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The Humber Bay School and the St. James Anglican Church moved out of Davidson houses when new buildings were built on High Street in the subdivision north of what would become the Queensway. Humber Bay became a Postal District. More churches were soon built in Humber Bay including a LDS Church. By about 1890 Humber Bay became a postal village ...
Half Moon Bay is the crescent shaped area between Humber Bay, the Western Channel entering Toronto Harbour (from Fort Rouillé to Strachan Avenue). The area was a site of the landing of American troops during the Battle of York on April 27, 1813. Today Half Moon Bay is partially covered by infill along Lake Shore Boulevard and by Ontario Place.
The Queensway – Humber Bay: Etobicoke [5] William Kent House 1860 54 Royal York Road Mimico: Etobicoke [5] Josiah Parker House 1860 25 Queens Drive Weston: York [5] Lambton House: 1860 4066 Old Dundas Street West Lambton: York [5] Cumberland House 1860 John W. Cumberland 33 St. George Street Discovery District: Old Toronto [97] Chicken House ...
The Queensway was built before the Gardiner Expressway to provide an east–west route for traffic while Lake Shore Boulevard was rerouted to accommodate the Gardiner. The project cost $4.9 million. The project included a streetcar right-of-way in the middle of the Queensway from Parkside Drive to the Humber River. [6]
The first Humber Loop opened on July 26, 1922, along Lake Shore Road east of the Humber River at Jane Street (today's South Kingsway). The loop was the terminus of a streetcar branch line that began at the intersection of Roncesvalles Avenue , King Street and Queen Street, crossed a bridge over the rail corridor and descended downhill through ...
East of Grand Avenue, the freeway crosses Park Lawn Road and a CN rail line, then it curves as it passes the residential condominium towers of The Queensway – Humber Bay neighbourhood along the waterfront, the Mr. Christie cookie factory (which later became a part of Mondelēz International) and the Ontario Food Terminal on the north side. [7]
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The six-lane section east of the Humber River was built in segments from 1955 until 1964 by the Metropolitan Toronto government with provincial highway funds. The ten-lane section west of the Humber River was formerly part of the QEW and is now wholly owned and operated by the municipal government of Toronto.