Joseph Rowntree

Who is Joseph Rowntree?

Joseph Rowntree was pioneer in north Etobicoke village of Thistletown and established two mills on the banks of the Humber River. In 1843 he built a sawmill on the east bank of the river. Five years later, he built a grist mill on the west bank. His mills were known as the "Greenholme Mills" and operated until the end of the nineteenth century.

A park in the area was named Rowntree Mills Park in 1969 in honour of Rowntree.

Rowntree is not related to the two people called Joseph Rowntree of the Rowntree's chocolate fame.