Scattered evidence still remains in Mississauga Valley, if you know where to look. A section of Silver Creek Boulevard follows the TSR. See photo. East of here, the walkway running through the centre of the Mississauga Valley development follows the railway’s right-of-way. Except for the pre-fab houses in the distance, hiding behind fences, the scene through the park today is probably not much different than that seen by passengers from the trolley’s windows in the 1920s.
The bucolic scene changes suddenly just north of the present-day northern loop of Mississauga Valley Boulevard. Here the TSR was forced to negotiate the winding course of Cooksville Creek. Hardly a raging torrent, the Cooksville has nonetheless managed, over the eons, to dig a ravine four to six metres deep of the general lay of land. The TSR’s bridge must have been impressive at the time, but my personal research of this area has uncovered no evidence of any trestle structure. Were it not for the confirmation of the period topographic maps, I’d hardly believe that the TSR ever passed through this thickly-wooded ravine, crossing the east branch of Cooksville Creek somewhere in the 200 metre stretch between Mississauga Valley Boulevard and Burnhamthorpe Road. The trestle was removed so long ago that the saplings quickly sprouting along its path are now mature trees. The Kaneff apartment development along the west branch has diverted enriching drainage water into sewers, thus hastening the pace of erosion of the ravine bank and further obliterating the TSR’s path.