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13 unusual facts about Parkdale


Alexander Muir

Muir taught in the Greater Toronto Area in such places as Scarborough and Toronto, as well as in Newmarket, Beaverton, and in then suburban areas as Parkdale and Leslieville, where he lived on Laing Avenue.

Ans Timmermans

Anna Petronella "Ans" Timmermans (10 April 1919, Rotterdam – 21 August 1958, Parkdale, Victoria, Australia) was a Dutch swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Birchville

When the Parkdale subdivision was developed during the 1970s, confusion arose over what was the appropriate name for the suburb should be.

Epiphany and St. Mark, Parkdale

As a result of significant population growth in Parkdale in the 1880s, the church grew from 40 families in 1880 to 320 in 1887 and the need for another parish was recognized.

Green Party of Ontario candidates, 1990 Ontario provincial election

He criticized the harassment of sex-trade workers, and the crackdown on illegal dwellings in Parkdale.

Mount Hood Parkdale, Oregon

Mount Hood Parkdale is the official United States Postal Service-designated name of the combined post offices of the communities of Mount Hood and Parkdale in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Parkdale Secondary College

Parkdale Secondary College, which is located in the bayside suburb of Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia, is Parkdale's local public school.

Parkdale, Edmonton

Residents have good access to the Edmonton LRT system with Coliseum Station located near the north east corner of the neighbourhood and Stadium Station located near the south east corner.

The neighbourhood is bounded on the south by 112 Avenue, on the north by 118 Avenue, on the west by 89 Street, and on the east by the Canadian National Railway right of way and the city's north east LRT line.

Parkdale, Toronto

John Henry Dunn - Businessman, politician and Canada Receiver General.

After Brock's death in 1830, his widow Lucy Brock sold the lands which became the major part of Parkdale to John Henry Dunn and William Gwynne.

Portrait of Isaak Abrahamsz. Massa

The insurance company agreed to pay a ransom for the stolen pictures, and three weeks after disappearing the painting was recovered from a storage room in Parkdale.

South Parkdale railway station

A South Parkdale station was built in the 1870s to serve the growing Parkdale area of the then York Township, opening in 1879.


Berwyn Heights, Maryland

Berwyn Heights is served by Berwyn Heights Elementary, Greenbelt Middle School (Greenbelt), and Parkdale High School (Riverdale Park).

Gordon Massie

Ontario general election, 1987, Parkdale, 184 votes, sixth out of eight candidates (winner: Tony Ruprecht, Liberal)

Justin Trottier

In 2011, he became the Green Party of Ontario candidate for the Parkdale-High Park riding in the 2011 Ontario general election.

Sarah Doucette

Sarah Doucette is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2010 city council election, defeating Bill Saundercook in Ward 13, Parkdale–High Park.

Sidney Merlin Spidell

He was born in Parkdale, Nova Scotia, the son of Sidney Freeman Spidell and Lucinda Ann Saunders, and was educated in Parkdale, in Mortlach, Saskatchewan and at the University of Saskatchewan.