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Port Union, Toronto

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In addition to TDSB, the neighbourhood is also home to elementary schools operated by the CSCM, and TCDSB, two separate school boards. St. Brendan Catholic School is a public elementary school operated by TCDSB, whereas École élémentaire catholique Saint-Michel is a French-language public elementary
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after the Second World War. Since the 1990s, the industrial lands along the waterfront have been transformed into new subdivisions, along with a paved walkway and bike path along the shore of Lake Ontario. The neighbourhood has many mature trees, parkland and waterfront. It is an affluent
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The original village of Port Union was founded in the early to mid-1800s immediately south-east of the current-day intersection of Port Union Rd and
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The area was settled in Charles Annis (1793) and by Thomas Adams (1808), but a community did not emerge until the 1830s.
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The neighbourhood originated as the small lakefront town of Port Union in the 19th century, within the area now known as
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indicate neighbourhoods now defunct. For information on the evolution of each neighbourhood in general, see
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at Centennial Road Junior Public School at 225 Centennial Road. This should not be confused with
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to the north, Port Union Road to the east, the Lake Ontario shoreline to the south, and
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In 1974, as part of the municipal government reforms that introduced the
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Centennial Park (Scarborough), City of Toronto, Parks and Recreation
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in the east, and Twyn Rivers Drive in the north) was annexed by
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Port Union is home to several municipal parks operated by the
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area of Pickering (bordered by Port Union Rd in the west, the
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Centennial Park, a park that contains a grassy area with a
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operate within the neighbourhood of Port Union, the
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Index

View of Highland Creek from Old Kingston Road
Highland Creek

43°46′44″N 79°08′03″W / 43.77889°N 79.13417°W / 43.77889; -79.13417
Canada
Ontario
Toronto
Scarborough Township
Toronto
MP
Gary Anandasangaree
Scarborough—Rouge Park
MPP
Vijay Thanigasalam
Scarborough—Rouge Park
Councillor
Jennifer McKelvie
Scarborough—Rouge Park
Toronto
Ontario
Scarborough
Kingston Road
Highland Creek
West Rouge
Township of Pickering
bedroom community

Grand Trunk Railway
Lawrence Avenue
Pickering Township

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