Don Mills: From Forests and Farms to Forces of Change

by Scott Kennedy

How Toronto's own city farms were crowded out.

First settled in the early nineteenth century, the area now known as Don Mills retained its rural character until the end of the Second World War. After the war, population growth resulted in pressure to develop the area around Toronto and, in a relatively short time, the landscape of Don Mills was irreparably altered.

Today, the farms are all gone, as are almost all of the barns...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459736826
• ISBN13: 9781459736825
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 9.0"