Local Landmarks & Heritage
Local Landmarks & Heritage
- Rouge National Urban Park
- Toronto Zoo
- Bead Hill National Historic Site
Neighborhood History
Neighborhood History
Rouge is the Scarborough neighbourhood in the far northeast of the former township, bounded by Steeles Avenue East, the Pickering town line and Rouge River, and Lake Ontario, and it is Toronto's largest neighbourhood by area, most of it still undeveloped. Its smaller communities include Dean Park, Rouge Hill, Hillside and West Rouge. The Rouge River valley was part of the Toronto Carrying-Place Trail, a portage route linking Lake Ontario to the Holland River and Lake Simcoe, and the Seneca village of Ganatsekwyagon stood here from about 1665 to 1687 before it was abandoned during the Beaver Wars.
Its site, Bead Hill, is the only known intact 17th-century Seneca village in Canada and was designated a National Historic Site in 1991. The Toronto Zoo opened within the neighbourhood in 1974. Conservation campaigns led to Rouge Park in 1995, and on May 15, 2015 Rouge National Urban Park became Canada's first national urban park, spanning 79.1 square kilometres across Toronto, Markham, Pickering and Uxbridge. Scarborough became part of the amalgamated City of Toronto in 1998.
The Rouge tee is for the neighbours of Scarborough's wild northeast corner, along the river valley.
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Rouge - Scarborough - Unisex Cotton Tee
Rouge - Scarborough - Unisex Cotton Tee
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Rouge covers Scarborough's northeast corner, from Steeles Avenue East down the Rouge River valley to Lake Ontario. Much of it is parkland, and people have lived along the river for thousands of years.
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