Toronto Gore (also the Gore of Toronto) is a former incorporated and now geographic
township
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in
Ontario
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,
Canada
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. It is today split between
Mississauga
Mississauga is a Canadian city in the province of Ontario. Situated on the north-western shore of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, it borders Toronto (Etobicoke) to the east, Brampton to the north, Milton to the northwest, ...
and
Brampton
Brampton is a city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario, and the regional seat of the Regional Municipality of Peel. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a List of municipalities in Ontario#L ...
.
History
Toronto Gore came into existence as a township in when it was separated from
Chinguacousy Township. In 1867 it became part of
Peel County when that county was split from York County. A small wedge-shaped tract of land, Toronto Gore was located in the east of the county, on the border with
York County (and later,
Region
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).
[''A History of Peel County'', Brampton: The Corporation of the County of Peel, 1967.] It was south of
Albion Township, east of Chinguacousy Township (the boundaries being located along
Castlemore and
Airport
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Roads respectively in present-day Brampton), and northeast of Toronto Township (now Mississauga). In 1952, the southern portion of the township (south of the present
Steeles Avenue
Steeles Avenue is an east–west street that stretches across the western and central Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. Running from Appleby Line in Milton in the west to the Scarborough-Pickering Townline in the east, where it continue ...
) was annexed to
Toronto Township, and in 1974 the remainder was amalgamated into the City of Brampton.
Several historical villages were once located within Toronto Gore, including Claireville, Ebenezer, Castlemore, Wildfield and Coleraine. However, only small remnants like churches and cemeteries of these former villages exist. Wildfield remains the only community to maintain its unique identity while the rest have been completely overtaken by suburban developments.
The name lives on in the name of two local roads "
Goreway Drive" and "
The Gore Road", and the Brampton neighbourhood of Gore Meadows.
Toronto-Gore, along with Goreway Drive, might have been named for Sir
Francis Gore
Francis Gore, (1769 – 3 November 1852) was an English military officer and British colonial administrator in Bermuda and Upper Canada.
Gore was born in Blackheath, London, England in 1769 the son of Francis Gore and Caroline Beresford ...
,
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. A more likely derivation is from the shape of the tract or its origin: in surveying, a
gore
Gore may refer to:
Places Australia
* Gore, Queensland
* Gore Creek (New South Wales)
* Gore Island (Queensland)
Canada
* Gore, Nova Scotia, a rural community
* Gore, Quebec, a township municipality
* Gore Bay, Ontario, a township on Manito ...
is a triangular piece of land in British usage and a small strip or tract of land lying between larger divisions in US usage.
See also
*
List of townships in Ontario
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Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma D ...
References
{{Brampton, Ontario
History of Brampton
Geography of the Regional Municipality of Peel
Geographic townships in Ontario