Chinguacousy
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Chinguacousy Township
Chinguacousy Township spanned from what now is
Several villages were once located within Chinguacousy Township. In most cases only small remnants like churches and cemeteries of many of these former villages exist. Cheltenham is the largest preserved village, while Terra Cotta and Huttonville both have some historic buildings.
Bramalea, Canada's first satellite city was developed in Chinguacousy Township beginning in the 1960s just east of the-then separate Town of Brampton.[2]
The Chinguacousy name lives on in present-day Brampton, including
The township was named in honour of an Anishinaabe chief, Shingwauk (Ojibwe: Zhingwaakoons, meaning: "Little White Pine").
People from Chinguacousy
- Nathaniel Currie
See also
References
- ^ https://peelarchivesblog.com/about-peel/, The History of Peel Region, Ontario, Canada
- ^ Svirplys, Saul (2013-12-14). "The 1958 Master Plan for Bramalea". bramaleablog. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- "Chinguacousy". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- "Map of Peel County". 1880 Map of Ontario Counties. The Canadian County Digital Atlas Project at McGill University. 2001. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
43°45′13″N 79°50′22″W / 43.75361°N 79.83944°W
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