West Hill is a neighborhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the eastern end of the city, in the suburb of Scarborough. It is roughly bounded by Scarborough Golf Club Road and a branch of Highland Creek on the west, the CNR railway tracks and Lake Ontario on the south, and Highland Creek on the northeast. The name comes from its elevated position on the west side of Highland Creek, a deep glacial ravine. The section east of Manse Road, which roughly splits this neighborhood in half, is often now referred to as the Manse Valley neighborhood. It has less commercial development and more industrial development than the western part of the neighborhood. However, both parts were treated as part of West Hill before development.
In the mid 19th century, what is now West Hill was part of the larger Highland Creek community, which extended from today’s Galloway Rd over to the Pickering border. In 1862, Eli Shackleton took over as postmaster in Highland Creek and moved the post office from the east side of the Highland Creek valley to the west. Following Shackleton’s tenure as postmaster, the post office was relocated back to the east side of the valley. In 1879, John Richardson opened a new post office on the valley’s west side, officially known as “West Hill.” From 1906 until the closing of the line in 1936, West Hill was the eastern terminus of the Toronto and Scarborough Electric Railway, a street-car line. A1 Bed Bug Exterminator Scarborough
Recreation
West Hill is bordered on three sides by Highland Creek; a system of parks surrounds the community. Morningside Park and Colonel Danforth Park are located along the creek, while East Point Park is located along Lake Ontario at the eastern end of the Scarborough Bluffs. Parks in West Hill are managed by the Toronto Parks, Forestry, and Recreation Division.
The area has numerous sports facilities, including an indoor arena and a baseball diamond at Heron Park and two swimming pools, one of which is indoor. There are tennis facilities at the nearby University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. Other public amenities include the Morningside branch of the Toronto Public Library, built further east of the former site at Morningside Mall, roughly at the geographical center of the neighborhood, on Lawrence Avenue, just west of Manse Road.
Nearby Attractions
- The passage is located at Doris McCarthy Trail, Toronto, Scarborough, ON
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- Butterfly Wall Art is located at 1967 Ellesmere Rd, Scarborough, Ontario
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