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Municipal archives for Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon in Ontario, Canada.
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New on @internetarchiveca.bsky.social, every County of Peel minute book (1867-1973):
archive.org/details/peel...

People interested in what's now Toronto and York Region may be interested in the Home District, and United Counties of York and Peel minutes (1842-1866).
Cover of a book titled "By Laws of County Council of York and Peel."
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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A postcard of Walshaw Dam, Bolton, postmarked #onthisday 1909.
Bolton is now part of the @townofcaledon.bsky.social
Water streams through an artificial power embankment. Postcard captioned "Walshaw Dam, Bolton, Ont. Canada." with credit to the donor, Betty Bull.
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Happy 100th anniversary to the United Church of Canada. In Peel, this saw Methodist, Congregational, and some Presbyterian churches unite. #UCCan100

Pictured are:
⛪ Macville United Church, just west of Bolton
⛪ Grace United Church, Brampton
⛪ Cooksville United Church
Top, the exterior of a church. Middle, a band on the steps of a large church. Bottom, another church exterior.
June 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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"In the summertime, when the weather is hot..."
A clip from our newest YouTube upload, of the local waterpark, 1999: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7tm...
June 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Lakeshore Road is a major arterial road in #Mississauga. This is that stretch, #onthisday in 1949, just west of Clarkson.
Image of a tree-lined street, with only hints of buildings. Power lines and telephone poles line opposite sides of the street. Captioned "Region of Peel Archives, Russ Cooper fonds."
May 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Before he was an icon of Canadian television on @tvotoday.bsky.social, "Saturday Night at the Movies" host Elwy Yost had a column in AVRO Newsmagazine. He worked in their personnel department from 1953 until 1959.
A column called "Hear-See," a parody of the phrase hearsay. It shows an illustrated picture of a talk show host at a desk, a DJ, and people in Edwardian costume.
May 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Newly posted in our @internetarchiveca.bsky.social account, 11 issues of Avro News and Avro Newsmagazine, many detailing the creation of the Avro Arrow: archive.org/search?query... #Mississauga
Cover of a magazine with an illustration of people around a plane, and the headline "development program continues."
March 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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In 1894 a young girl memorialized her visit to the site of the Battle of Queenston Heights. Major-General Sir Isaac Brock died in this 1812 victory against invading Americans which helped establish Canadian self-identity.

Mary Manning fonds, Region of Peel Archives.
Page with Queenston Heights as the title and handwritten transcription of Brock monument transcription and pressed foliage.
January 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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A recently ended postal strike in Canada has led to a relatively cardless holiday season.
To fill the void, let's look at cards from years past, from our collection: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGCk...
Hands gloved in blue touch one of four Victorian cards.
December 19, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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Pigs on a Duck farm.
A photograph of three pigs in a pen, titled Pure-bred Yorkshires. The caption says in part, "Exhibited by R. F. Duck & Sons, Port Credit, Ont."
November 27, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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It's the Grey Cup this weekend, for Canadian football. Back in 1951, #Toronto hosted.
Malton Airport (now Toronto Pearson) welcomed players, like these two from the Saskatchewan Roughriders. 🏈

📷 Nov. 16, 1951, 73 years ago today.
#Mississauga #YYZ
Two men in cowboy hats stand at the top of a Trans-Canada Airlines plane entance. Captioned Region of Peel Archives, Russ Cooper fonds.
November 16, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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The #Toronto Suburban Railway stretched from Keele and Dundas to #Guelph, straight through Peel, including parts of #Mississauga and #Brampton. Here's one of their vehicles going over the Humber River.
A streetcar-like vehicle with no overhead wires, passing along a bridge over top of a relatively deep valley, probably 40 feet up. The land around the route is largely undeveloped.
November 15, 2024 at 1:00 AM