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:

• Community Heritage Ontario
• Ontario Heritage Trust
• Toronto Heritage Preservation Services

7. Heritage Sites in Scarborough, on the net:

• Miller Lash House
• The Guild
• Cedar Ridge / Uplands House
• R.C. Harris water treatment plant
• 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:

• Scarborough Walk of Fame

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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.