Chinguacousy Township is a former municipality and present-day

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in the

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. In 1973, when Peel County became the Regional Municipality of Peel, the township was split in half, with the northern half becoming part of the town of Caledon, and the southern half, along with the township of

Toronto Gore Toronto Gore (also the Gore of Toronto) is a former incorporated and now geographic township in Ontario, Canada. It is today split between Mississauga and Brampton. History Toronto Gore came into existence as a township in when it was separated ...

, joining the city of

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. Chinguacousy Township spanned from what now is

Winston Churchill Boulevard Winston Churchill Boulevard is a long north-south roadway that predominantly forms the western boundary of Peel Region with the eastern boundaries of Halton Region and Wellington County, in Ontario, Canada. The road begins at Lakeshore Road in ...

to Airport Road, Olde Base Line Road to

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. Several villages were once located within Chinguacousy Township. In most cases only small remnants like churches and cemeteries of many of these former villages exist. Cheltenham is the largest preserved village, while Terra Cotta and Huttonville both have some historic buildings. Bramalea, Canada's first satellite city (now a part of Brampton), was formed in Chinguacousy Township on what was once farmland. The Chinguacousy name lives on in present-day Brampton, including

Chinguacousy Park Donald M. Gordon Chinguacousy Park, colloquially known as Chinguacousy Park, is a large park in the Bramalea section of Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded by Queen Street East on the southeast, Bramalea Road on the northeast, and Centr ...

, Chinguacousy Road, the Chinguacousy Concert Band, and

Chinguacousy Secondary School Chinguacousy Secondary School founded in 1972, is a high school located in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Since 2000, the school's enrollment has expanded with the development of the surrounding area. The school sports teams and athletic programs h ...

(many places that were originally formed as a part of the Bramalea community). The township was named in honour of an Anishinaabe chief,

Shingwauk Shingwaukonse ( Fiero spelling: ''Zhingwaakoons''; "Little Pine"), or Shingwauk ( Fiero spelling: ''Zhingwaak''; "Pine") (1773–1854) was an Anishnaabe chief, who was instrumental in the establishment of the Garden River First Nation near Sault ...

( oj, Zhingwaakoons, ''meaning: "Little White Pine"'').

People from Chinguacousy

* Nathaniel Currie

References

* * History of Brampton Former municipalities in Ontario Caledon, Ontario Geographic townships in Ontario Former townships in Ontario 1973 disestablishments in Ontario Populated places disestablished in 1973 {{GoldenHorseshoe-geo-stub

People from Chinguacousy

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