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Tag Archives: York
Toronto # 20 –Yonge Street and the TTC
Archival film footage combines with intriguing stories to reveal the history of Toronto’s transportation system. It all started when Governor Simcoe built Yonge Street, … Continue reading
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Tagged archival footage, Big Dig, Bloor Street, Bloor Viaduct, Canada, coal stoves, documentary, Don Valley, Eglinton, Governor Simcoe, history, horse-drawn cab, Industrial Exhibition, military road, Ontario, Sir George Yonge, St. Lawrence Market, stage coaches, streetcars, subway, Toronto, Toronto Transit Commission, transportation, TTC, Union Station, Yonge Street, York
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1812 – Part 10: Relief of Fort Michilimackinac
Following the Battle of Lake Erie when the British fleet was defeated by the Americans, Fort Michilimackinac in the Mackinaw Straits was isolated. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, Amherstburg, Battle of Lake Erie, British Army, British Navy, British Provincial Marine, Canadian winter, Fort Michilimackinac, Georgian Bay, Holland Landing, Kingston, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Simcoe, Lower Detroit River, Mackinaw Straits, native trails, Nine Mile Portage, Nottawasaga River, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, tall ships, Upper Canada, Upper Great Lakes, War of 1812, York
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Toronto 175 – Part 6: Ethnic Origins
Toronto, the global village today, and how it looked to immigrants in the 1800s.
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Tagged Black Creek Pioneer Village, Canada, city, documentary, ethnic communities, farm, Grist Mill, history, Ontario, Street cars, Toronto, tourism, TTC, urban, York
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Toronto 175 – Part 5: A Learning Experience
A brewer and a bishop, two of the central characters who brought their educational philosophies to York (today’s Toronto) in the 1800s.
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Tagged architecture, Bishop John Strachan, Byzantine, Canada, education, Egerton Ryerson, Enoch Turner, Home District Grammar School, Jarvis Collegiate, Kings College, Lt. Governor’s residence, Norman, Ontario, Osgoode Hall, public schools, Romanesque, Ryerson University, St. Andrews Church, students, Toronto, Trinity Church, University of Toronto, Upper Canada College, York
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1812 – Part 5: Rebuilding Fort York
After the Battle of York, the Americans destroyed the Fort, the Governor’s House and the Parliament Buildings. They then decided that the town of … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, archaeology, architecture, artifacts, Battle of York, British, documentary, English china, Garrison Common, Garrison Creek, Governor's House, heritage, history, John Graves Simcoe, Lake Ontario, Parliament Buildings, pottery, The Armouries, Toronto, Upper Canada, War of 1812, York
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Toronto 175 – Part 4: Churches and Chestnuts
Religious fervor in the late 1700s when the Simcoes arrived, the challenges of building wooden churches in the early days of York, how Bishop … Continue reading
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Tagged 1812, bell ringers, Bishop Strachan, British royals, Canada, cathedral archives, Catholic, Church, Church Little Trinity, Churches, fires, Holy Trintity, John Graves Simcoe, Protestant, regimental colours, religious denominations, St. James Cathedral, Temples Community centres, Toronto, York
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1812 – Part 4: The Battle of York
During the War of 1812 an American squadron attacks York (today’s Toronto) and burns the fort and government buildings. The British retaliate.
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Tagged America, Battle, Battle of York, Government House, Houses of Congress, John Graves Simcoe, John Strachan, Lake Ontario, Lt. Governor's house, militia, Niagara Native allies, Ontario, Russell Fort, Toronto, tourism, Upper Canada, War of 1812, Washington, White House, York
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Toronto 175 – Part 3: The Railway Era
In 1793 Simcoe laid out York in classic military fashion. South of the town a cliff dropped sharply to the water’s edge and the … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Don Station, Esplanade., Fort York, Front Street, Grand Trunk Railway, Great Lakes Shipping, loading docks, Parliament Street, railroad, railway stations, railway tracks, Railways, Roundhouse Railway Museum, Simcoe, St. Lawrence Market, Steam Canada Railway, Toronto, trains, Union Station, York
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Toronto 175 – Part 2: The Founding of York
Simcoe chooses a natural harbour for the foundations of York and builds a Fort at the entrance to protect the new town.
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Tagged 1812, archaeology, Don Mills, educational, history, John Graves Simcoe, Ontario, Todmorden, Toronto, tourism, USA, York
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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 … Continue reading
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Tagged 1793, archaeology, Black Creek Village, Don River, Fort Rouille, Fort York, history, John Graves Simcoe, Lake Ontario, Ontario, Pioneers, Scadding's cabin, Simcoe, Toronto, Upper Canada, York
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