Brown's Line, 2009
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Resource ID
6191
Access
Open
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2009
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Rights
Heritage Toronto
Caption
Brown's Line, 2009
Description
In 1793 approximately 1600 acres of land was granted to Colonel Samuel Smith a vast tract of forest bounded by what is now Kipling Avenue Bloor Street Etobicoke Creek and Lake Ontario. After his death in 1826 the Smith tract was divided into concessions and the names O'Connor Sandford Horner Evans and Brown are prominent on early maps of the area. Joseph Brown emigrated from Yorkshire England in 1831 and shortly after his arrival he became the first permanent settler establishing a farm on Concession III just north of what is now Evans Avenue. The dirt track leading to this farm was called Brown's Line" a name that continues to this day.
Erected by the Etobicoke Historical Board/TD Heritage Toronto 2009
Marker lat / long: 43.601754, -79.545165 (WGS84)