Toronto Hunt Club

The Toronto Hunt Club was established in 1843 as a fox hunting club by British Army officers of the Toronto garrison (Fort York). It held gymkhana equestrian events at various sites around Toronto. In 1895, it acquired its first permanent home in a rural area east of the city in Scarborough, between Kingston Road and Lake Ontario.

In 1898, the Scarborough radial line was extended eastward to the site, and soon the area became a cottage district and then a streetcar suburb of Toronto. This forced the equestrian activities to move further afield. As a result, the horses were moved in 1907 to a property in Thornhill (Steeles' Corner at Steeles Avenue and Yonge Street) called "Green Bush Lodge".

During the 1920s, the Toronto Hunt Club split its pack of hounds into two groups. One group was moved to a farm in the Aurora area, and the other was moved to a property in Toronto near Eglinton Avenue.

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