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Information: Communities of Markham |
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Neighbourhoods & Communities of Markham
Markham is the high tech capital of the world. Nested in the York Region with a population of 200,000+ residents, Markham is a blend of four communities: Markham Village, Milliken, Thornhill, and Unionville. |
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Markham Village
 Armadale
 A little hamlet located at Markham Rd and Steeles Ave.
Berczy Village
Bercy Village is the neighbourhood bounded by Kennedy Rd, McCowan
Ave, Major MacKenzie Dr, and 16th Ave.
Box Grove
Box Grove is located at Ninth Line and 14th Ave. Residential development
began in the late 1990s and continues today.
Brown's Corner
Brown's Corner is located at Woodbine Ave and Hwy 7. The area once
was farm land and has given way to commerical development. All that
remains of the old settlement is the Brown's Corner United Church and a
small cemetery.
Cachet
Cachet is a community bounded by 16th Ave, Major Mackenzie Dr,
Warden Ave, and Woodbine Ave.
Cedar Grove
Cedar Grove is located at 14th Ave and Reesor Rd. Much of the land
is still agricultural.
Cornell
Cornell is located within Ninth Line, Reesor Rd, 16th Ave, and Hwy 407
on the East side of Markham. It is under development which currently
includes the following neighbourhoods:
Cornell Centre
Cornell Rouge
Cornell Village
Grand Cornell
Upper Cornell
Dickson Hill
Unlike most of its surrounding areas, the land around Dickson Hill remains
largerly underdeveloped. Much of it remains agricultural located at Hwy 48
and 19th Ave.
Gormley
Gormley is a community in York Region that overlaps parts of Richmond
Hill, Whitchurch-Stouffville, and Markham.
Greensborough
Greensborough is bounded by Ninth Line, Markham Byps, Hwy 48, and
16th Ave.
Legacy
Legacy is a posh community bounded by ninth Line, 14th Ave, ETR 407,
and the Markham Green Golf & Country Club.
Markham Village
Main Street Markham, north of Hwy 7 along Hwy 48, is the historical setting
of the beginnings of Markham where businesses still exist today. This small
community was known as Reesorville in the early 1800's, late referred to
as Mannheim (German for man’s home), and by 1828, the area adopted
the title, Markham.
Mount Joy
Potter's Bend
Quartztown
Rouge Fairways
Swan Lake Village
Vinegar Hill
Markham Village south of Highway 7 is known as Vinegar Hill. It received
its unusual name by two barrel makers (coopers) who raced barrels filled
with vinegar down the steep hill every Good Friday to determine who was
the better cooper. The annual competition gave the area its rightful name!
Wismer
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Milliken
Milliken or Miliken Mills is a community shared by Scarborough, Ontario and Markham, Ontario. Located near Kennedy Road and Steeles Avenue, the area is heavily residential.
Hagermans Corners
Underwood |
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Thornhill
Thornhill is shared by two municipalities, the city of Vaughan having the portion west of Yonge Street and the town of Markham having the eastern portion.
German Mills
Langstaff |
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Markham’s Construction Influxion
A Hwy 7 and Warden Avenue B Woodbine Avenue and ETR 407 C Hwy 7 and Woodbine
March 19, 2007 – Seems everywhere you turn nowadays, anywhere you go, the frenetic construction presence is widespread in Markham. SayItCornell.com cameras caught just a few examples of what we call Construction Influxion this week. Within a few square kilometre radius, Warden and Highway 7 (get used to hearing Avenue 7 more and more), and Woodbine and Highway 7, we couldn’t help but notice the ever-changing skyline of Markham. Okay, we’re not talking Paris or Vancouver, but man, we used to be flat as… well, flat. Farmland has been sold to commercial and real estate developers, horse stables such as Leitchcroft are now condos and commerce buildings. Judging from the activity we’ve seen out there and the development planned for Markham in the coming years, we haven't seen anything yet!
Just wish I had had a few hundred acres myself!
Article & Photos by GWilson for SayItCornell.com
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