Local Heritage Resource Links – Links to local heritage resources and online finding aids are provided below for convenience, all in some form pertain to the Heritage of Scarborough.
*Note: The Scarborough Historical Society claims no rights of ownership or responsibility for the content of the linked websites. The following are only provided for the convenience of our site visitors.
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1. Historical texts online which refer to Scarborough:
- The Township of Scarboro 1796-1896 – David Boyle
- Landmarks of Toronto, Vol. 1 – John Ross Robertson
- History of Toronto and York County, Vol. 1 (1885) – Charles Mulvaney
- History of Toronto and York County, Vol. 2 (1885) – Charles Mulvaney
2. Museums:
- Scarborough Museum – Thomson Park
- Scarborough Firefighters – Scarborough Firehall #1 museum
- Pickering Museum Village
- Todmorden Mills Heritage Site
3. Online Exhibits:
- Bendale: About Place – By Scarborough Historical Museum / S.H.S. for V.M.C.
4. Local Community Sites:
- Midland Park Toronto – Website on the 1960s “Midland Park” subdivision, Bendale
5. Archives & Research Sites:
- Archives of Ontario
- Baldwin Room, Toronto Reference Library
- Toronto Archives
- Pickering Ajax Digital Archive
- Internet Archive
6. Heritage Preservation:
7. Heritage Sites in Scarborough, on the net:
- Miller Lash House
- The Guild
- Cedar Ridge / Uplands House
- Rouge Valley Conservation Centre / Pearse House
8. Genealogy of Scarborough:
- David & Mary Thomson genealogy chart
- Zion (Wexford Heights United Church) cemetery burial record
- Ontario Genealogical Society
9. Misc Local Links:
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10. Videos about Heritage Sites in Scarborough:
(Externally linked videos)
(a) History of University of Toronto in Scarborough (Opened January, 1966)
Program: “Structures” (Part 2) – Rogers Television
(b) Scarborough’s Birch Cliff Firehall #1 (built 1925)
(Today the Firefighters Retirees Museum)
Interview with Ron Wood, museum volunteer.