Passage to Port Union
Port Union and the Rouge River share a history that spans thousands of years. The Port Union-Rouge Park mural, designed and led by experience mural artist Allan Bender of Blinc Studios, beautifully depicts parts of this story.
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Botwood WWII {1939-1945)
Artist: Craig Goudie, 2015.
This mural and its companion mural were painted on walls 6 feet high and 36.5 feet long. The concrete work was done by soldiers stationed in Gander, NL. The local legion also helped. -
Bomb Girls
Montreal based graffiti artist OMEN worked in collaboration with StARToronto to create this mural paying homage to the real life Bomb Girls who worked at the Scarborough’s General Engineering Company (GECo) plant in the area during World War II.
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Faces of Islington
This mural, painted by John Kuna, celebrates the ethnic and cultural character of Islington as it has changed over the last century.
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Warden Underpass Mural
This mural acts as a visual representation of Scarborough’s rich history, with the Scarborough Bluffs and Elizabeth Simcoe both being featured.
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Tudor Birch Grove
Tudor Birch Grove, painted by Sarah Collard and assisted by Meaghann MacLeod in September 2012
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Fishing in Mimico Creek
This mural completes the Children at Play trilogy also present on Riding the Radials at 5110 and on Toboggan Hill at 5112 Dundas W.
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Battersby’s March, 1813
Commissioned by the Islington BIA and painted by John Kuna to commemorate the Bicentennial of the War of 1812, the mural features the three Canadian units that participated in the march: the 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot, the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencible Regiment, and Les Voltigeurs Canadiens.
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The Mayors of Pembroke: A Portrait Gallery (1877-2014)
“The Mayors of Pembroke – A Portrait Gallery 1858-2014” features portraits of the 45 mayors who have served the community over the years from the community’s founding to 2014.
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Toboggan Hill
This mural, painted by John Kuna, shows children tobogganing on the hill behind Montgomery’s Inn in fresh snowfall.
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Faith of Our Fathers II
The work, painted by John Kuna, tells the story of the Islington United Church from its early Wesleyan Methodist days on Dundas to its current location at 25 Burnhamthorpe Road.
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The Pub with No Beer
This mural depicts a scene from the prohibition era (ca. 1928) with a pop truck rounding up empty bottles outside of the old Islington Hotel, which was once a local watering hole.
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Mimico Creek, ca. 1920
Painted by John Kuna, in this mural we see Mimico Creek winding through the valley, framed by sumac, spruce and pine, with Montgomery’s Inn shown at right.
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Gordon’s Dairy, ca. 1940
The mural, painted by artist John Kuna, depicts Gordon’s Dairy, a local landmark once located in this building.
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Riding the Radials
From 1917 to 1931 the old Guelph Radial Line, that ran behind this site, linked communities from Lambton Mills to Guelph. To evoke feelings of nostalgia, artist John Kuna used a painterly style recalling old coloured postcards and turn of the century paintings.
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Briarly – Gone But Not Forgotten
Also known as the Gunn house, Briarly was built in the 1840s. Although the heritage community lobbied to save the home from demolition, Briarly was demolished by developers in August 1989. This mural, by artist John Kuna was designed not only to illustrate a part of Islington’s history but also to convey a sense of comfort, peace, home and family. Rather than becoming a theme of mourning and end, it is instead conceived as an image of endurance and renewal.
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Chrysalis
Working with themes of metamorphosis, transition and migration, members of Bluffers Tales told a series of stories to the mural artists, which were then translated into a design that celebrates the experiences of community members who left their homes to come to Canada.
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CP Rail Water Tower
Artist: John Ellenberger, 2000 Location: Pembroke, ON This unique 360º mural encompasses the vibrant history of CP Rail’s steam locomotives in conjunction with Consolidated Lumber Company Ltd. with the Ottawa River the background. A multi-media artist, John has produced many award-winning products. He is now co-owner of Little John’s Custom Painting in Garson, Ontario. Sponsors:…
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Pansy Patch Park
An eight acre island in the Muskrat River was transformed into a garden sanctuary 1925-1950 by Mrs. Annie Gray Keith. Queen Juliana’s children played here while visiting during World War II. The park was donated to the City in 1962.
Sponsored by the Pembroke Horticultural Society
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Mitchells General Store
The mural, entitled “Mitchell’s General Store”, depicts life in surrounding community of Birch Cliff in the early part of the century.
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The Unity Mural
The Unity Mural, painted by Marillyn Saffery (1998) and designed by Barbara Blackstein. The mural illustrates the diversity of people who live in this region.
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In The Way Of Progress
This commemorative mural depicts passengers boarding a radial car at Stop 17 on the Toronto and York Radial Line, at the junction of St. Clair Avenue and Kingston Road.
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Community Spirit
This mural recreates a scene showing members of the Highland Creek community working together to build an addition to the Wesley Methodist Chapel in the early winter of 1867. Present day residents, businesses and community groups of Highland Creek have joined together with the same spirit of cooperation and vision of their forebears to make this project a reality.
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Spooner’s Garage
The unique “double” mural, painted on facing walls by Phillip Woolf, depicts two eras in the life of Spooner’s Garage. Built in 1926 and rebuilt in 1947, the garage was located on the south side of Kingston Road in Cliffside Village.
