Historic Walking Tour: Moving Forward to Preserve the Past: Mississauga’s Newest Designated Sites

13 July 2024

Explore the history of Port Credit and the future of designated properties #INThePort

Historic Walking Tour: Moving Forward to Preserve the Past: Mississauga’s Newest Designated Sites

The Port Credit BIA historic walking tours have returned for the 2024 season.

Join Historian Richard Collins for "Moving Forward to Preserve the Past: Mississauga’s Newest Designated Sites" on July 13, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.

Motivated by changes to provincial heritage policy, the City of Mississauga has taken a fast track to protect history before they’re lost. Three sites one this tour have been designated recently, and more are on the way.

Meet at the Port Credit Farmers Market at the Port Credit Library lot ( 20 Lakeshore Rd E,).

Tour starts at 11:00 a.m. sharp and run for 1.5 hours.

Register here to receive tour content and updates.

Tours are FREE and we encourage you to tip your tour guide!

Upcoming Tours:

  • Saturday, July 20, 2024: Change at the Centre of the Village The Past and the Future of Downtown Port Credit
  • Saturday, July 27, 2024: The Heritage Conservation District Revisited: A Tour of the “Other” Sites in the Old Village
  • Saturday, August 3, 2024: Purchasing Port Credit: Understanding the Treaties with the Mississauga Nation
  • Saturday, August 10, 2024: Hiawatha-on-the-Lake: A Tour of Port Credit’s “Romantic” Neighbourhood
  • Saturday, August 17, 2024: The Other Side of the Tracks: A Stroll Through Mineola West
  • Saturday, August 24, 2024: Harbour Town: A Tour of the Historic Centre of Port Credit
  • Saturday, September 7, 2024: The Mystery of Bill Johnson’s Ice Hut: The Riverside Neighbourhood
  • Saturday, September 14, 2024: The “4-H Club”: When Port Credit was Toronto’s Cottage Country
  • Saturday, September 21, 2024: Port Credit’s Two Heritage-Designated Churches: Looking Inside the Village’s West Side Places of Worship
  • Saturday, September 28, 2024: The Old Church and the Auld Kirk: Trinity-St. Paul and St. Andrew’s Memorial Churches
  • Saturday, October 5, 2024: The Changing Character of a Harbour: Marina District

Tours start at 11:00 a.m. at the Port Credit Farmers Market with the exception of The “4-H Club”: When Port Credit was Toronto’s Cottage Country which starts at Rhododendron Gardens, 660 Lakeshore Rd. W.

Info on Bill 23 can be found:

https://www.mississauga.ca/council/council-activities/council-advocacy/bill23/

https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8738

 

 

Port Credit 2026 Walking Tours

Port Credit 2026 Walking Tours

23 July 2026

Meeting locations listed below. Tours start at 11:00 a.m. sharp and run for 1.5 hours. Tours are FREE and we encourage you to tip your tour guide! Well-behaved leashed dogs are welcome on the tour! 2026 Schedule: Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.: A Quiet Day in Port Credit Returning to port after a busy day of fishing or stonehooking, the lakeboat captains of 19th century Port Credit came home to this quiet, scenic community of friends and neighbours. Meet at the Port Credit lighthouse 105 Lakeshore Road West   Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.: Purchasing Port Credit 200 years ago, councillors of the Mississauga nation and the representatives of King George III forged a mutual agreement over ownership of what is now Mississauga. Meet at the Port Credit lighthouse 105 Lakeshore Road West Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.: Port Credit’s First Suburb Journey back 100 years to explore the first generation country homes that still line the streets of Port Credit’s first suburban middle-class neighbourhood. Meet at the Adamson Estate 850 Enola Avenue


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