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Eglinton/Lower Base Line My wife and I routinely take road trips west from Mimico (out to Guelph, Elora, etc) and our route back home when we don't want to take the QEW or 401 is to jump on #1 SR at Guelph Line in Burlington to Appleby Line and then north on Appleby to #2 SR to Tremaine Rd...

No, there's also the Beach Motel, right on the Lakeshore at Park Lawn beside the Esso station My brother in law has stayed there a couple of times. Rooms are small but very clean and inexpensive-=-$80.00 or so a night. It's right on the Lakeshore/Queen streetcar line and right on the...

They're portable street lamps.

Creek I live in Mimico so I know these parks fairly well. There's in fact two parks, Humber Bay East and Humber Bay west which are separated by Mimico Creek. I used to take my sons skating on the two giant ponds in Humber Bay West. There's nothing better than playing shinny on a cold...

Smelt fishing My father used to take me smelt fishing off the old breakwater in Burlington. It was a rite of passage--I was probably 11 or so at the time I remember him sitting down in the rec room with a knife, a bucket and a plastic container. He'd gut a hundred or so of them and then...

Hamilton Beach vs Burlington Beach I guess being from Burlington we called the entire area Burlington Beach although as the Cloke's map shows it's two distinct areas. I remember the carnival rides that were on the Hamilton side of the canal when I was a kid and my buddies and I used to...

Hamilton Beach? I was born in Hamilton, our family moved to Burlington in '54 That area was always known as Burlington Beach. It was an extension of the Lake Ontario shoreline from downtown Burlington. Theoretically when you crossed the canal you were in Hamilton but I don't ever...

Knox Presbyterian Church Built in the late 1800's, I believe (1872) but I may off by a few years. Attended Sunday school there. Just up the street is the United Church and down the street is Burlington's Disneyland aka Village Square

Village Square I lived in Burlington from '54 to '68 (when I went to U of T) and then again from '71 to '82 when I was co-owner of A Different Drummer Books, which is three blocks up from the lake on Locust St--and is still in business (we sold it in '83). Village Square which was developed...

Despite the best efforts of Mike Harris and his band of hooligans with their forced amalgamation, Torontonians still identify their neighbourhoods as their place of residence. I live in Etobicoke but if anyone asks me where I live, I always say "Mimico"

Blue Goose Tavern Food is typical pub food. If they could figure a way to deep fry a salad, they would. :) I've been roaming the City of Toronto Archives for a couple of years so finding this board today has been a godsend Thanks. I'll be back with a few photos and questions about some...

I live around the corner from The Blue Goose Tavern and have lived in Mimico for about 27 years. The pub is directly across from the Mimico Go Station. I'd also suggest that Mimico is no more "off the beaten path" from downtown Toronto than The Beach. The original hotel was called the...