East Toronto

It covered much of the present-day neighbourhood of the Upper Beaches, stretching up to Danforth Avenue in the north, part of it stretching to Lake Ontario in the south a portion of the present-day neighbourhood, The Beaches.

The area, after being colonized by British settlers, was occupied in about 1850, when it was a considerable distance from the city of Toronto.

The southern part of the community by the lake became one of Toronto's most popular travel destinations and became home to hotels and amusement parks.

The northern section, by contrast, was an industrial centre, home to the Grand Trunk Railway's main yards.

[3] The CN freight yards closed down in that same year of 1908 and relocated to Belleville and Etobicoke, a move that forced the area into a transition from a railway-based small town into a commuter-based neighbourhood within a city.