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Trafalgar Township |
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Trafalgar Township began as a system of trails and trade routes created and used by the Indigenous People who traveled the Red Hill trail, which ran along the original Lake Ontario edge. Early European settlers formed small communities along concession lines in the early 19th century. In the 1830’s, Trafalgar Township became a busy stagecoach stop from Hamilton to York (modern-day Toronto). In the 1850’s, agricultural pursuits prospered with the new industrialized techonology. Roughly, the township stretched from Lake Ontario on the south, Winston Churchill Blvd to the east, Burloak Drive to the west, and extending north to Steeles Avenue. Parts of Trafalgar Township were amalgated into Oakville, Milton, Halton Hills and Mississauga. |
