This area (Harwood Avenue / Kings Crescent /
Churchill Road / Roosevelt Avenue) was the administrative centre for the Canadian government sponsored
Defence Industries Limited (D.I.L.) munitions plant.
The D.I.L. complex was initiated in 1940 . . . — — Map (db m258935) HM
The Founding of Ajax
In 1941, the Government of Canada established a shell-filling plant operated by Defence Industries Limited on this site. During its peak of production, over 9,000 people from across the country lived and worked . . . — — Map (db m258928) HM
Between 1801 and 1807 a settlement developed here in Pickering Township where the Danforth Road crossed Duffin's Creek. Among the early settlers was Timothy Rogers, a prominent Quaker and colonizer who built a saw and grist-mill in 1809. A . . . — — Map (db m208413) HM
The parish of St. George’s Anglican Church was founded at Duffins Creek (now known as Pickering Village) in 1832. The first incumbent of the parish, the Reverend Adam Elliot, originally met with his parishioners at their homes in an area that . . . — — Map (db m243739) HM
To aid Britain and the Allies during WWII, the Canadian Government built the largest ammunitions plant in the British Commonwealth on 2,800 acres of land expropriated from Pickering Township. At its peak, Defence Industries Limited employed over . . . — — Map (db m258956) HM
From this site, the rich vibrant tone of this bell could be heard throughout the village. For over fifty years, beginning in 1890, the village bell announced the outbreak of fire. When the First Pickering Company of volunteer firemen was formed . . . — — Map (db m208430) HM
