The Village at Black Creek

For the subway station, see Pioneer Village station.
The Village at Black Creek
The Village at Black Creek is located in Toronto
The Village at Black Creek
Location of the museum in Toronto
Established1960 (1960)
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates43°46′26″N 79°31′02″W / 43.77389°N 79.51722°W / 43.77389; -79.51722
TypeHistoric site
OwnerToronto and Region Conservation Authority
Public transit access Pioneer Village station
Websitewww.blackcreek.ca

The Village at Black Creek, previously Black Creek Pioneer Village, and before that Dalziel Pioneer Park,[1] is an open-air heritage museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The village is located in the North York district of Toronto, just west of York University and southeast of the Jane and Steeles intersection.[2] It overlooks Black Creek, a tributary of the Humber River. The village is a recreation of life in 19th-century Ontario and gives an idea how rural Ontario might have looked in the early-to-mid-19th century. The village is a regular destination for field trips by schoolchildren from the Greater Toronto Area. It was opened in 1960 and is operated by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.[3]

Napier Simpson, a restoration architect in Ontario devoted his professional life to raising public awareness of the importance of heritage conservation including the Black Creek Pioneer Village project.[4]

  1. ^ McGee, Nancy Lynn (2013). "Toronto and Region Conservation Authority: Advancing the Sustainability Agenda". In McKeown, Rosalyn; Nolet, Victor (eds.). Schooling for Sustainable Development in Canada and the United States. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. pp. 223–234. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4273-4_16. ISBN 978-94-007-4273-4.
  2. ^ "TTC names new subway station for Black Creek Pioneer Village". The Toronto Star. 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  3. ^ "History". Black Creek Pioneer Village. Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
  4. ^ "Plaque Information - B. Napier Simpson, Jr. 1925-1978". Online Plaque Guide. Ontario Heritage Trust. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2012-04-08.