Lakeview, Mississauga

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Lakeview, is one of the communities in Mississauga (formerly Toronto Township), in the Region of Peel, just east of Port Credit, which amalgamated into the Town of Mississauga in 1968. Currently best known for the 4 Sisters, the four smokestacks of the former Lakeview Generating Station of Ontario Power Generation. They were called the 4 Sisters because the generating plant actually had eight boilers and two boilers were 'sistered' to a common stack. The generating station was demolished in 2007, about a year after the 4 Sisters stacks were demolished, which occurred on the morning of June 12, 2006. At 493ft each they were easily the tallest structures in the area. Currently the tallest structure is a 25 story condominium building, Applewood Place, located on the northwest corner of Bloor Street and Dixie Road.

Lakeview is found along the northern shores of Lake Ontario between the Etobicoke Creek and Cooksville Creek.

It was the site of the first commercial air training airport in Canada and the home for many war time munitions plants during World War II. The airport was run by the Curtis Aviation School and located west of the recognized centre of Long Branch part of the current city of Toronto. The Lakeview location is documented by the presence of Aviation Road running south off Lakeshore Road just west of Cawthra Road. The site is further acknowledged by National Historic Plaque #1166

Today Lakeview is the home of the Port Credit Yacht Club

[edit] Transportation

• GO Transit
• Queen Elizabeth Way
• Mississauga Transit

[edit] See also

• Port Credit, Ontario
• Lorne Park, Ontario
• Meadowvale, Ontario
• Malton, Ontario
• Mississauga, Ontario

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