Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan

Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan is a neighbourhood in the east end of the City of Toronto, in the former City of Scarborough. The neighbourhood is bordered by Huntingwood Drive to the North, Kennedy Road to the East, Highway 401 to the South and Victoria Park (and Pharmacy Ave) to the West. The neighbourhood, which includes the Tam O'Shanter (east of Warden) and Sullivan (west of Warden) communities, takes its name from Tam O'Shanter golf course and O'Sullivan's Corners.

The neighbourhood is sometimes included as part of the neighbourhood of Agincourt, which borders Tam O'Shanter to the east. Both regions are part of the electoral district of Scarborough-Agincourt, and the Agincourt Mall is located in Tam O'Shanter.

ullivan Community

O'Sullivan's Corners, located at the corner of Victoria Park and Sheppard Avenues, was named after Patrick O'Sullivan, and consisted of a hotel and a post office, which opened in 1892. The post office was closed in 1912, but reopened in 1956 in the drug store in Wishing Well Plaza at the south-east corner of Pharmacy and Sheppard, as a result of the residential developments in the area.

The first subdivision in the neighbourhood, "Town and Country" was bordered by Victoria Park Avenue, Sheppard Avenue, Pharmacy and Highway 401 (Ontario) (then known as the Toronto By-Pass), or the north part of Lot 35, Concession II, Scarborough Township. The land had been farmed by [http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/showmap.php?Township=Scarboro&plotX=148&plotY=1289&getMap.x=93&getMap.y=11 Thomas Mason] . Town and Country was not connected to the sewer system, and the houses all had their own septic systems. The headwaters of Massey Creek ran underground through the subdivision, above ground through Wishing Well Park, and under Highway 401. With the widening of the 401, the above-ground portion of the creek was buried and the headwaters were rerouted to Highland Creek.

The next subdivision, "Wishing Well Acres" was east of Pharmacy on the north part of Lots 33 and 34, Concession II, which had been farmed by [http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/showmap.php?Township=Scarboro&plotX=249&plotY=1287&getMap.x=89&getMap.y=19 Christopher Thomson] and [http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/showmap.php?Township=Scarboro&plotX=334&plotY=1291&getMap.x=75&getMap.y=21 Ichabod Vradenburg(h)] in the 1870's. The neighbourhood school and the street it is on were named after the Vradenburgs, although the spelling of the street name has been inexplicably changed. Wishing Well Acres was the site of the millionth home built in Canada after WWI. Famous residents of the area include Brad Park and Mike Levine of Triumph.

From 1927 to 1946, [http://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com/builders/2000/H._C._Harry_Hatch.asp Harry C. Hatch] raised and trained five Queen's Plate winners on his farm at the northeast corner of Pharmacy and Sheppard, including Monsweep (1936), Goldlure(1937), Budpath(1941), Acara(1944) and Uttermost(1945).

The farm, and others in the area were was purchased by the Robert McClintock Company for residential development of Bridlewood in the 1960's. The company was awarded the Ontario Urban Development Institute Award for the finest development of the year for Bridlewood Phase I in 1964 and Phase II in 1966. Famous residents of Bridlewood include Mike Myers, whose "Wayne's World" character was inspired by growing up in the area, Eric McCormack ("Will & Grace"), and David Furnish, who all attended Bridlewood Public School.

chools

*Bridlewood Jr P.S.
*Inglewood Jr P.S.
*Lynngate Jr P.S.
*Pauline Johnson Jr P.S.
*Tam O'Shanter Jr P.S.
*Vradenburg Jr P.S.
*J.B. Tyrrell Sr P.S.
*John Buchan Sr P.S.
*Sir John A. Macdonald C.I.
*Stephen Leacock C.I.

External links

* [http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/profiles_map_and_index.htm Toronto Neighbourhood Maps]
* [http://www.torontoneighbourhoods.net/regions/scarborough/133.html L'Amoreaux] at TorontoNeighbourhoods
* [http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/cns118.htm Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan] neighbourhood profile at the City of Toronto website

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