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Tim Scammell of New Maryland, New Brunswick has brought this park to the attention of the CEC. He says: "The park was originally owned by the Canadian National Railway. It bought the land and turned it into an amusement park for a stop on its electric line which they had taken over from the Toronto Suburban Railway. The line ran from about Keele and St. Clair in Toronto to Guelph via fields and valleys, of which most are long gone. The line was closed in the 1920s, the amusement portion of the park before that."
"CN had hoped to gain passengers for the line by building the park for families to go to. I have heard that there were rides of some types, but anything I have seen is mostly picnic grounds."
"Although I live in New Brunswick, I try to locate traces of the line and amusement park whenever I am back in Ontario. In 2004, I did find concrete sections in several areas of hills but have no idea for what they were used - possibly power pole bases."
Brian Westhouse of Rexdale, Ontario contributes: "The Electric Trolley line had wooden poles out that way. The paper mill in Georgetown purchased the right of way in the 1930s to use a wooden pole line as an emergency source of power to supply the mill. I remember seeing the pole line east of Credit River north of Highway 401. If there are any poles left, there are no wires on them. The Halton County Radial Railway in Rockwood is on the old route."
Today, the area is a day park used for picnics and recreation.
A swimming pool is part of this. Research continues.
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