, Concession 6NS, Trafalgar
Township)
Heritage Status: Listed Town of Milton
Heritage Inventory
Physical/Design Value:
This vernacular, 1 storey, brick
residence has a side gable and a three
bay front (east) elevation. A window has
been added to the front elevation above
the centre door.
Historical Value:
The Canada Company received the
Crown Patent for all 200 acres of land in
Lot 9, Concession 6NS in July 1829.
William Madden bought the south half
of Lot 9 form the Canada Company in
1836. Tremaine’s map (1858) shows
William Modden [Madden] owned the
south part of Lot 9. Township
assessment rolls in the late 1850s show
that James Ballentyne leased a house and
land on Lot 9, Concession 6NS from
owner William Madden.
The Census Return (1861) notes 90-year
old William Madden lived with Jane
Madden, probably his daughter, a widow
named Susan [?] and labourer Robert
Ballentyne in a 1 storey brick house.
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The agricultural return for 1861 notes
James Ballentyne farmed 100 acres of
land on Lot 9, Concession 6NS. He and
his wife Jane lived in a log house.
Township assessment rolls in the late
1860s record Robert Ballentyne as the
householder of 100 acres on Lot 9,
Concession 6NS.
The executors of the last will and
testament of William Madden sold the
100 acres of land in the south half of Lot
9 to William Downes and his wife
Millicent in April 1869. The Census
Return (1871) lists 25-year old farmer
William Downes, his wife Margaret M.
[Millicent] and a farm labourer as the
tenants of a house on 100 acres of land
in Lot 9, Concession 6NS.
Land records record that after the death
of William Downes, James Downes, as
executor of the will, acquired ownership
of the property in March 1876, and that
William Downes and his wife sold the
south half of Lot 9 to Robert Stark in
March 1876. The Illustrated Historical
Atlas shows a farmhouse occupied by
William Smith in 1877. The Trafalgar
Township assessment roll (1877) notes
Robert Stark as the owner and William
Smith as the tenant of Lot 9, Concession
6NS.
Robert Howes, with his wife Rebecca
Matilda Howes, bought the 100 acres of
land in the south half of Lot 9 from
Robert Stark in March 1880. Samuel Orr
bought the property from the Hoovers in
December 1884. From assessment rolls
it would appear that Samuel Orr leased
the farmstead on Lot 9, Concession 6NS
during his ownership including the
Robinson family in the mid-to-late
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1890s, and probably into the early
1900s.
Robert, Andrew, John H. Cameron, and
Kenneth Orr, sons of Samuel Orr
received ownership of the property
under the terms of Samuel Orr’s will in
April 1904. The brothers shared
ownership for some years. The Census
Return (1911) indicates 34-year old
farmer and bachelor Robert Orr
occupied Lot 9, Concession 6NS. Guidal
map (1917) shows Robert Orr as the
owner of the south half of Lot 9. Land
records show Robert acquired full
ownership in 1918. Andrew and
Magdalena Trischler bought the
farmstead from Robert Orr in 1949. The
Northcotes bought the property in 1958;
the present owner Radha Soami Society
Beas Canada bought the property in
2001.
Contextual Value:
The former farm complex retains the
19th century farmhouse. The farmhouse
contributes to the rural character of the
surrounding lands.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
This house represents a good example of
vernacular brick residential construction
c1870, and it contributes to the rural
character of the area. The residence is
representative of the agricultural
development in this area of Trafalgar
Township in the latter part of the 19th
century. The construction of the house
may be associated with the William
Downes family, local 19th century
farmers.
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BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCE
No. 11319 Derry Road East (formerly
201) (S Lot 11, Concession 5NS,
Trafalgar Township)
Appendix A-19
George Peacock is located on Lot 11,
Concession 6NS in the Census Return
(1911), and on the west half of the same
lot on the Guidal map (1917). The barn
and farmhouse are shown on early 20th
century topographical maps of the area.
Contextual Value:
The barn is set in a rural landscape,
behind a modern residence. It is a visible
reminder in the landscape of the
agricultural development of the area.
Heritage Status: Not listed on Town of
Milton Heritage Inventory
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The barn is a character-defining element
in the rural character of the area and is
representative of the agricultural
development of the area.
Physical Value:
This building is a 2 storey gambrel
roof barn, built ca. late 19th century, or
c1900. It has a red metal roof, roof
ventilators and double entrance doors to
the upper level on the south elevation.
Historical Value:
Tremaine’s map (1858) indicates the
east half of Lot 11, Concession 6NS was
owned by Hannah Robinson. Twenty
years later the Illustrated Historical
Atlas (1878) records that Benjamin
Hemstreet owned a farmstead with an
orchard on the west half of Lot 11,
Concession 6NS. Assessment Rolls
indicate Richard Hemstreet owned the
100 acres of the west half of Lot 11. In
later years he lived in Milton. Mrs. B.
Hemstreet of Milton owned the property
in 1899. The Census Return (1901)
indicates Alfred Hemstreet leased the
1oo acres of Lot 11, Concession 6NS,
which had a house and five barns and/or
stables.
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CULTURAL HERITAGE
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Main Street Roadscape
(Between Lots 13 and 14, Concessions
4 & 5, Trafalgar Township)
character of
landscape.
the
Appendix A-20
surrounding rural
Heritage Status: Not listed Town of
Milton Heritage Inventory
Physical Value:
This two lane paved road has a solid
centre line, little to no gravel shoulders
and grassy ditches. Fence lines,
intermittent tree lines and hedgerows
and vegetation.
Historical Value:
The road extended as far as the Third
Line on the Illustrative Historical Atlas
(1877). By the early 20th century a
topographical map (1922) indicate the
road had been pushed through between
Lots 13 and 14 to connect with the Fifth
Line.
Contextual Value:
The east to west roadscape contributes to
the rural character the study area
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The roadscape represents early 20th
century developments in the local road
system. Its rural road characteristics
contribute contextually to the existing
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Derry Road East Roadscape
(Between Lots 10 and 11, Concessions
4NS & 5NS, Trafalgar Township)
Appendix A-21
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The roadscape has historical associative
value. It represents 19th century
development of the surveyed sideroad
allowances as part of the agricultural
settlement of Trafalgar Township. Its
rural road characteristics contribute
contextually to the existing character of
the surrounding rural landscape.
Heritage Status: Not listed Town of
Milton Heritage Inventory.
Physical Value:
This two lane paved road has a solid
centre line, gravel shoulders and grassy
ditches. Fence lines, intermittent tree
lines and hedgerows and vegetation are
found on the sides of the road.
Historical Value:
An open side road is shown between
Lots 10 and 11 on Tremaine’s map
(1858) and on the Trafalgar Township
map in the Illustrative Historical Atlas
(1877). The road allowance was
surveyed with a slight jog in
Concessions 5 and 6. Early 20th century
topographical map (1922 and 1942)
indicate Derry Road was an unpaved
road in the early 1920s, and an improved
and paved local road by the early 1940s.
Contextual Value:
The east to west roadscape contributes to
the rural character the study area. The
road has a slight jog in Concession 5 and
Concession 6.
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Fifth Line Roadscape
(Between Concessions 4NS & 5NS,
Trafalgar Township)
Heritage Status: Not listed Town of
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Physical Value:
This paved, two lane local road has a
solid centre line, varying widths of
gravel shoulders and grassy ditches.
Appendix A-22
crosses tributaries of the Sixteen Mile
Creek several times within the study
area, most prominently at Lots 14 and
15. The road winds its way around the
Sixteen Mile Creek, deviating from the
original surveyed road allowance north
and south of Derry Road. Fence lines,
intermittent tree lines and hedgerows
and vegetation are found on the sides of
the road.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The roadscape represents early 19th
century development of the local road
system as surveyed concession road
allowances were opened and established
as part of the agricultural settlement of
Trafalgar Township. Its rural road
characteristics contribute contextually to
the existing character of the surrounding
rural landscape.
Historical Value:
This north-south concession road was
opened in the early part of the 19th
century; it is shown on Tramline’s map
(1858) and on the township map in the
Illustrative Historical Atlas (1877) as an
open road. An early 20th century
topographical map (1922) indicates the
Fifth Line was still an unpaved local
concession road into the latter part of the
20th century. In 1922 there were four
iron and one wood structures crossing
the Sixteen Mile Creek in Lots 14 and
15, as well as several culverts. By the
1970s the Fifth Line was a paved local
road.
Contextual Value:
The north-south roadscape contributes to
the rural character the study area. It
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Sixth Line Roadscape
(Between Concessions 5NS & 6NS,
Trafalgar Township)
Heritage Status: Not listed Town of
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Physical Value:
This paved, two lane road has a solid
centre line, varying widths of gravel
shoulders and grassy ditches. It crosses
tributaries of the Sixteen Mile Creek
both north and south of Derry Road.
Fence lines, visually prominent tree
lines, hedgerows and vegetation are
found on the sides of the road.
Appendix A-23
within the study area a wooden structure
and an iron structure carried the road
across the Sixteen Mile Creek in Lot 9.
By the 1970s the Sixth Line was a paved
local road.
Contextual Value:
The north-south roadscape contributes to
the rural character the study area. It
crosses the East Branch of the Sixteen
Mile Creek and its tributaries several
times within the study area, most
prominently at Lot 10 south of Derry
Road, and Lots 11 and 12 north of Derry
Road where the road follows a ‘given’
route to the west of the surveyed
concession road allowance to avoid the
Sixteen Mile Creek.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The roadscape has historical associative
value. It represents the early 19th century
development of the local road system as
surveyed concession road allowance. It
was opened and established as part of
the agricultural settlement of Trafalgar
Township. Its rural road characteristics
contribute contextually to the existing
character of the surrounding rural
landscape.
Historical Value:
This north-south concession road was
opened in the early part of the 19th
century; it is shown on Tremaine’s map
(1858) and on the Trafalgar Township
map in Illustrative Historical Atlas
(1877) as an open road. An early 20th
century topographical map (1922)
indicates the Sixth Line was still an
unpaved local concession road into the
latter part of the 20th century. In 1922
two, separate iron structures carried the
road across the CPR railway line and the
Sixteen Mile Creek (Sixteen Mile Creek
in Lots 12 and 13. Below Derry Road
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Agricultural Land
(Part Lots 7 to 14, Concessions 4NS &
5NS, Trafalgar Township)
Appendix A-24
character, although there was some
attrition in the number of farm
complexes by the late 20th century.
Today there is a diminished number of
barns and agricultural buildings.
Contextual Value:
The agricultural land within the study
area is located to the east of the Town of
Milton. Some development has occurred
in the study area, primarily subdivision
for single residences, commercial
businesses located in former farmsteads,
and the Hydro One facility. Farmsteads,
principally on the Fifth Line south of
Derry Road have been demolished
within the past five years.
Heritage Status: Not included on the
Town of Milton Heritage Inventory.
Physical Value:
The agricultural landscape comprises
some farmhouses and agricultural
buildings of 19th century farm
complexes, visual and prominent tree
lines or wind breaks, field patterns and
fence lines, hedgerows, cultivated fields
as well as a watercourse.
Historical Value:
The land in the study area was first
settled in the 1820s, with more intensity
in the 1830s and 1840s. The Tremaine
map (1858) shows all of the land had
been taken up for agricultural settlement,
and concession and sideroad allowances
had been opened for local traffic. The
Illustrative Historical Atlas (1877)
indicates a more developed agricultural
landscape with regular field patterns,
numerous farmsteads, principally facing
onto the concession roads, and orchards.
Twentieth century topographical maps
(1922 to 1995) confirm that the land in
the study area remained agricultural in
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tree lines, fence lines hedgerows, and
remnants of former driveways and
associated tree lines still characterize the
landscape as agricultural and rural.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The existing agricultural landscape has
historical associative value. It represents
and clearly expresses the 19th and 20th
century agricultural development of
Trafalgar Township. Contextually, it sets
the larger landscape for the remaining
farmhouse, former farmhouses and
agricultural buildings found in the farm
complexes within the study area.
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CPR Railway
(Between Lots 12 and 13, Concessions
4NS & 5NS, Trafalgar Township)
Appendix A-25
level road crossings on Fifth Line within
the study area. It is a landmark.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The CN Railway line represents an
important part of the transportation
history of the township, and as an
important factor in the development and
growth of Milton, and therefore
Trafalgar Township, in the 19th century.
Heritage Status: Not listed Town of
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Physical Value:
This is a double track railway line.
Historical Value:
Surveys for the Credit Valley Railway
were conducted in 1873 with its
construction beginning in 1874. The
Parkdale (Toronto) to Milton section
was opened for traffic in 1877. It is
shown on the township map in the
Illustrated Historical Atlas (1877). Two
years later in 1879, the railway was
extended from Milton to Galt and then
Orangeville and Elora. In November
1883, the Ontario & Quebec Railway,
which was an affiliate of the Canadian
Pacific Railway (CPR), amalgamated
with the CVR and the dormant London
Junction Railway charter. It has
remained a part of CPR to the present.
Contextual Value:
The railway line is a linear corridor cut
through the agricultural landscape with
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Sixteen Mile Creek, Waterscape
(Concession 5NS, Trafalgar
Township)
Appendix A-26
Contextual Value:
The waterscape contributes to the
character of the existing rural
agricultural land.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The Sixteen Mile Creek is historically
associated
with
the
agricultural
settlement of the land within the study
area.
Heritage Status: Not listed Town of
Milton Heritage Inventory
Physical Value:
The Sixteen Mile Creek is a fresh water
creek that meanders southward through
Trafalgar Township to Lake Ontario.
Historical Value:
Early settlement tended to take place in
the vicinity of waterways. Its course
influenced the decision to move the
route of the Sixth Line at Derry Road
from its surveyed road allowance to a
‘given’ road to the west. It was also a
factor in the chosen locations of early
farmsteads in the area. The Illustrative
Historical Atlas refers to the watercourse
as the East Branch of the Sixteen Mile
Creek. Twentieth century topographical
maps refer to it as the Sixteen Mile
Creek.
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CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPE
Trafalgar Golf & Country Club,
Sixth Line & Derry Road
(Lots 9 and 10, Concession 5NS, Trafalgar Township)
Heritage Status: Not listed on the Town of Milton Heritage Inventory
Physical Value:
The golf course comprises a designed and landscaped golf course that stretches along
Derry Road and south along Sixth Line.
Historical Value:
Historical maps indicate the former agricultural land was associated with the Robinson
and Beatty families in the 19th century, and James H. Peacock and Thomas Graham in the
early 20th century.20 In the late 1950s Bill Ruthven commissioned C.E. (Robbie)
Robinson, one of Canada's best known golf course architects, as well as Keith Robinson's
brother, to lay out an 18-hole course on his sod farm located at the corner of Derry Road
and the Sixth Line. After the death of his son, Ruthven stopped the project. Keith
Robinson obtained an option to purchase Ruthven's sod farm in January 1958, to
complete the building of the golf course. With his brother Robbie Robinson, Keith
Robinson and Bob Watson organized nine investors for the Trafalgar Golf & Country
Club. On July 1st, 1958, the first nine holes were opened and the full 18 holes by
midsummer 1959.21
C. E. Robinson is a member of the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame. He is responsible for the
design of 13 of the top 50 Ontario golf courses.22 At one time he worked for Stanley
20
21
Trafalgar Golf & Country Club. Course History: Keith Robinson Had a Dream
by Betty Robinson Neil.
22
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Thompson, a pre-eminent golf course architect responsible for some 145 courses in
Canada, the United States, Caribbean and South America, and who founded the
American Society of Golf Course Architects in 1948. 23
Contextual Value:
The golf course was built on former farmland on the south side of Sixth Line south of
Derry Road. It is compatible with the rural character of the surrounding area.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
C. E. (Robbie) Robinson, a well known architect of Canadian golf courses and a member
of the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame, designed the golf course. Contextually the open green
space of the recreational lands associated with the golf course contributes to the rural
character of the area.
23
Stanley Thompson Society. Who was Stanley Thompson.
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BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES
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Bloomfield Cemetery
No. 7350 Sixth Line
(Lot 13, Concession 6NS,
Trafalgar Township)
Appendix A-30
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
Cemeteries are valuable sources for
genealogical information and the study
of the settlement and social history of an
area. The Bloomfield Cemetery is an
early 19th century burial ground
established by early settlement families
and is a physical marker in the rural
landscape representing the 19th century
development of the area.
Heritage Status: Not listed Town of
Milton Heritage Inventory
Physical Value:
The cemetery is an early 19th century
burial ground.
Historical Value:
Richard Bloomfield donated land for the
Bloomfield Cemetery, and it was
established on the southeast corner of the
east half of Lot 13, Concession 6NS in
September 1835. In the following year of
1836 a frame church was built to serve a
Methodist congregation. The cemetery
became the resting place of early area
settlers. The Bloomfield Church was
replaced by a newer building in Hornby
in 1876.
Contextual Value:
The cemetery is a distinct green space
separated
from
the
surrounding
agricultural fields by tree lines.
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Sixth Line Road Bridge
(Lot 12, Concessions 5NS and 6NS,
Trafalgar Township)
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Contextual Value:
Located immediately south of the CPR
level crossing, this road bridge
contributes to the rural character of Sixth
Line and is associated with the cultural
heritage landscape of the Sixteen Mile
Creek waterscape.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The bridge structure contributes
contextually to the existing character of
the surrounding rural landscape, and is
associated with local road improvements
and transportation development in the
area in the latter part of the 20th century.
Heritage Status: Not listed Town of
Milton Heritage Inventory
Physical Value:
This is a reinforced concrete rigid frame
structure with a panels of metal railing
divided by concrete posts and concrete
end walls.
Historical Value:
There has been a bridge crossing of the
Sixteen Mile Creek in this location
since, at least, the mid 19th century. An
open road is show on the Tremaine map
(1858) indicating a log or timber
structure had been built to span the
watercourse. A bridge was in this
location on the Sixth Line in the late
1870s, as the road is shown as open on
the township map in the Illustrative
Historical Atlas (1877). An early 20th
century topographical map (1922)
indicates a metal bridge spanned the
Sixteen Mile Creek at this location.
The present bridge appears to be a post
W.W. II structure, probably built by the
Township.
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Sixth Line Road Bridge
(Lot 10, Concessions 5NS and 6NS,
Trafalgar Township)
Heritage Status: Not listed Town of
Milton Heritage Inventory
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Contextual Value:
The bridge contributes to the rural
character of Sixth Line and is associated
with the cultural heritage landscape of
the Sixteen Mile Creek waterscape. The
land on either side of the bridge is a
mixture of natural space on the east side
and open green space associated with the
Trafalgar Golf Course on the west.
Summary of Heritage Value:
The bridge structure contributes
contextually to the existing character of
the surrounding rural landscape, and is
associated with local road improvements
and transportation development in the
area in the latter part of the 20th century.
Physical Value:
This is a reinforced concrete rigid frame
structure with a panels of metal railing
divided by concrete posts and concrete
end walls.
Historical Value:
There has been a bridge crossing of the
Sixteen Mile Creek in this location
since, at least, the mid 19th century. An
open road is show on the Tremaine map
(1858) indicating a log or timber
structure had been built to span the
watercourse. A bridge was in this
location on the Sixth Line in the late
1870s, as the road is shown as open on
the township map in the Illustrative
Historical Atlas (1877). An early 20th
century topographical map (1922)
indicate a wood bridge structure spanned
the Sixteen Mile Creek at this location.
The present bridge appears to be a post
W.W. II structure, probably built by the
Township.
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Sixth Line Road Bridge
(Lot 9, Concessions 5NS and 6NS,
Trafalgar Township)
Appendix A-33
Contextual Value:
The bridge contributes to the rural
character of Sixth Line and is associated
with the cultural heritage landscape of
the Sixteen Mile Creek waterscape. The
land on either side of the bridge is a
natural space.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
The bridge structure contributes
contextually to the existing character of
the surrounding rural landscape, and is
associated with local road improvements
and transportation development in the
area in the latter part of the 20th century.
Heritage Status: Not listed Town of
Milton Heritage Inventory
Physical Value:
This is a reinforced concrete rigid frame
structure with a panels of metal railing
divided by concrete posts and concrete
end walls.
Historical Value:
There has been a bridge crossing of the
Sixteen Mile Creek in this location
since, at least, the mid 19th century. An
open road is show on the Tremaine map
(1858) indicating a log or timber
structure had been built to span the
watercourse. A bridge was in this
location on the Sixth Line in the late
1870s, as the road is shown as open on
the township map in the Illustrative
Historical Atlas (1877). An early 20th
century topographical map (1922)
indicate a metal bridge spanned the
Sixteen Mile Creek at this location.
The present bridge appears to be a post
W.W. II structure, probably built by the
Township.
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Residence, No. 6566 Sixth Line
(North Part, East Lot 9, Concession
6NS, Trafalgar Township)
Heritage Status: Included on Town of
Milton Heritage Inventory
Physical/Design Value:
Built in the 1850s, this vernacular late
Georgian style residence exhibits a
symmetrical front elevation, truncated
hip roof with chimneys, decorative frieze
and use of contrasting buff brick quoins
and window voussoirs.
Historical Value:
The Canada Company received the
Crown Patent for all 200 acres of Lot 9,
Concession 5 NS, Trafalgar Township in
July 1829. Philemon Dean bought the
north half of the lot from the Canada
Company in February 1837; the deed
was registered in 1839. Thomas T. Dent
bought the north half of the lot from
Dean in October 1846. Township
assessment rolls show Thomas Dent was
located on 100 acres of the northeasterly
half of Lot 9, Concession 6NS in 1850.
A house was not assessed on the
property at that time.
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Thomas Dent and Dorothy Dent were
both born in England c1807 and 1808,
respectively. They appear to have
immigrated to Upper Canada in the midto-late 1840s, after the birth of their
daughter Dorothy in 1844 and daughter
Mary in 1849. The Census Return
(1851) notes Thomas and Dorothy Dent
and their six children, William, Thomas,
Elizabeth, Richard, Dorothy and Mary,
as the occupants of a one storey log
house. Township assessment rolls
indicate Dent owned 100 acres of the
northeasterly half of Lot 9, Concession
6NS in 1850. Another son Robert Best
Dent was born in January 1853.
Tremaine’s map (1858) shows Thomas
Dent as the owner of the north part of
Lot 9.
The Census (1861) notes Thomas Dent
as the owner of all 200 acres of land on
Lot 9, Concession 6 NS. Dent and his
family, wife Dorotha and children
Thomas, Elizabeth, Richard, Hornsby,
Dorotha, Mary and Robert—lived in a 2
storey brick dwelling, indicating the
present building was built in the mid
1850s.
The Census Return (1871) records
Thomas and Dorothy Dent and their 18year-old son Robert B. Dent as the
occupants of a dwelling on 100 acres of
land on Lot 9, Concession 6NS. In total,
Dent owned 200 acres of land, two
houses and three barns and/or stables.
Thomas Dent died on October 28, 1876,
and is buried in St. Stephen’s Anglican
Cemetery, Hornby.24 His son Robert
Best Dent inherited the northwest half of
24
Trafalgar Twp. Cemetery No. 6, St.
Stephen’s Anglican Church and Cemetery.
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Lot 9, Concession 6NS comprising 100
acres of land. His wife Dorotha was
allowed rooms in the family home as
well as other considerations.25 Sons
William, Thomas, Richard and Henry
[Hornsby?] received other lands. The
Illustrated Historical Atlas (1877) shows
a farmhouse owned by Thomas Dent
situated in the location of the present
house situated at No. 6566 Sixth Line.
The Census Return (1881) notes 28-year
farmer Robert B. Dent lived with his 70year old, widowed mother Dorothy
Dent, and 12-year old Elizabeth Dent.
Dorothy Dent died on May 20, 1888,
and is buried in St. Stephen’s Anglican
Church Cemetery, Hornby.26
Robert Best Dent married 34-year old
Augusta Tuck (1854-1939) on April 17,
1889, at Omagh, Trafalgar Township.
The Census Return (1891) notes that
Robert Dent and his wife Gussie
[Augusta] lived in a 9-room, two storey
brick
house.
Morrey’s
Business
Directory notes R. B. Dent of Drumquin
owned property on Lot 9, Concession
6NS in 1896 and 1899.
The Census Return (1901) notes 48-year
old farmer Robert B. Dent, his wife
Augusta Dent and a lodger John Tuck,
probably a brother of Augusta, as the
residents of a 10-room brick house on
Lot 9. The Census Return (1911) notes
Robert B. Dent, Augusta Dent, a lodger
and a servant as a household on Lot 9,
Concession 6NS. The Guidal map
(1917) confirms R. B. Dent as the owner
of the north part of Lot 9. Robert B.
Dent sold the property to Robert Orr in
25
AO Surrogate Court Records, Halton County
Wills 1855-1859, Thomas Dent #683.
26
Ibid.
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April 1918. Maria Orr inherited the
property in 1957. The Dent family
owned Lot 9, Concession 6NS for over
seventy years, from 1846 to 1918.
Robert Orr is noted as a single, 34-year
old farmer on Lot 9, Concession 6NS in
the Census Return (1911). Cherie
Barbara Davidson inherited the property
from the estate of Maria Orr in January
1969, and then sold it to Edmund and
Elizabeth Devenish in March 1969.
Walter G. Eves and Donna M. Eves
acquired ownership in August 1972;
Paul and Deborah Preece in November
1982. Michael Loranger, Peter Grayson
and John Abel bought the property in
1993, and Radha Soami Society Beas
Canada became the property owner in
1998.
Contextual Value:
Once part of a 19th century farm
complex, the residence is set to the
immediate south of Sixteen Mile Creek
on the west side of Sixth Line. The
surrounding lands have been landscaped
in the vicinity of the residence, and the
surrounding area is rural, characterized
by agricultural field patterns, fencerows,
hedgerows and tree lines.
Summary of Cultural Heritage Value:
This vernacular late Georgian style
century brick house is considered to be
well-designed with notable architectural
details. It is relatively unchanged in
character, although there is a large rear
addition. The farmhouse represents the
prosperous mid 19th century agricultural
development in this area of Trafalgar
Township. The Thomas Dent family,
early area settlers, owned the property
from 1846 to 1918 and built the
farmhouse.
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References for Historical Summaries
Archives of Ontario:
Abstract Index, Trafalgar Township, Halton County.
Township of Trafalgar: Assessment and Collectors Rolls from 1823 to 1899.
Ontario Land Records Index, Trafalgar Township.
Surrogate Court Records, Halton County, GS Ont. 1-538.
Census Returns, Trafalgar Township, Halton County for 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891,
1901 and 1911.
Cooke, Alex S. Milton area biographies; vol. 1. Milton Historical Society, 1995.
Cooke, Alex S. Milton area biographies; vol. 2. Milton Historical Society, 1997.
Gentilcore, R. Louis, and Head, C. Grant. Ontario’s History in Maps. Toronto: University
of Toronto Press, 1984.
Halton-Peel Ontario Genealogical Society.
Trafalgar Twp. Cemetery No. 4, Bloomfield Church Cemetery, Concession 6, Lot 13,
1991 and 2002.
Trafalgar Twp. Cemetery No. 6, St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Cemetery,
Concession 9, Lot 15, 2004.
Trafalgar Twp. Cemetery No. 12, Evergreen Cemetery, Concession 2, Lots 12 and 13,
1981.
Halton-Peel Regions Ontario Polk Criss-Cross Directory 2000. Toronto: Polk Canada
Ltd, 2000.
Land Registry Office, Milton, Ontario, Trafalgar Township, Halton Region.
Matthews, Hazel C. Oakville and The Sixteen. rpt. 1971. Toronto: University of Toronto
Press, 1953.
Morrey’s Business Directory for Halton Waterloo Wellington Counties (Ingersoll: Union
Publishing Co., 1896 and 1899.
Smith. W. H. Smith’s Canadian Gazetteer. Toronto, Ont.: H & W Rowsell, 1846.
Web sites
ArchiviaNet: On-line. Library and Archives of Canada, “Post Offices and Postmasters“,
Omagh, Hornby and Drumquin, Ontario.
Access:-<Http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archianet/post-offices/>.
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Golf Courses.ca. “Ontario’s Top 50 Golf Courses 2001”.
Access:-< http://www.golf-courses.ca/courses/top502.html>.
HALINET Genealogy and Local History, Halton's Historical and Newspaper Records
Search Form.
<Access:-- http://www.halinet.on.ca/localhistory/forms.htm>.
Marriages at St. James Cathedral, Toronto Aug. 1836 – 1841. From Landmarks of
Toronto, volume 3, p.395 ff, by John Ross Robertson.
Access:-< http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/old4.htm>.
Stanley Thompson Society, “Stanley Thompson”.
Access:-<http://www3.sympatico.ca/bill.macdonald/stanleythompson.html.>
Tackaberry Times, “Hornby to Hub or Not to Hub”.
Access:-< http://www.tackaberrytimes.com/ default.asp>.
Trafalgar Golf & Country Club. “Course History, Keith Robinson Had a Dream
by Betty Robinson Neil”.
Access:-< http://www.trafalgargolf.com/course/history.htm>.
Maps
Guidal Landowner’s Map of Trafalgar Township, Halton County, Province of Ontario.
Toronto: Map and Advertising Co., Limited, c1917.
Map of the Principal Communications in Canada West c.1850. compiled by Major Baron
de Rottenburg.
Map of Trafalgar Township. Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Halton.
Toronto, Ont.: Walker & Miles, 1877.
National Topographic Series. Brampton 30M/12, 1922, 1942, 1951, 1979 and 1995.
Tremaine’s Map of the County of Halton, Canada West. Toronto: Geo. R. Tremaine,
1858.
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HISTORICAL MAPS
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Trafalgar Township, Tremaine
Map 1858. Showing approximate
boundaries of Plan area.
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Trafalgar Township, Illustrated
Historical Atlas 1877. Showing
approximate boundary of Plan
area.
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National Topographic Series:
Brampton 30 M/12, 1922. Note
buildings of stone and brick
construction are shown in red.
The Sixteen Mile Creek is
referred to as Oakville Creek.
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National Topographic Series:
Brampton 30 M/12, 1942.
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National Topographic Series:
Brampton M 30/12, 1979. Note some
rural residential development within
agricultural land in plan area.
Barns, silos and outbuildings are
shown as part of farm complexes.
Appendix B-5
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National Topographic Series:
Brampton M 30/12, 1995.
Plan area still agricultural in
character, with farm
complexes. Note hydro
transmission corridor
development now in place
along north side of the CP
railway line and the James
Snow Parkway has been built
from Highway 401 to Main
Street.
Appendix B-6