page_title: Scarborough Junction
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Scarborough Junction / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Thomson-Bell House at 80 Bell Estate Road in Scarborough Junction, a neighbourhood of Scarborough, Toronto. The building was erected in 1840.
context_page_description: Scarborough Junction is a small neighbourhood in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bordered by Birchmount Road, Brimley Road, Eglinton Avenue, and St. Clair Avenue.
  Scarbrough Junction has an approximated population of 20,000. The population consists of 1/4 caucasian, 2/4 Asian and 1/4 other
context_section_description: The first European settlement in the area was the town of Strangford established at what is today the intersection of Victoria Park and St. Clair in 1863. Another small town named Mortlake was established in 1865. The town's main building, the Halfway House Hotel, survives today at Black Creek Pioneer Village where it was moved in 1962. The small farming communities changed when the area became the meeting point of two major railways. The Grand Trunk Railway laid track through the area in 1856 and the Toronto and Nipissing Railway arrived in 1873. The business of the area changed from farming to supporting travellers and maintaining the railroads. The two towns, Strangford and Mortlake, merged into Scarborough Junction. By 1896 Scarborough Junction became the most populated of all the villages in the Township of Scarborough.
  The post-World War II years saw Scarborough Junction become one of the first areas of Scarborough to be transformed into modern suburbs. Its major road and rail lines made for easy travel to the city, inspiring the epithet "Scarborough Junction." It is actually named for the junction of two early railways: The Grand Trunk and the Toronto-Nipissing.
caption: Built in 1840, Thornbeck-Bell House is an example of an early residence in Scarborough Junction.
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