Entrance to the town of Weston, Ontario

ca. 1942, looking northwest on Weston Road click to enlarge

The town of Weston saw its start in 1914. The above photo marks its southern end, probably at St. John's Road (now Clouston Avenue) where the town's Main Street began. I had come across folk who claimed that Weston extended its boundary to Edmund Avenue (one block further south) but when I researched the matter I could only find one attempt by the residents of Edmund Avenue to have this happen and that request was subsequently denied by the Township of York. I had forgotten when this happened and could not locate on my computer the newspaper article that reported it. In a new search today, I found a similar story dating to October 1920.

Of course the residents of Edmund Avenue could have asked again but I deemed it unlikely as I had a 1924 and a 1935 map that still had the St. John's Rd. boundary. In my new search I did find a resolution to all this. On page 34 of the 11 November 1930 Toronto Daily Star was an article on Walter Pollett running for Weston's 1931 mayoralty:

"Mr. Pollett was elected to the [Weston] council a year after he became eligible, since previously his home on Edmund Ave. had been in Mount Dennis. Seven years ago this month a portion of Mount Dennis bounding the southern part of the town of Weston was annexed and Mr. Pollett was one of the most active supporters of this step."

According to this, the boundary expansion happened in November 1923. That 1924 map might have missed the news, being too soon after. I had a close look at the 1935 map and could find no year that was part of the map itself. I now feel that the 1935 may have been a library misidentification.

Looking further, I found a 1923 map of York Township that I had not previously come across. And yes, this map clearly excluded Edmund Avenue from the township:

York Township (1923) click to enlarge