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Catalog Number |
BR2015.10.88 |
Object Name |
Program |
Scope & Content |
Printed program for the Inaugural meeting of the Town of Port Credit Council. Printed in blue ink and dated Monday, January 9th, 1961. The program cover features an image of the Town of Port Credit crest - a lighthouse in between sprays of maple leaves. Ribbon underneath reads: Town of Port Credit. Below the crest is text that reads: Inaugural Meeting of Council Town of Port Credit Monday, January 9th, 1961 at 7:45 pm Clarke Hall 161 Lakeshore Road, West. Inside the program lists the members of council - Mayor, Reeve, Deputy Reeve and Councillors. Also lists the names of others involved in the organization including members of: -Public Utilities Commission -Public School Board -Separate School Board -Port Credit Representatives on South Peel Board of Education -Town Officials The next page lists program of events for the evening which includes -The Queen -Swearing in Ceremonies -Presentation -Invocation and Prayer -Remarks -Introductions from Mayer -Committees for Year 1961 -Musical Selections -Closing Prayer and Benediction -O Canada The back of the program features a summary of the history of Port Credit and the Town. |
History |
Port Credit was established as a town on January 1, 1961. It had been a village since January 1914. Port Credit was originally a settlement of the Mississauga Ojibwe first nations band and a trading post established in 1720 for the exchange of goods from the European for furs trapped by the Mississaugas. After the War of 1812, a harbour was established by the Mississaugas together with European settlers. In 1847, the Mississaugas left the village to relocate to the Six Nations Reserve in Brantford. The industry was established on the village periphery including an oil refinery, but the village is no longer a substantial industrial district. The village survived into the 20th century, becoming an independent municipality in 1909 until it was merged with the City of Mississauga in 1974. |
Title |
Inaugural Meeting of Council |
People |
Holland, John V. McCollum, Tom Plaus, John Saddington, Cyril Slemin, Richard H. Hunter, David M. |