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Lanson Farm
Matthew James Boylen (August 10, 1907 – July 7, 1970) was a Canadians, Canadian businessman and Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse owner. Jim Boylen was born in Weston, Toronto, Weston, Ontario and raised in Alberta. In his early teens he left home and returned to Northern Ontario where he and elder brother Fred eventually operated a trading post. By the time he was twenty years old, Boylen had become a full-time Prospecting, prospector and in 1934 established business offices in the city of Toronto. He would be the founder of Bathurst Mining Camp, Brunswick Mining and Smelting Corp. Ltd in Bathurst, New Brunswick, an operation later acquired by Noranda (mining company), Noranda which is now known as Xstrata. An art collector, in 1959 Boylen was a founding donor to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick, donating twenty-two paintings by Cornelius Krieghoff. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weston, Toronto
Weston is a neighbourhood and former village in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The neighbourhood is situated in the northwest of the city, south of Ontario Highway 401, Highway 401, east of the Humber River (Ontario), Humber River, north of Eglinton Avenue, and west of Jane Street. Weston Road just north of Lawrence Avenue is the commercial core of Weston, with many small businesses and services. Weston was incorporated as a village in the 19th century and was absorbed into the York, Toronto, Borough of York in the late 1960s. York itself was amalgamated into Toronto in 1998. Description Weston's building stock consists mostly of Victorian homes east of the railway with apartment and condominium towers on Weston Road overlooking the Humber River valley. Weston's main shopping district is located on Weston Road between Church Street in the north and Wilby Crescent (just south of Lawrence Avenue) in the south. Most buildings in this area reflect early-mid-20th century Ontario to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
