Remembering the Stonehookers of Port Credit

It has been said that Toronto was built on Dundas Shale. A careful look at the foundations of buildings erected in Toronto (and in Port Credit) prior to 1910 often reveals stone foundations. In an age before the ready availability of concrete, a constant supply of building stone was essential.

Beginning in the 1840s and lasting until just after the First World War, the Lake Ontario waterfront between the Credit River and Burlington Bay was busy with those engaged in mining the shallow waters for shale and loading the stone onto small sail-driven vessels known as stonehookers.

"The Stonehookers of Port Credit" tells the tales of the hard-working stonehookers and the iconic vessels they sailed as told by Ross Noel, Richard Collins, Justine Lyn, Matthew Wilkinson , and an audio recording of the late Lorne Joyce.

Funding is provided by Heritage Mississauga and the City of Mississauga.
Executive Producer by: Jayme Gaspar
Written by: Matthew Wilkinson
Narration:
Richard Collins
Lorne Joyce (1926 - 2013)
Justine Lyn
Ross Noel
Matthew Wilkinson

Videography and Post-Production:
Sanborg Production, Gabriella Bank and Sandor Bank

Music:
"Dundas Shale",
Leonard Walsh (1956 - 2013)