BLACK CREEK PIONEER VILLAGE

Black Creek Pioneer Village
North Auditorium
1000 Murray Ross Parkway
Toronto, Ontario

Black Creek Pioneer Village is a restored 19th-century rural Victorian community located in northwest Toronto. Daniel and Elizabeth Stong were original settlers on the land where Black Creek Pioneer Village now stands. In 1816, they began their married life together in rural York County. Faced with one hundred acres of wilderness, forests of white pine, oak and elm, they cleared the land for farming and built their first home - a small but substantial log house. A grain barn, piggery, smoke house and finally, a larger second home were added over the next few years. The Stong farm buildings now form the heart of Black Creek Pioneer Village. Today smoke still curls from the chimneys and the homes still welcome visitors.

With over 35 carefully restored 1860s shops and homes, Black Creek Pioneer Village re-creates the life and times of a 19th-century Victorian village. During your visit, talk to the blacksmith, the cabinet maker and others about their crafts, visit the doctor's house, Roblin's Mill and water wheel, see demonstrations by entertaining villagers in period dress, visit the farm animals, explore a community of century-old buildings, delight in the many gardens, and much more. Black Creek is managed by the Toronto Region Conservation Authority TRCA.

Dinner and some meetings will be held at the adjacent Blade Restaurant at the Ice Gardens.

MAP AND DIRECTIONS

Directions to Black Creek : from Pearson International Airport, take Hwy 409 east that runs into Hwy 401 east. Go past 2 exits to Hwy 400 north. Take 2nd exit onto Steeles Avenue east. Go east on Steeles Avenue past the next major intersection at Jane Street and turn onto the first road past Jane Street, Murray Ross Parkway. Black Creek Pioneer Village is the first entrance on your right. Click here for Map (or Zoomed in Map) to Black Creek.

Directions to the Ice Gardens: Adjacent to Black Creek : Blade Restaurant at the Ice Gardens.

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