Adamson Estate

The Adamson Estate, which forms the eastern boundary of Port Credit, Ontario, was purchased from the family of Agar Adamson by the City of Mississauga, Ontario [http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/cityhall/findaplace?paf_gear_id=10100023&dirview=place&itemId=500033] in 1974 upon the urging of the local ratepayers group known as Project H21 after a proposed real estate development which would have changed the character of the neighbourhood. It is now a public park on the Waterfront Trail.

Agar Adamson, born on Christmas Day 1865, grandson of [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38386&query= William Agar Adamson] an influential Toronto clergyman, married into the Cawthra family whose legacy in Peel lives on through the Cawthra Estate located at the intersection of the Cawthra Road and the Lakeshore Road. Their legacy comes from supplying eastern white pine logs for ship masts in the British Royal Navy.He was one of the four Canadians featured in the book "Tapestry Of War: A Private View of Canadians in the Great War" [ [http://www.utpjournals.com/product/chr/751/tapestry28.html] ] by Sandra Gwyn. He served under General Arthur Currie. Insights into his time at war may be seen in the CBC series "The Great War [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/birthofanation.html] " which features Talbot Papineau, another of the four Canadians featured in the book.

The architecture of the main house, often thought to be Spanish is actually Flemish architecture, one of the areas in the European theatre in which Agar fought during the First World War.

One of the treasures of the Adamson Estate are the great eastern white pine which remain on the site and are ties to the heritage of the Admason/Cawthra families and that of the early development of Toronto Township now known as Peel region.

Another element of interest is the family pet cemetery which has been recently surrounded by a wrought iron fence with stone pillars and memorial plaque.

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