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23-661: Brooklin may refer to Brooklin, Ontario , Canada Brooklin, California , United States Brooklin, Maine , United States Brooklin, West Virginia , United States Brooklin (São Paulo Metro) , Brazil Brooklin Novo , or adjacent Brooklin Velho, neighbourhoods of São Paulo Brooklin Models , a line of die-cast toy handmade white metal cars See also [ edit ] Brooklyn , New York Brooklyn (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

46-573: A board member of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec . He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of Toronto Baptist College and continued to serve on the board of governors after the College became McMaster University . After his defeat, Dryden moved to Toronto and remained active. He continued his affiliation with McMaster, served as president of a number of insurance and savings companies and

69-440: A flour mill on Lynde Creek. (The present mill building was built in 1848 after a lightning fire destroyed the original.) The village was originally named Winchester, but renamed when the post office was established to avoid duplication with a village named Winchester in eastern Ontario. In 1847, the residents chose to rename the community Brooklin, possibly from Brooklyn, New York or Brooklin, Maine . It could have been named for

92-519: A leadership role in many agricultural and animal husbandry organizations. Dryden married Mary Lydia Holman in 1867. They had three sons (two of whom died in infancy) and five daughters. Dryden's political career began in the local arena; in 1863, he was elected to the Whitby Township council, becoming Reeve in 1869 and 1870. In 1879, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as

115-611: Is also pretty popular, with a lot of AA and AAA players for the Whitby Wildcats living here. Three National Hockey League players grew up in Brooklin; Matthew Poitras , Ryan Winterton , and Pete Vipond . Brooklin and area has 8 elementary schools, including Meadowcrest P.S., Winchester P.S., Brooklin Village P.S., Blair Ridge P.S., St. Leo's C.S., St. Bridget C.S., Saint John Paul II C.S., and Chris Hadfield P.S. Five high schools service

138-403: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Brooklin, Ontario Brooklin was located primarily in a rural area about two decades ago, but it is now part of the urban Whitby, with high population growth and infrastructure development. Brooklin is surrounded by hills covering the north and the west. The hills and the forests that dominate

161-536: The 1905 election , but a village in the vicinity of the farm was named after Dryden. Dryden was incorporated as a Town in 1910. Dryden Township (now part of Greater Sudbury ) is also named for the Minister. Dryden was involved in a number of scandals during his time in office. In 1897, he appointed his brother George W. Dryden as the Registrar of Ontario County , causing dissension among fellow Liberals also interested in

184-684: The Liberal member for the provincial Ontario South riding. He served in this capacity until 1905. In 1890, Premier Oliver Mowat appointed Dryden Minister of Agriculture . As Minister, he oversaw reforms at the Ontario Agricultural College and was a strong supporter of agricultural training and instruction. He implemented a program of 'travelling dairies' whereby a portable horse-drawn dairy toured rural Ontario providing instruction to farmers. He also established dairy schools at Strathroy and Kingston . These measures were designed to improve

207-526: The "brook" that ran through the town, but this waterway is generally accepted described as a "creek", and naming the village after a community in New England or New York is logical since several prominent early residents migrated from there. Prominent people from Brooklin include John Dryden (1840–1909), long-serving agriculture minister of the Province of Ontario. While a government minister, Dryden created

230-597: The citizens by the municipal government. Many church communities provide for their adherents, including St. Thomas' Anglican, Brooklin United, St. Leo's Roman Catholic, Burn's Presbyterian (actually located in Ashburn), Renaissance Baptist, Unitarian Universalist Congregation Of Durham, and Brooklin Village Church. A shopping plaza is the southern gateway to an older established downtown business corridor. The Tragically Hip filmed

253-516: The community (with four located in Whitby south of the village): , Donald A Wilson Secondary School (French immersion), Saint-Charles Garnier C.S. (French-language instruction), All Saints Catholic Secondary School , Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute (gifted), and Brooklin High School which resides in the village. A post office, library, fire hall, community centre, and ice arena are provided to

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276-478: The courts and won the resulting by-election. Calder protested, necessitating another by-election, with Dryden emerging again as the victor. Rumours to the effect that Dryden bribed Calder to withdraw his protest persisted and hurt him politically. He was re-elected again in the 1902 Election but lost his seat in 1905 . Dryden was an ardent Baptist , and served as a director of the Home Mission Society and

299-417: The job. The Conservatives also charged that Dryden had promised the position to several people in return for monetary compensation, and Dryden sued Conservative candidate William Smith for damages. Smith was unable to prove the allegations and was forced to withdraw the charges. Politically damaged, Dryden lost his seat in the 1898 Election . However, he refused to resign, challenged opponent Charles Calder in

322-466: The mid-1990s east of the village between Queen Street and Thickson Road with the Village of Brooklin subdivision, and continued into the late-1990s with further developments to the southeast. Housing developments reached Ashburn Road to the west in 2000; the development featured a decorative pond, and the Olde Winchester subdivision was begun east of Thickson in 2001. Aside from the farms that surround

345-549: The music video for their famous song " Ahead By a Century " on a farm in Brooklin in 1996. The music video won the Best Video award at the 1996 MuchMusic Video Awards . Additionally, the song later went on to be nominated for a Juno award in 1997, and was certified platinum in 2016. John Dryden (Ontario politician) John Dryden (June 5, 1840 – July 29, 1909) was a farmer and politician in Ontario , Canada. Dryden

368-692: The north are part of the South Slope of the Oak Ridges Moraine . It is located within the Lynde Creek Watershed which retains 19 to 26% of its forest cover . The population has grown rapidly since the early 1990s with the addition of thousands of homes, predominantly in the subdivisions that surround Brooklin. Farmlands dominated and some farms have now become residential areas to the south and east; hills and forests are covered with pine and other types of forests especially oaks and birches covers

391-517: The northwestern Ontario experimental farm that eventually led to the formation of the town of Dryden . Housing developments arrived in the late 1950s with the Meadowcrest subdivision , which expanded the village to the west of Baldwin Street. For several decades after this, there was no further major house construction and Meadowcrest was known colloquially as "The Subdivision". Housing activity resumed in

414-490: The quality of dairy products produced in Ontario in an environment characterised by American tariffs and export challenges. Dryden remained minister through the governments of Mowat, Arthur Sturgis Hardy and George William Ross . In 1895, Dryden set up an experimental farm near Wabigoon Lake in northwestern Ontario to test the agricultural potential of the area. The farm was closed by the incoming Conservative government after

437-451: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Brooklin . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brooklin&oldid=779027358 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

460-509: The team went on to win the cup again in 1969, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990 and 2000. The team still bears the name of Brooklin, but plays its home games in the southern part of Whitby. Meadowcrest Public School was for a number of years known as a "volleyball school" as it won 4 Provincial Cup awards as well as being the top school in all of Durham for 10 years. Winchester Public School, however, has beat Meadowcrest Public School in both Academic and Sporting Events since its inception in 2000. Hockey

483-524: The town, Brooklin is largely a bedroom community and many residents commute to other parts of the Greater Toronto Area for employment. The largest employer in Brooklin is FreshCo . Lacrosse is a popular sport in the area. At one time, Brooklin was known as being the smallest town to have a Major Series Lacrosse team. In 1968, the Brooklin Redmen MSL team won the esteemed Mann Cup , and

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506-485: The west, the north and east with some farming. Macedonian Village is located about 6 km to the southwest, housing about 100 residents. The villages of Ashburn and Myrtle are about 5 km to the north of the village. Highway 407 opened on June 20, 2016 and travels just south of Brooklin along a power line transmission corridor. The area around Brooklin began to be settled in the 1820s. The community itself grew after 1840, when brothers John & Robert Campbell built

529-567: Was the son of James Dryden (1820–1881), a farmer, businessman and politician. The senior Dryden owned a successful farm near Winchester (later Brooklin ), was a Reeve of Whitby Township, President of the Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway and a director of the Ontario Bank. Educated in nearby Whitby , John Dryden became the manager of his father's farm, doubling its size. He also became an expert breeder of sheep, horses, and cattle, and served in

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