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Milliken or Milliken Mills are neighbourhoods in the cities of Toronto and Markham, comprising Milliken in the city of Toronto and Milliken Mills East and Milliken Mills West in the city of Markham.〔http://www.torontorealestateboard.com/buying/district_map/regions/york/markham.htm#〕 Located in the north east section of Scarborough and south east Unionville, the neighbourhoods are centered on Old Kennedy Road (see also Kennedy Road in York Region) and Steeles Avenue. There is a large Asian contingency in this area, with 35% speaking Chinese as a first language at home. A huge percentage of people own their homes, which are primarily single detached homes.〔(Housing sample in Markham, Ontario Census Tract 0401.03 )〕〔(Housing data on Census Tract 0376.05 )〕 As the homes were built when the farming left (1980s) there are many two storied houses with garage, typical of the time of building and affordability. ==History== The area now called "Milliken" or "Milliken's Corner" was first settled in 1798 by William Dumont. Norman Milliken settled in the area around 1807. In 1814, Milliken received the deed for lot 1, concession 5, Markham Township. Milliken operated a lumber business in what was then a rural hamlet called ''Milliken Corners''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = R.J. Burnside & Associates Ltd. )〕〔See Isabel Champion, ed., ''( Markham: 1793-1900 )'' (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), pp. 276f; 74f (Milliken family); 339 (post office). See also the detailed 1878 map, "(Township of Markham )," ''Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont.'' (Toronto: Miles & Co., 1878).〕 The community's post office was established in 1859 on the Markham side. The Ebenezer United Church (1878; originally Milliken Primitive Methodist Church) is one of a few structures remaining in the area. The church once stood on the south side of Steeles Avenue with another church on Brimley Road. Plots at the church are many of the early families of Milliken: Thomson, Rennie, Harding, Hood, Hagerman and L'Amoreaux. The church is now located on Brimley Rd, north of Steeles Ave in Markham.〔See Isabel Champion, ed., ''( Markham: 1793-1900 )'' (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), p. 156.〕 Another structure that survives from the 19th century is Benjamin Milliken House constructed circa 1855. It is a Georgian Classic Revival house built by Norman Milliken's son, Benjamin Milliken II, on his farm located on Part of Lot 5, Concession 5, Markham Township. It was designated by the Town of Markahm as a historic building under the Ontario Heritage Act in 1994.〔"Benjamin Milliken House" , Town of Markham Heritage Designation Bylaw 88-94〕〔http://www2.markham.ca/Markham/aspc/heritage/photo/getPDF.aspx?PDFType=70&FolderRsn=887199〕 Benjamin Milliken House is located at 7710 Kennedy Road , Markham and is now a pub called The Major Milliken.〔http://www.majormilliken.com/〕 To the Milliken community, municipal boundaries were just lines on a map and the community's history can be found in the Archives of both Scarborough and Unionville. School Section # 2 was established here in 1847, and a log school was built during the same year. The neighbourhood only gave up its final farming activities in the early 1980s and is modernizing by the year. There are green spaces such as Milliken Park, Goldhawk Park and many others, also the Milliken Trail is a walking tour of the neighbourhood. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Milliken, Ontario」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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