Thomson Memorial Park
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Thomson Memorial Park is a mid size park in Scarborough
, Ontario
, and is the site of the Scarborough Historical Museum and includes historical houses of the founding family of the former city, the Thomson's, from the 1790s; more Thomson houses are found on the northern edge of the park on St. Andrew's Road (number 1 and 142 have designating plaques), as well as the adjacent St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (1818) and Cemetery.
Located near Lawrence Avenue
and Brimley Road
, the park has, among other facilities, an outdoor baseball diamond and soccer field in the north end and tennis court
s to the south.
West Highland Creek
, a tributary of the Highland Creek, runs through the park, and is served by bicycle path
s.
Scarborough, Ontario
Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, and is the site of the Scarborough Historical Museum and includes historical houses of the founding family of the former city, the Thomson's, from the 1790s; more Thomson houses are found on the northern edge of the park on St. Andrew's Road (number 1 and 142 have designating plaques), as well as the adjacent St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (1818) and Cemetery.
Located near Lawrence Avenue
Lawrence Avenue
Lawrence Avenue is a major east-west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is divided into east and west portions by Yonge Street, the dividing line of east-west streets in Toronto....
and Brimley Road
Brimley Road
Brimley Road is a north-south street in Scarborough and York Region, Ontario, Canada. The road carries 32000 vehicles daily as of May 2007 and is classified as a major arterial road by the city of Toronto....
, the park has, among other facilities, an outdoor baseball diamond and soccer field in the north end and tennis court
Tennis court
A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles.-Dimensions:...
s to the south.
West Highland Creek
West Highland Creek
West Highland Creek is a river in Scarborough, part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a tributary of Highland Creek in the Lake Ontario drainage basin...
, a tributary of the Highland Creek, runs through the park, and is served by bicycle path
Bicycle Path
Bicycle Path is a historic road in Central Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, built in the late 19th Century in order to capitalize on the bicycle craze of that period...
s.
Sources
- City of Toronto - Thomson Memorial Park retrieved 2007-10-31
- Scarborough Historical Museum retrieved 2007-10-31