The Thomson Settlement

Thomson Settlement

Photo by Alan L Brown - March 27, 2004

Thomson Settlement

Photo by Alan L Brown - March 27, 2004

Plaque Location

The City of Toronto
In front of the museum on the east side of Brimley Road just north of Lawrence Avenue

Plaque Text

The first permanent resident in Scarborough Township was David Thomson, a Scot who came to Upper Canada with his brother Andrew in 1796. Each was granted 160 ha and David built a log cabin on his property that year. He was soon joined by other settlers, including his brothers Andrew and Archibald. The Thomsons, who were stone masons, worked on the first Parliament Buildings at York (Toronto). A road connecting the settlement with York was opened by 1799, and a sawmill was built by each of the brothers. A Presbyterian church, the first in the township, was built in 1819 on David's land and became the centre of the prospering "Thomson Settlement".

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