The Toronto Purchase

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted April, 2007

Photo Source - Wikimedia Commons

This 1988 Etobicoke Historical Board plaque is located in Marie Curtis Park in the southwest corner of the city at the mouth of Etobicoke Creek between the creek and the parking lot off 42nd Street. Here's what it says:

Plaque coordinates: 43.586631 -79.543633

In August, 1788, Alexander Aitkin commenced the survey of the western boundary of the lands purchased from the Mississauga Indians near here, at the mouth of Etobicoke Creek.

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