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Etobicoke (/ ɛ ˈ t oʊ b ɪ k oʊ / ⓘ, eh-TOH-bik-oh) is an administrative district and former city within Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Comprising the city's west end, Etobicoke is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the east by the Humber River, on the west by Etobicoke Creek, the cities of Brampton, and Mississauga, the Toronto Pearson International Airport (a small portion of the ...
Etobicoke Creek / ɛˈtoʊbɪkoʊ / ⓘ is a river in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. [ 1 ] It is a tributary of Lake Ontario and runs from Caledon to southern Etobicoke, part of the City of Toronto. The creek is within the jurisdiction of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, which is headed by Mahant Swami Maharaj, is a global spiritual organization within the Swaminarayan branch of Hinduism. The mandir was built in 18 months and consists of 24,000 pieces of hand-carved Italian carrara marble, Turkish limestone and Indian pink stone. [1] The mandir is the largest of its kind in Canada ...
Several of its neighbourhoods, such as Long Branch, New Toronto, and Mimico, were villages independent of Etobicoke. Others, such as Claireville, Islington and Thistletown were former postal villages established when Etobicoke was an agrarian district. Others are residential subdivisions built after World War II as Toronto expanded.
Built during the early 1830s as a Georgian -style inn, the building was named for its innkeeper, Thomas Montgomery (1790-1877). He was an Irish immigrant to Upper Canada who amassed 400 acres of land to the northwest of the original city of Toronto, in what is now Etobicoke. In 1856, shortly after the death of his wife, Montgomery closed the ...
Islington-City Centre West (also known as Islington Village, Six Points or Etobicoke City Centre) is a commercial and residential neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. One of four central business districts outside Downtown Toronto, it is bounded by Rathburn Road to the north, Islington Avenue to the east, Bloor Street to the south, Mimico ...
Etobicoke North. Etobicoke North may refer to: Etobicoke North GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network, Etobicoke district, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Etobicoke North (federal electoral district), a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. Etobicoke North (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Ontario ...
Princess Gardens. / 43.67028°N 79.54111°W / 43.67028; -79.54111. Princess Gardens is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the western area of Toronto that was formerly the City of Etobicoke. Its boundaries are Eglinton Avenue to the north, Martin Grove to the west, Islington to the east, and Rathburn Road to ...