Toronto 175 – Part 1: In the beginning

A natural harbour and a perfect meeting place for the First Nations peoples who first visited the area to fish and hunt.  Later French traders arrived and built a small trading post.  Then, in 1793, John Graves Simcoe visited and decided it was an ideal location for a town he would name ‘York’.

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