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Streets of Long Branch

In 1935, the Village of Long Branch’s council voted to change the names of 35 of their streets.  This change was taking place because postal delivery service was being established in Long Branch for the first time, and they wanted to avoid possible confusion with street names that already existed in adjacent municipalities. Three quarters of Long Branch’s councillors approved the following name changes, effective May 13, 1935:
 
OLD NAME                              NEW NAME
Government Road                 23rd Street  
Spirea Avenue                        24th Street
Lilac Avenue                           26th Street
Teak Avenue                           27th Street
Pine Avenue                            28th Street
Violet Avenue                         29th Street
Kingsbury Avenue                 30th Street
Myrtle Crescent                     31st Street
Dahlia Avenue                        32nd Street
Lansdowne Avenue               33rd Street
Lakeview Avenue                   35th Street
Greenwood Avenue               36th Street
Woodlawn Avenue                 37th Street     
Eastwood Avenue                   38th Street
Lake Drive                                39th Street
John Street                               40th Street
Ridge Road                               41st Street
Highview Avenue                    42nd Street
Camp Street                             43rd Street
Cedar Avenue                          Meaford Avenue
Beech Avenue                          City Road
Balsam Avenue                        Ramsgate Road
Spruce Avenue                         Iris Road
Maple Avenue                          Shamrock Avenue
Fir Avenue                                 Jasmine Avenue
Oak Crescent                            Atherton Crescent
Connaught Circus                   Arcadian Circle
Hazel Crescent                        Crystal Crescent
Chestnut Avenue                    Lawson Avenue
Beach Road                             Lake Promenade
Grandview Avenue                 Branch Avenue
Elm Road                                  Dominion Road
Arbour Reserve                       Muskoka Avenue
Edgewood Road                      Marina Avenue
Park Road                                 Park Boulevard
Rose Avenue                            Fairfield Avenue
 
The new numeric street naming from 23rd to 43rd Streets was put in place to continue the street name protocol that had been adopted by their neighbour to the east, New Toronto, circa 1900. Of the new names, only the name Lawson Avenue no longer exists.
It seems a shame to have lost all of those evocative flower and tree names, especially by replacing them with rather bland numbers (with apologies to any mathematicians out there!)  Nevertheless, Long Branch still has five streets named after flowers (iris, shamrock, daisy, carnation and phlox) and seven named for trees or shrubs (elder, ash, alder, walnut, evergreen, laburnham and jasmine.)
 
Researched and Written by Denise Harris 
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