The Adamson Estate, which forms the eastern boundary of Port Credit, Ontario

Port Credit, Ontario

Port Credit is found at the mouth of the Credit River on the north shore of Lake Ontario, within the southcentral area of the city of Mississauga...

, was purchased from the family of Agar Adamson by the City of Mississauga, Ontario

Mississauga, Ontario

Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...

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

Waterfront Trail

The Waterfront Trail refers to an interconnected series of trails along the shores of Lake Ontario in Canada, currently beginning in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario and extending to Brockville, Ontario, with an extension along Former Highway 2, to the Quebec provincial border...

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Agar Adamson, born on Christmas Day 1865, grandson of William Agar Adamson an influential Toronto clergyman, married into the Cawthra family

Cawthra family

The Cawthra Family of Toronto was famous for its business, social and cultural contributions to the city. They are one of the oldest families in Toronto, and many descendants of the House of Cawthra's founder, Joseph Cawthra, continue to play significant roles in Toronto society.* Joseph Cawthra -...

 whose legacy in Peel lives on through the Cawthra Estate located near the intersection of the Cawthra Road and the QEW. Their legacy comes from supplying eastern white pine

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus, commonly known as the eastern white pine, is a large pine native to eastern North America, occurring from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and southeastern Manitoba, and south along the Appalachian Mountains to the northern edge of Georgia.It is occasionally known as simply white pine,...

 logs for ship masts in the British Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

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He was one of the four Canadians featured in the book Tapestry Of War: A Private View of Canadians in the Great War by Sandra Gwyn

Sandra Gwyn

Alexandra Sandra Fraser Gwyn, was a Canadian journalist and writer.Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, the daughter of Claude Fraser and Ruth Harley, she was educated at Dalhousie University graduating in 1955...

. He served under General Arthur Currie

Arthur Currie

Sir Arthur William Currie GCMG, KCB , was a Canadian general during World War I. He had the unique distinction of starting his military career on the very bottom rung as a pre-war militia gunner before rising through the ranks to become the first Canadian commander of the four divisions of the...

. Insights into his time at war may be seen in the CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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 series The Great Warhttp://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

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus, commonly known as the eastern white pine, is a large pine native to eastern North America, occurring from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and southeastern Manitoba, and south along the Appalachian Mountains to the northern edge of Georgia.It is occasionally known as simply white pine,...

, the provincial tree of Ontario, which remain on the site and are ties to the heritage of the Adamson/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

Pet cemetery

A pet cemetery is a cemetery for animals.-History:Many human cultures buried animal remains. The Ancient Egyptians mummified and buried cats, which they considered deities....

 which has been recently surrounded by a wrought iron fence with stone pillars and memorial plaque.

The Adamson Estate is now occupied by the Royal Conservatory of Music

Royal Conservatory of Music

The Royal Conservatory of Music is a music school and performance venue in Toronto, Canada. Other uses of the term include:*The Madrid Royal Conservatory, Spain*The Royal Academy of Music, London, United Kingdom...

 and hosts piano examinations and is the Mississauga South Centre for music examinations in RCM

RCM

RCM may refer to:* Radar Coded Message, a form of Nexrad radar output* Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, a scientific journal...

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