Runnymede Road
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 Top: Runnymede Station (2022);
Bottom: Map of Runnymede in Toronto | |
| Maintained by | City of Toronto |
| Length | 2.88 km (1.79 mi) |
| North end | Henrietta Street |
| South end | Morningside Avenue |
Runnymede Road is a street in the west end of
John Scarlett, a mill and distillery owner along the Humber River, laid out what is now Runnymede Road in 1817.[1]
Despite its name, Runnymede Collegiate Institute is actually on Jane Street, although it is located in the Runnymede neighbourhood. Runnymede Park is located one block east of Runnymede Road, north of its intersection with the Canadian Pacific Railway line.
The
At Bloor Street, TTC's Bloor-Danforth line 2 intersects creating Runnymede station. The 71 Runnymede and 79 Scarlett Road bus routes run north on Runnymede from Runnymede Station, both serving from Bloor to Henrietta. The 77 Swansea serves south of the station to Morningside.
According to Tony Ruprecht's history of Toronto's ethnic communities, Toronto's Many Faces,
HMCS Runnymede, a World War II Royal Canadian Navy vessel, was named after the Runnymede neighbourhood.[5]
See also
- Scarlett Road
References
- ^ a b c "Bloor West Village Background Information". Archived from the original on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
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Chris Bateman (2014-11-20). "10 quirky things to know about the Junction". BlogTO. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
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ISBN 9781554881734. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2014-01-24. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
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Tony Ruprecht (8 November 2010). Toronto's Many Faces. ISBN 9781554888856. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
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"History of Runnymede". Toronto Neighbourhoods network. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
Wilbert G. Thomas, author of The Legacy of York, provides us with an interesting bit of Runnymede trivia, noting that the Runnymede district held the distinction of having a Canadian Navy warship named after it during World War II.
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