Islington Golf Club was the vision of three entrepreneurs who realized the rolling farmland around Mimico Creek would make a challenging golf course. They negotiated with William Appleby to buy his farm located just north of this site. World War I delayed their plans, but in 1923 they purchased all of Appleby’s land except six acres. The golf course was designed by novice golf course architect Stanley Thompson, who went on to design 140 golf courses world-wide during an illustrious career. Eighteen holes were ready for play by August 1924.

In the distance, looking east, is the club house as it appeared in the late 1920s. In the foreground, golfers dressed in late 1920s fashion enjoy their day on the green. The lead golfer is attempting to hit the ball away from the tree line at the western edge of the course where it landed after an overzealous tee off. The impatience of the group is shared by the small boy who has found distraction in a stray frog. The ball collector, wearing upper body protective gear, is waiting for the group to play through so that he may resume his duties.