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Streetsville Public Utility Commission replaced the power company. The power station operated from 1916 to 1923, but suffered for a setback after concrete cracked. Constructed from 1902 to 1910, Erindale Light and Power Company power dam flooded the area located near the entrance of Erindale Park at Dundas Street creating a man made 125 acres Lake Erindale. The ruins of an old hydro electric dam are situated just north of Dundas and a park is located by the river. Plank roads were laid over the mud of spring and fall and Erindale became a main stopping place for stagecoaches travelling between Toronto and Hamilton. The Credit Village became Springbrook, then Springfield and finally Erindale. There was also a large group of Irish immigrants who arrived from New York City. Old Country immigrants began arriving, mingling with the United Empire Loyalists and New Brunswickers. Most of these settlers were United Empire Loyalists from the former Thirteen Colonies to the south or from settlements in Atlantic Canada, especially New Brunswick.īy 1830 the Crown was selling the land in 100- to 200-acre (0.40–0.81 km 2) lots and streets were named after prominent people who settled there. Sawmills and grist mills were built, powered by water diverted from the river. The Credit Village developed along Dundas Street, settled mainly by people from the bustling Town of York (now Toronto.) By 1809 there were 185 settlers in the area. The "Indian Trail" became a military road and was named Dundas Street after the British Secretary-at-War, Henry Dundas.