Parkwoods Village Drive also has an historical significance. In approximately 1833, a teenager named John Coulson, emigrated to Canada from England and built a log house on what is now the north-west corner of Parkwoods Village Drive and Victoria Park. Incredibly, the Coulson log cabin remained standing until 1956, when this neighbourhood began to be developed.

One of Coulson's long-time neighbours to the south was Charles D. Maginn, a Welshman who arrived in this area around 1832. Maginn was a general merchant in the community and is described by Patricia Hart, in Pioneering in North York as having "had a reputation for being very adept at spearing salmon in the Deer Lick, a small stream running near his farm."

The Maginn's often lent out their grove to the Wesleyan Methodist Church for field meetings. In 1841 this church established a cemetery at the south-west corner of Lawrence Avenue East and Victoria Park Avenue. Many of Parkwoods first settlers are buried in this cemetery which has been declared a heritage property by the city.