Don Mills

From Forests and Farms to Forces of Change

Nonfiction, History, Canada, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Scott Kennedy ISBN: 9781459736849
Publisher: Dundurn Publication: February 18, 2017
Imprint: Dundurn Language: English
Author: Scott Kennedy
ISBN: 9781459736849
Publisher: Dundurn
Publication: February 18, 2017
Imprint: Dundurn
Language: English

How Toronto’s own city farms were crowded out.

First settled in the early nineteenth century, the area now known as Don Mills retained its rural character until the end of the Second World War. After the war, population growth resulted in pressure to develop the area around Toronto and, in a relatively short time, the landscape of Don Mills was irreparably altered.

Today, the farms are all gone, as are almost all of the barns and farmhouses. Fields and forests have been replaced by the industries, homes, and shops of Canada’s “first subdivision.” In Don Mills: From Forests and Farms to Forces of Change, author Scott Kennedy remembers Don Mills as it was and takes great care to make sure that the farms and farmers are not forgotten.

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How Toronto’s own city farms were crowded out.

First settled in the early nineteenth century, the area now known as Don Mills retained its rural character until the end of the Second World War. After the war, population growth resulted in pressure to develop the area around Toronto and, in a relatively short time, the landscape of Don Mills was irreparably altered.

Today, the farms are all gone, as are almost all of the barns and farmhouses. Fields and forests have been replaced by the industries, homes, and shops of Canada’s “first subdivision.” In Don Mills: From Forests and Farms to Forces of Change, author Scott Kennedy remembers Don Mills as it was and takes great care to make sure that the farms and farmers are not forgotten.

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