Mississauga: Port Credit

Port Credit is a neighborhood where the Credit River meets Lake Ontario. Port Credit and the Credit River were named after the trading that went on along the banks of the river, where items were purchased on credit. The community developed as a fishing port, and then attracted industries such as a starch plant and brick yard in the late 1800s. An oil refinery opened up later in the settlement, in the 1930s, on the site of the brick yard. When the Lakeshore Highway opened in 1915, Port Credit also became a local commercial center, due to traffic being funnelled into the community to cross the Credit River on the bridge built for the highway.

Port Credit became a town in 1961, and later combined with the Town of Mississauga in 1974 to become the City of Mississauga.

Businesses on Lakeshore Road.

Buildings on Lakeshore Road.

Businesses on Lakeshore Road.

A house on Cumberland Drive.

A house on Wanita Road.

A house on Oakwood Avenue.

A house on Oakwood Avenue. Lake Ontario is in the background.

The Ridgetown lake freighter, which serves as a breakwater for Port Credit Harbour. The ship was built in 1905 and named the William E. Corey. The ship’s name was changed to the Ridgetown in 1963 when it was registered with Britain with Great Lakes Shipping, Ltd. The freighter was in use until 1969, when it was laid up in Toronto, and was used as a temporary breakwall until it was sunk as breakwater in Port Credit in 1974.

A house on Elmwood Avenue.

A house on Park Street.

Trinity Anglican Church, on Stavebank Road.

A house on High Street. The Madrid is in the background.

Buildings on Lakeshore Road.

A building on Elizabeth Street at Lakeshore Road.

Infill on Lakeshore Road.

Townhouses on St. Lawrence Drive. St. Lawrence Starch Company plant opened in 1890 closed in 1990, and was demolished in 1993 sold for condominiums in 1995

The St. Lawrence Starch Company office building, on Lakeshore Road. The structure was built in 1932 and is the only remaining building of the company’s plant.

The Credit Village Marina. A replica lighthouse sits on top of a pumping station.

The mouth of the Credit River, where it empties into Lake Ontario. The Rivergate highrise is on the right.

St. Mary Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church, on Lakeshore Road. The church was built in 1953.

The A.R. Clarke Memorial Hall, on Lakeshore Road. The structure was built in 1922.