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Popular Things To Do | Other Things To Do Tips | All Tips (9) "In the 1720's the French had set-up a trading post at the mouth of the river near the Indian Village. Trading sometimes went on for days. If an Indian did not have enough fur to trade for whatever goods he wanted, he was allowed to take the goods on credit. The Indians traded this way and the post became know as the "Credit Trading Post". The river was called the "Credit River" and the Mississauga Indians (who had been named from the Mississagi River) became known as the "Mississaugas of the River Credit Indians" "
from www.newcreditfirstnation.com/past2.htm
The river runs through Orangeville, Caledon, Belfountain, Inglewood, Cheltenham, Terra Cotta, Brampton and Mississauga down to Lake Ontario.
from www.creditriver.ca
"In the river you can find chinook salmon, steelhead as well as some coho, pink and Atlantic salmon, Bass, Carp,...."
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If you are lucky enough you can see deer crossing Steeles road in the early morning hours, as the fog lifts up off the river...as the road brings you across the Credit river. I was lucky enough to see deer on three separate occasions. Leave a Comment Directions: Brampton and Mississauga Ontario, West of Highway 10, East of Mississauga Road.Website: www.creditvalleycons.com
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Every Saturday in the summer, Main street is blocked off to traffic for the Farmer's Market.
From 7 am to 1 pm
From June 18th to October 8th 2005
It was my first time there. There was a selection of fresh produce, maple sirup, honey, homemade jams (blueberrry and banana sounded intriguing) and jellies and preserves, even mustards (mixed with horseradish or salsa?!!), arts and crafts, baked goods, meats,...
It was small but I managed to buy a few things I needed. Leave a Comment
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The drive up to this church will bring you near some of the farmland in the area. This church is all made of wood; very big, Ukrainian Catholic church.
It seems bizarre at first to find such a gem hidden in the countryside but then again it adds to it's rustic charm. Ornate and visually interesting with the carved woodwork. Leave a Comment
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Of course there are a number of outdoor public tennis courts scattered around Brampton, but in the winter, there's one tennis club that has a heated dome with 6 courts. If you're not a member there, it is a $10 daily guest fee, in addition to the hourly court fees. Chinguacousy Park also has a mini ski/snowbard learning hill, curling club, tobagan hill. In the summer they have a Sushi tea house, petting zoo, minigolf, picnic area, etc. Leave a Comment Address: 9050 Bramalea Rd, BramptonDirections: West side of Bramalea Road - north of Queen Street
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There's a 65 acre lake where a gravel pit used to be. It's nestled away in a residential area. There's a beach area where you can enjoy soaking up the rays, you can swim, use the foot paths to take a stroll, a bike ride or go rollerblading. There are quite a few neat fish that live in the lake. Leave a Comment Directions: It's located south of Bovaird, in between Bramalea and Torbram RoadWebsite: www.professorslake.com
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They have a cute skating ring that goes round and round the gazebo. It's not big, but it looks kind of pretty and the rink is temperature controlled. It's in a nice looking area of Brampton. There are lovely mature trees in the area and nice large historic homes. On New Year's eve, they have fireworks there. In the summer, you can often see weddings during the day in the gazebo at Gage Park, and concerts/performances at night. Small but somewhat quaint. Leave a Comment Address: Main Street & Wellington, BramptonDirections: Downtown Brampton - 4 corners
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Brampton has a beautiful state-of-the-art new theatre. They've attracted a few "kind of" big named artists so far - like Chantal Kreviazuk and oooh...the Bacon Brothers (yup - Kevin Bacon and his bro :o). You can also enjoy the opera, the symphony, "broadway" shows. Stomp was there earlier this year. Leave a Comment Address: 1 Theatre Lane, BramptonDirections: Downtown Brampton - near the four cornersWebsite: www.rosetheatre.ca
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Go take a drive to Toronto for the day but if you don't have access to a car then take the bus and if you can't catch a bus then come on down to one of the local bars where you'll probably catch me and my boys on a hot summers night. By the Way that bar is called Magnums. Leave a Comment Phone: 905-457-4931 Chad the Magnum RegDirections: McMurchy and Queen, it's right across the street from the rub and tug, if you're having any trouble ask a local.
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The Blue Sapphire Bead Boutique is a bead store that also has classes on how to make jewellery. They can accomodate almost any schedule. They keep their class sizes small - 1 to 4 people. It's easy to arrange a class for just yourself, or with a few friends. The class costs $20 (plus materials) and they'll teach you how to make just about anything you want to learn, depending on the amount of time. I made a beautiful necklace, bracelet and earring set - and I'm loving the fact that I've learned a new hobby :o) Leave a Comment Address: 289 Rutherford Road, BramptonDirections: In a stripplaza on Rutherford Road, near Glidden (north of Steeles)Website: www.bluesapphirebeads.com
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