Meadowvale Village, Mississauga
Meadowvale Village is an affluent neighbourhood in the city of Mississauga, Ontario. Its boundaries are Derry Road to the northwest, Creditview Road to the south, Mavis Road to the northeast, and Highway 401 to the southeast. Notable places include: a Georgian manor built by Charles Horace Gooderham and the Credit Valley Conservation Area (CVC).
History
The village of Meadowvale was incorporated in 1836 and is Ontario's first heritage conservation district. Charles Horace Gooderham built a "country property", a Georgian manor in northern Mississauga (929 Old Derry Road), in 1870, which was sold in 1884 and is now the Rotherglen School's Meadowvale Campus. More people started to move to the village when Gooderham built his property. In 1968, Meadowvale Village, then part of Toronto Township, became a part of the Town of Mississauga. Now, the area is well populated, consisting of mostly single-family homes and people from many different cultures.
Meadowvale Village Today
Today, Meadowvale Village has four schools: three public or Catholic, one Montessori private, and some commercial activity; mainly along Old Derry Road. The most popular destination for non-residents is the Credit Valley Conservation Area, where the Credit River passes through. And important roads include Old Derry Road, John Watt Boulevard, Gooderham Estates Boulevard, Silverthorn Mill Avenue, and Second Line West.
In addition, to the west of 1155 Willow Lane, you can still find the ruins of the abutments for the bridge that the Toronto-Guelph Suburban Line used to cross the canal for the mill. The train tracks and train station are no longer there so the abutments are the only evidence of this.