Felician Sisters, Mississauga
Image Source: Mississauga.ca
We drive by a long, slightly winding driveway. The last time we drove by it, I managed to write down the nearest number to the road: 2185 Mississauga Road.
On Google Map, the Felician Sisters is located near this area, and looking them up, they are at 2165 Mississauga Rd.
Most of these side roads show homes on either side, but this one has an intriguing absence of anything but the trail and tall trees on either side.
Here is a little background on this convent (text below from mississauga.ca, and images screenshots from google map):
2165 Mississauga Road North. Range 3, CIR, pt. Lot 10.And more here:
This is a two-and-a-half storey structure built as an English country estate in English Tudor Manor style. It was designed by architects George and Moorhouse in 1938 and originally known as the William George Dean residence. (William George Dean was a director of Eaton's.) The building later became a convent for the Felician Sisters of St. Francis Canada. It is not visible from the road. There is a carriage house attached to the east side and a modern addition to the west. There was a small cemetery on the property where about seven of the sisters were buried. Sometime before 2004 six of the sisters' bodies were moved, without the knowledge of the Registrar of Cemeteries, and reinterred in Assumption Cemetery. It is possible that there are still some burials on the property. The property is listed on the Heritage Register. Description as of July 2018.
Agency: Mississauga Library System
Felician Sisters of St. Francis Canada Convent & Cemetery, Erindale
Date Built: 1938
Subject: Historic buildings - Ontario - Erindale (Mississauga)
Location: 2165 Mississauga Road North, pt. Lot 10, Range 3 CIR
