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Brown's Corners (also Browns Corners) is a neighbourhood in 
11 MB. but the business continued as a grocery store well into the 1950s. The northwest corner was the Hastings farm. The Hastings farm house was relocated to the Cullen Gardens park in Whitby to await restoration. A huge barn was located at the intersection and remained there long after the farms disappeared. A car dealership replaced the farmhouse and barns. Thomas Maxwell lived on the northeast corner and there were smaller houses on the southeast corner.
Today the area is mainly industrial and home to the large
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East and Markham Road Markham may refer to:
It may also refer to brand of of clothing which originates from South Africa which saw it's establishment in 1873.
Biology
* Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia
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in the district of Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
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* Earl of Scarbrough
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David Brown operated a business and post office on the southwest corner. The Post Office was relocated to Malvern Village, 11 MB. but the business continued as a grocery store well into the 1950s. The northwest corner was the Hastings farm. The Hastings farm house was relocated to the Cullen Gardens park in Whitby to await restoration. A huge barn was located at the intersection and remained there long after the farms disappeared. A car dealership replaced the farmhouse and barns. Thomas Maxwell lived on the northeast corner and there were smaller houses on the southeast corner.
Today the area is mainly industrial and home to the large Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
's Agincourt Marshalling Yard. In the beginning, Fisher's Hill dominated the area south of Finch Avenue (Concession 4) and it was demolished and used to provide the level and proper gradient for the railway development.
Leila Fletcher
Leila Fletcher (August 12, 1899 – April 9, 1988) was a Canadian pianist, composer, publisher, music editor and educator.
Early years
She was born in Hamilton, Ontario. Her parents provided her piano lessons from a local teacher. After high sch ...
, whose name is associated with learning to play the piano exercise books, lived at Browns Corners in the 1950s.
Other businesses located nearby:
* Pascal Furniture store - now a used car dealership
* Formula Honda dealership
* Honeywell Canada
* T-Fal Canada
References
Neighbourhoods in Toronto Scarborough, Toronto {{Toronto-geo-stub