Mississauga Library System

Local Archives:
PORT CREDIT VILLAGE HERITAGE FEASIBILITY STUDY

  1. Handwritten note: Samuel Holland, "the North side of Lake Ontario from Cataraque to Niagara", 1784, Archives of Ontario R-L (AO 1401, AO 1402) - note re Credit River.
  2. Handwritten note: Region of Peel Archives, # 82-E-0027. Samuel L. Wilmot, "Plan of the First, or East Townships or Township of Toronto in the Tract of Land lately purchased from the Mississauga Indians", 30 Oct. 1818 - re Indian reserve.
  3. Photocopy extract: River Credit April 3rd 1829, A Statement of the Mississaugue Indians to Sir John Colborne. William Perkins Bull Collection, Box 126, File 2, 91.0045 M, Region of Peel Archives.
  4. Handwritten notes and copy of plan attached: "Plan of the Survey of Port Credit, a Village Plot at the mouth of the River Credit, on the Indian Reserve, laid out by order from the Surveyor General, dated 20 June 1835", surveyed 11 Nov. 1837. Archives of Ontario, Patent Plan, RG1-100 C-42.
  5. Transparency - Robert Lynn, "Plan of the Survey of Port Credit, a Village Plot at the Mouth of the Credit River, on the Indian Reserve, laid out by order from the Surveyor General, dated 20 June 1835", surveyed November 1837. Archives of Ontario. Patent Plan, RG 1-100 C-42.
  6. Handwritten notes: William Perkins Bull Collection, Box 93, File 16, #91.0045M, Region of Peel Archives. Mr. Jarvis, "Report on Indian Affairs, Dept. of Indian Affairs", April 1839.
  7. Photocopy of letter, dated "Benares, Near Credit 9th July 1839", from James B. Harris to Harrison, Esq., Private Secretary, Government House, Toronto, in William Perkins Bull, Box 93, File 17, #91.0045M, Region of Peel Archives.
  8. Photocopy extract from William H. Smith, Smith's Canadian Gazetteer (Toronto: Rowsell, 1846), pp. 148-149.
  9. Handwritten notes: William Perkins Bull, Box 93, File 35, #91.0045M, Region of Peel Archives - notes on Port Credit
  10. Handwritten notes: William Perkins Bull, Box 93, File 30, #91.0045M, Region of Peel Archives - Streets of Port Credit
  11. Photocopy of Plan of the Town Plot of Port Credit, showing the Improvements upon each lot since the date in 1835 and the Names of Occupants. Robert Wells, Toronto, September 1843.
  12. Photocopy of Plan of Town Plot of Port Credit, marked PC1. Crown Land Dept., Montreal, October 1847.
  13. Handwritten notes: Robert W. S. Mackay, The Canada Directory … (Montreal: John Lovell, 1851), p. 276 - Port Credit
  14. Handwritten notes: John Ellis & Co. "Map of the County and Riding of York, Canada West", [1853?] Archives of Ontario RG1 SR 2392 - shows Ontario, York and Peel Counties, has two inset maps.
  15. Handwritten notes: Robert W. Stuart Mackay, A Supplement to the Canada Directory … (Montreal: R. W. S. Mackay, 1853), p. 146 - Port Credit - addenda and errata.
  16. Photocopy of Plan of the Extension of the Town Plot of Port Credit, marked PC4. Toronto, 15 Apr 1856.
  17. Handwritten notes: [John Lovell], The Canada Directory for 1857-58… (Montreal: Lovell, 1857), p. 520 - Port Credit, CW
  18. Photocopy of "Plan of Subdivisions of Water Lots 1 to 10, E. side of Front St., Plan of the Village of Port Credit, Shingle Beach Lots A, B,C, S. side of Port St. & Part of Port Credit Harbour, Village of Port Credit, Co. of Peel", n. d., [patented 5th Nov. 1857, Indian land sale No. 77], Local Archives, Mississauga Central Library.
  19. Photocopied section of Geo. R. Tremaine, "Tremaine's Map of the County of Peel, Canada West" (Toronto: G. R. and G. M. Tremaine, 1859) - showing Port Credit
  20. Mitchell & Co., Mitchell & Co.'s General Directory for the City of Toronto, and Gazetteer of the Counties of York and Peel, for 1866. (Toronto: Mitchell, 1866), p. 442.
  21. Photocopy from Fuller's Counties of Peel and Halton Directory for 1866 & 1867 … (Toronto: Blackburn, 1867) - pp. 88-89, Port Credit.
  22. Photocopy from John Lynch, Directory of the County of Peel for 1873-4. Facsimile ed. (Oakville, Ont.: Ontario Genealogical Society, Halton Peel Branch, 1998), pp. 109-110.
  23. Photocopied handwritten notes: Region of Peel Archives, William Perkins Bull, Series 14, Box 20, file 392 #93.0028M - St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Port Credit, ca 1872-1914
  24. Photocopy of J. H. Pope, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Peel, Ont. (Toronto: Walker & Miles, 1877), p. 87, with photocopy of plan of Port Credit attached.
  25. Handwritten notes: Region of Peel Archives, Wm. Perkins Bull, Box 92, File 4, # 91.0045M, 1891 - regarding the Port Credit Brickyard and Mr. Nightingale.
  26. Handwritten notes: Region of Peel Archives, Wm. Perkins Bull, Box 92, File 8, # 91.0045M - Port Credit Village write-up, ca 1891
  27. Photocopy of photograph, Port Credit A-40, West Main St. (Lakeshore Rd) Port Credit 1900-1910. Marg Naish Collection. Mississauga South Historical Society, at Mississauga Central Library.
  28. Photocopy of photograph, Port Credit A-10, Harbour Scene - Port Credit looking west, ca 1900-1910. Marg Naish Collection. Mississauga South Historical Society, at Mississauga Central Library.
  29. Photograph. Arthur G. Bradley. Bird's eye view of Port Credit, 1907, in Ida Lynd Bradley, Some Early Families of Port Credit, 1966, Mississauga Central Library. Print made and donated by Hugh Stewart.
  30. Photocopy of photograph, Port Credit A-3, Schooners George Dow (centre) and Arthur Hannah (Left) at Port Credit Harbour in the spring of 1908. Photo by William Jones of the Toronto Star. Mississauga South Historical Society at Mississauga Central Library.
  31. Photocopy extract from John Ross Robertson, Landmarks of Toronto V, 1908, pp. 396-413 - Port Credit.
  32. Charles E. Goad, Port Credit Fire Insurance Plan, 1910, sheets 1 & 2, copy from D. B. Weldon Library, University of Western Ontario (2 copies)
  33. Handwritten notes: Crown Land Dept. "No. 80, Port Credit", Apr. 1850, updated to 1911, Archives of Ontario, Patent Plan.
  34. Photocopy of Speight & Van Nostrand, O. L. Surveyors, "Plan of the Survey of that Part of the Village of Port Credit Lying South West of the River Credit and North East of Joseph St., Township of Toronto, County of Peel", 20 May 1914, Mississauga Central Library.
  35. Photocopy of photograph, Port Credit A-30, Lakeshore Ave. looking east from Mississauga Road - Port Credit 1915, Methodist Church on right. Marg Naish Collection. Mississauga South Historical Society, at Mississauga Central Library.
  36. Photocopy of photograph, Port Credit A-8, Fish Nets drying at a fishermans house, June 1917. Marg Naish Collection. Mississauga South Historical Society, at Mississauga Central Library.
  37. Photocopy of page from Visual Database, Archives of Ontario website, Boys fishing, Port Credit, 1917, by John Boyd.
  38. Copies of two photographs from the Archives of Ontario: -- C285-1-0-0-831, McCarthy Air Services, photo of Port Credit, July 1919 -- shows concrete bridge, undeveloped flats on W. bank … -- C285-1-0-0-834, McCarthy Air Services, photo of Port Credit, July 1919 -- shows close-up of bridge and corner of Toronto and Front Streets…
  39. Handwritten notes: Region of Peel Archives, Wm. Perkins Bull, Box 93, file 17, # 91.0045M -- Port Credit Harbour, plus attached photocopy of extract from "Sailing Directions for the Canadian shores of Lake Ontario" - 1921 (Canadian Hydrographic Service)
  40. Copy of page from Visual Database, Archives of Ontario, showing Fishing area in Port Credit, 1923, by John Boyd.
  41. Photocopy of photograph, Port Credit A-12, "Mending fishing nets at Port Credit harbour", March 10th, 1927. Marg Naish Collection. Mississauga South Historical Society, Mississauga Central Library.
  42. Handwritten notes: Underwriters Survey Bureau. "Port Credit, Ont." (Toronto & Montreal: Underwriters Survey Bureau, Dec. 1928) Pl. 7, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library #3524 P637 G475 1928 U53 - fire insurance map covering study area but not E. of Front St., also includes Port Credit Brick Co. Ltd., plus attached copy of map.
  43. Photocopy of photograph, Port Credit A-7, "Ice Cutting on Credit River, Feb. 11, 1928". Marg Naish Collection. Mississauga South Historical Society, Mississauga Central Library.
  44. Photocopy of photograph, Port Credit A-14, "Port Credit harbour about 1939-40, showing Wilcox Inn and the Marion fishing boat." Harold Hare Collection. Mississauga South Historical Society, Mississauga Central Library.
  45. Handwritten notes: Archives of Ontario, RG 17-20, Box 3, file 395, "Port Credit", typed extracts in reply to William Perkins Bull's Request for information, 1932 - re the Port Credit Harbour Company.
  46. Photocopy of article, "Was Important Industry - Gasoline, then a useless by-product, was thrown away", in Toronto Telegram, 6 March 1933. Region of Peel Archives, Wm Perkins Bull , Box 20, File 392, # 93.0028M.
  47. Handwritten notes: Region of Peel Archives, Wm. Perkins Bull, Box 92, File 5, # 91.0045M. "District Landmark is Razed by Blaze", Brampton Conservator, 9 July 1936.
  48. "Port Credit Bridge - Then and Now", in special issue of the Brampton Conservator, May 18,, 1939, Wm. Perkins Bull, Box 92, File 5, #91.0045M.
  49. Envelope containing 3 sheets, 1952 fire insurance plans, Underwriters Survey Bureau, "Insurance plan of the City of Toronto volume 19 embracing the village of Port Credit and part of the Township of Toronto", July 1952, plates 1903, 1904 and 1905 (2 copies). Toronto Reference Library.
  50. Photocopy of Isabel K. Ganton, "Port Credit before 1867: a history based on the Perkins Bull Collection / Ontario Archives", [1952]. Local Archives file, Mississauga Central Library.
  51. Copies of two photographs, Port Credit Yacht Club, Archives of Ontario Visual Database, 1957, Dept. of Travel and Publicity, Publicity Branch.
  52. Photocopy extract from A. H. Richardson, Credit Valley Conservation Report, 1957, Summary. Toronto: Queen's Printer, 1957.
  53. Photocopy of selected pages from A program for the development of the Port Credit Harbour, prepared for the Council of the County of Peel, by E. G. Faludi and Associates, April 1960. Local Archives, Mississauga Central Library.
  54. Handwritten notes from Port Credit Junior Chamber of Commerce, The Town of Port Credit. (Port Credit, Ont.: Port Credit Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1961.) Archives of Ontario Pamphlet 1961, # 28.
  55. Copy of aerial view of Texaco Refinery at Port Credit, 22 May 1962. Archives of Ontario, RG 65-35-1, Neg. 15-E-2262.
  56. Handwritten notes: Region of Peel Archives, Acc. # 88.0069 - Photo 6 -"Aerial photographs of Toronto Township, Port Credit and Streetsville, 1963 - in big map cabinet.
  57. Photocopy of NMC 123348. Sept. 1965, Credit River Flood Plain Study (plate 1 of 3) Credit Valley Conservation Authority.
  58. Photocopy of selected pages of Al Yarnell, A history of Texaco in Port Credit, [1965]. CANR 338.4766538 YAR, Mississauga Central Library.
  59. Photocopy of Betty Clarkson, Credit Valley gateway: the story of Port Credit (Port Credit: Port Credit Public Library, 1967), pp. 14-217.
  60. Photocopy of selected pages from C. V. Charters, ed., A History of Peel County to mark its centenary as a separate county, 1867-1967. Brampton: County of Peel, 1967.
  61. Photocopy of selected pages from Ralph E. Crysler and Keith W. Lathem, Master Plan, Lakefront Park, Port Credit, 1971. Mississauga Central Library.
  62. Photocopy of selected pages from Ralph E. Crysler and Keith W. Lathem, The Mississauga waterfront: a project of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority, 1972. Mississauga Central Library.
  63. A. E. LePage, 1973 aerial view of Port Credit. Local Archives, Mississauga Central Library.
  64. Photocopy of 3 aerial views of Port Credit, ca 1973, from Local Archives, Mississauga Central Library.
  65. Photocopy of Don Waldie, "Port Credit harbour, 1826-1857: years of growth and decay", 1974. Local Archives, Mississauga Central Library.
  66. Photocopy of Betty Clarkson, At the mouth of the Credit (Cheltenham, Ont. : Boston Mills, 1977), pp. 26-71.
  67. Photocopies from the Harold Hare Collection of Photographs, [1984? ], Mississauga Central Library.
  68. Photocopy of "Port Credit Plant Decommissioning", [1985?]. Local Archives, Texaco Canada Inc., Mississauga Central Library.
  69. Photocopy of "Port Credit Plant Decommissioning - Update", published by Texaco Canada Inc, May 1987. Local Archives, Mississauga Central Library.
  70. Handwritten notes and photocopies of selected pages from J. Nelson Anderson, Memoirs of the last Port Credit commercial fisherman, 1987. North York Central Library.
  71. Handwritten notes and photocopies of selected pages from Verna Mae Weeks, Port Credit: a glimpse of other days. (Mississauga: Verna Mae Weeks, 1995.
  72. Package of photocopies of deeds, affidavits, and land transfers concerning pt. Water Lot 1, all Water Lots 2, 3, 4 & 5 - owned by the City of Mississauga; Port St. W., owned by the City of Mississauga; Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10 and Bay St. (closed) - owned by the City of Mississauga. Pt. shingle beach Lot D - Credit Valley Conservation Authority, [2001].
  73. Photocopy extract from Frank A. Dieterman, ed., Mississauga: the first 10,000 years (Toronto: Mississauga Heritage Foundation and East End Books, 2002).
  74. Faxed pages from Jim Hastings, CVC, August 12, 2003, to Peter Stewart, George Robb Architects, re J. C. Saddington Park, Port Credit.
  75. Corporate report, November 18, 2003, to Chairman and Members of the Planning and Development Committee, from Edward R. Sajecki, Commissioner of Planning and Building and Paul A. Mitcham, P. Eng., M.B.A., Commissioner of Community Services, re Status Report Port Credit Heritage Conservation Feasibility Study, Phase One.