Passmore Avenue

Passmore Avenue , also known as the 5th Concession, ran from The Scarborough - Pickering Townline to where the 404 now lies. Parts of it are still open under other names. Gordon Baker Drive lies on the old roadway. From Kennedy Road to Midland it still bears the name of Passmore Avenue. At Markham Road there are still sections running both east and west known as Passmore Avenue.

Littles Road (now closed as well) runs south off of Steeles Avenue about 700 meters to a closed section of Passmore Avenue. Walking west on this section of Passmore Avenue leads to an overgrown section of the old road. The field on the south is part of an old horse farm and the old horse track is still visible on Google Earth. The track was built in 1966 an operated until perhaps 1992. Three old farm buildings were demolished in 2002.

Walking east from Littles Road, Passmore Avenue is very overgrown and is little more than a strip of trees at the end of a field. You can still walk through here but it is very swampy as you approach Sewell(a)s road. Farther along, it appears that Passmore Avenue never crossed the Rouge River. This section is unopened on the 1887 Altas. A small section is still open and called Passmore Avenue running west from Beares Road. It still services a couple of houses. Walking east from Beares Road the hiking is fairly easy. The foundations of the old bridge over Petticoat Creek remain.