Leaside

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted July, 2010

This plaque, erected by the East York Historical Society, can br seen to the left of the entrance doors to the Leaside arena. Here's what it says:

Plaque coordinates: 43.70202 -79.36101

On this site stood "Leaside", an octagonal brick farmhouse built in 1851-54 by William Lea (1814-93), a York County councillor and magistrate, amateur poet and nature lover. In 1873, it housed the newly established post-office, Leaside Junction, and in 1884 the name Leaside was given to the C.P.R. station built nearby. In 1912, the York Land Company, which had considerable property in the area, surveyed a townsite, appropriately called Leaside. Incorporated in 1913, the Town of Leaside became part of the Borough of East York in 1967.

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