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View Looking West Toward Port Oshawa from Gifford Hill

Colour photograph of a field with white flowers, looking west towards the harbour lands, a cone-shaped structure and various industrial buildings are in the background.

Source: HOPA, Port Oshawa, Archival Collection
Date: 2020

Gifford Hill was once owned by Lyman Gifford, a former mayor of Oshawa.  This iconic green space is located east of the Oshawa Harbour.  It was the former location of the Port Oshawa Pioneer Cemetery.  In 1975 the cemetery was transferred to city-owned land at Bonnie Brae Point.