Baby Point

At the south-west corner of Baby Point Road and Baby Point Crescent can be found a 1949 plaque erected jointly by the York Pioneer and Historical Society, the Municipal Corporation and the Board of Education of the Township of York. Here's what it says:

This area includes the site of Taiaiagon Iroquois Village at the foot of the Toronto Carrying Place (Le Portage de Toronto). This way passed Étienne Brûlé, first white man to see Lake Ontario, 1615; René Robert Cavelier de la Salle, explorer of the Mississippi 1680 and 1681; John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, 1793. These lands now known as Baby Point were purchased by Honourable James Baby, member of the Legislative and Executive Councils, 1820.

Location Co-ordinates: 43.657231 -79.493959

Photo by Alan L Brown - July 2007

Related page from my 'Ontario's Historical Plaques' website:
James Baby 1763-1833

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Here are the comments for this page.

Posted July 30, 2008
i resided on Le Strange Place from 1934 to 1949. I enjoyed playing tennis at Baby Point Club, went to nursary school there , skated in the winter with all my friends, and at one time, my father was on the board of the club. I have so many happy memories of my years of growing up in Baby Point. I vaguely remember your name and wonder if you had children whom I might have played with.

Posted July 1, 2008
I resided on 46 Baby Point Crescent from 1934 to 1959. There were still empty lots available for construction at that time. In the winter, the tennis court of the club house was iced over. In the summer, the prevalence of oak trees kept the strong sunlight from heating the houses--a/c was rare then in private homes. At that time, the five lights at intersections were reduced to three to save electricity during the war. They remained at that number for the rest of the time I lived there. In those days, I could name the residents of almost all of the homes on both the Road and the Crescent from Humbercrest Blvd in and can still recal most of them today. I remember when Baby Point Terrace was originally known as Mansford Street but L'Estrange has always borne that name. I would enjoy hearing from contemporary residents via e-mail. I'm retired now so time is all I have!!
Carl T. Erickson
carltayl@earth-comm.com

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