Sir Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan, was a Canadian orchestral conductor, composer, organist, and Canada's only "Musical Knight". He is widely regarded as being Canada's pre-eminent musician from the 1920s through the 1950s. His contributions to the development of music in Canada were sustained and varied, as conductor, performer, composer, administrator, lecturer, adjudicator, writer, humourist, and statesman.
MacMillan in 1940
Gala performance of The Mikado at the Ruhleben internment camp
Ernest MacMillan in 1941 in Toronto
The Canadian Trio (left to right: Zara Nelsova, Sir Ernest MacMillan, Kathleen Parlow). Photo, c. 1941–1944. Source: Sir Ernest MacMillan Collection, Library and Archives Canada
Mimico is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, being located in the south-west area of Toronto on Lake Ontario. It is in the south-east corner of the former Township of Etobicoke, and was an independent municipality from 1911 to 1967.
Looking north from Queens Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard
View of the Gardiner Expressway from Royal York Road. The controlled access highway acts as the northern boundary for Mimico.
Early residences in Mimico range from lakeside estates to bungalows built in the early 1920s to 1940s.
Wesley Mimico United Church is one of several churches situated in the neighbourhood.
