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HISTORY
Seaton Village was originally settled by Colonel David Shank and Captain Samuel
Smith. Both men were loyalists who served under John Graves Simcoe in the Queens
Rangers. In the early 1800's, the Shank and Smith farm lots were acquired by George
Crookshank.
The
Crookshank estate began at the foot of Bathurst Street where
it overlooked the lake. A laneway from the Crookshank house
ran north to his country farm, where Seaton Village is today.
The Crookshank laneway is now part of Bathurst Street.
Seaton Village
is named after Lord Seaton, a former Lieutenant Governor of Canada. The Village
was laid out on the old Crookshank farm in the 1850's. However, residential development
of the present day neighbourhood did not commence until around 1888, when Seaton
Village was annexed by the City of Toronto.
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