William Hume Blake 1809-1870
A leading member of the Upper Canadian Bar, first professor of common and civil law at King's College, Toronto, William Hume Blake was born in Kiltegan, Ireland, and settled in Upper Canada...
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West Toronto Junction
West Toronto Junction began as the Canadian Pacific Railway stop for the Toronto Grey and Bruce, The Credit Valley, and The Ontario and Quebec Lines. In 1883 lawyer D.W. Clendenan purchased 100 ha...
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Wrestling
Wrestling was featured at Maple Leaf Gardens almost from the moment the building opened, and after hockey, the unique combination of athletic prowess and pantomime billed as "an exhibition...
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Willow Grove Burying Ground
The Willow Grove Burying Ground was originally located about 6 km northeast of here, on the south side of Rexdale Boulevard, west of Kipling Avenue, in the community of Highfield. The site...
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William Osgoode, M.A. (Oxon)
William Osgoode, M.A. (Oxon) who, when the Province of Upper Canada was organised in 1792, became its First Chief Justice, and was afterwards Chief Justice of Lower Canada. Died 17th January 1824,...
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Wexford Cemetery
Originally "Fitzpatrick Appointment."Established in 1841 by the Wesleyan Methodist congregation in Wexford. Conveyed to the Canadian Methodist Church in 1884, then to the United Church of Canada...
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Willowdale
The original community of Willowdale was established between Lansing and Newtonbrook on today's Park Home and Finch Avenues. Jacob and Elizabeth Cummer (Kummer) and their family were some of the...
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Women at the University of Toronto
One hundred years ago women won their struggle for admission to classes at the University of Toronto. Although they had been allowed to write the matriculation examination of the university...
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William Lyon Mackenzie 1795-1861
Born near Dundee, Scotland, William Lyon Mackenzie came to Upper Canada in 1820, and four years later founded a political newspaper, the "Colonial Advocate", at Queenston. Sharply critical of...
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Wycliffe College
This College was founded in 1877 to prepare men of evangelical conviction for the Anglican ministry. Four years earlier a group of Anglican clergy and laity committed to evangelical principles...
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William Thomson House
Built in 1848 by the eighth child of Scarborough's first settlers, David and Mary Thomson, natives of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, who came to Canada in 1795 and made their home in a log cabin in...
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Anthony Holmstead Site
Submitted by @jqmcd.
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Wesleyan Cemetery
This Highland Creek burying ground dates back to the reign of George III prior to 1800. On this site stood Wesleyan Methodist Church 1865-1891 merged with Bible Christian Methodist...
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Women's College Hospital
Women's College Hospital has earned a distinctive place in Canadian medical history. From its beginnings as a small out-patient clinic in 1898 to its development as a modern teaching hospital, the...
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William Stewart Darling House 1873-1876
This grand home was built for William Stewart Darling, rector of Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity. It was prominently situated to offer spectacular lake views and to overlook a scenic ravine...
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William (Billy) McKay Jr. (1862-1943)
Born in York Township, Billy McKay, a local farmer of Irish descent, donated 4.7 ha of land in the vicinity of Coxwell Avenue and Mortimer Avenue, towards three significant East York...
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Woodrow Wilson House
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William George Barker VC 1894-1930
Most decorated war hero in the history of Canada, the British Empire, and the Commonwealth of NationsVictoria CrossDistinguished Service Order (twice)Military Cross (three times)Mentioned...
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West Curtain Wall and Dry Moat
The walled portion of today's Fort York traces the army's 1813-16 replacement post for York constructed shortly after the Battle of York in April 1813.An earlier fort, built between 1800-13 and...
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William Berczy
This sculpture was donated by The Historical Society of Mecklenburg Upper Canada Inc., with the financial assistance of The Consumers' Gas Company Limited and The Council of Metropolitan...
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