History
The corner of Brimley Road and Sheppard Avenue marks the central location around which the community of Agincourt was formed during the mid-19th century. The road has also come to border the neighbourhood Kennedy Park and the electoral districts Scarborough—Agincourt and Scarborough—Rouge River.
A museum off Brimley north of Lawrence Avenue East in Thomson Park pays tribute to the founding family of the former Township of Scarborough; West Highland Creek, a tributary of the Highland Creek, runs through the park.
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