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To the Memory of the Stong Pioneer Family

Daniel Stong was born in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. in 1791, a descendant of Hans Stong (Stang) of Darmstadt, Germany, who emigrated to Buck's County, Pennsylvania, in 1709. In 1800, Daniel Stong and...

Daniel Stong was born in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. in 1791, a descendant of Hans Stong (Stang) of Darmstadt, Germany, who emigrated to Buck's County, Pennsylvania, in 1709. In 1800, Daniel Stong and...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

The Toronto Sculpture Garden

The Sculpture Garden is situated between two of the original "city buildings" built in the Georgian style of the early 1840s. This row between Church and Market Streets was a prominent part of the...

The Sculpture Garden is situated between two of the original "city buildings" built in the Georgian style of the early 1840s. This row between Church and Market Streets was a prominent part of the...

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  • ontario
  • alan brown

Transforming Village Life

Between 1450 and 1500, ancestral Huron-Wendat people transformed their village life. Small, unfortified communities merged into larger, more widely spaced villages built on hilltops for defence...

Between 1450 and 1500, ancestral Huron-Wendat people transformed their village life. Small, unfortified communities merged into larger, more widely spaced villages built on hilltops for defence...

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  • ontario
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Toronto's First Chinatown

The first Chinese resident recorded in Toronto was Sam Ching, the owner of a hand laundry business on Adelaide Street in 1878. Though immigration to Canada directly from China was restricted after...

The first Chinese resident recorded in Toronto was Sam Ching, the owner of a hand laundry business on Adelaide Street in 1878. Though immigration to Canada directly from China was restricted...

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Trillium

The Toronto Ferry Company's new steam ferry Trillium, built by Polson Iron Works, was launched 18 June 1910, and two weeks later she began 46 seasons of carrying pleasure seekers across Toronto...

The Toronto Ferry Company's new steam ferry Trillium, built by Polson Iron Works, was launched 18 June 1910, and two weeks later she began 46 seasons of carrying pleasure seekers across Toronto...

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  • ontario
  • alan brown

This Millstone

This millstone, brought from England on the schooner 'Kingston' to the town of York 1832, was used for grinding grain in the historic windmill of Gooderham & Worts. The windmill stood 20 m...

This millstone, brought from England on the schooner 'Kingston' to the town of York 1832, was used for grinding grain in the historic windmill of Gooderham & Worts. The windmill stood 20...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Toronto Island

Toronto Island is part of a sand-bar which begins on the mainland near Woodbine Avenue and extends westward for about 9 km before turning northward toward the main shore. The building of the bar...

Toronto Island is part of a sand-bar which begins on the mainland near Woodbine Avenue and extends westward for about 9 km before turning northward toward the main shore. The building of the...

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  • ontario
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Trinity College Medical School

The Upper Canada School of Medicine was organized in 1850. It became the medical faculty of the University of Trinity College and continued until 1856 when the school was dissolved. Re-established...

The Upper Canada School of Medicine was organized in 1850. It became the medical faculty of the University of Trinity College and continued until 1856 when the school was dissolved....

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  • ontario
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Taddle Creek

Near this location, a major stream once wove its way through the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto. Known as "Taddle Creek", the watercourse followed from headwaters in present-day...

Near this location, a major stream once wove its way through the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto. Known as "Taddle Creek", the watercourse followed from headwaters in present-day...

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  • ontario
  • alan brown

Top of the North Hill - 1850's

This rural view looks up Yonge Street, which climbed the North Hill out of Hogg's Hollow and went across gently sloping farmland toward the little town of Lansing in the distance. Saw mills were...

This rural view looks up Yonge Street, which climbed the North Hill out of Hogg's Hollow and went across gently sloping farmland toward the little town of Lansing in the distance. Saw mills were...

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  • ontario
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The Toronto Normal School

The Toronto Normal School, the first provincial institution for the systematic training of elementary school-teachers, was established in 1847 through the initiative of the Reverend Egerton...

The Toronto Normal School, the first provincial institution for the systematic training of elementary school-teachers, was established in 1847 through the initiative of the Reverend Egerton...

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Taddle Creek 'lost river'

This naturalistic ravine park setting know as Philosopher's Walk was once host to Taddle Creek, which over time has become 'lost' to Toronto's citizens. Taddle Creek flowed south for approximately...

This naturalistic ravine park setting know as Philosopher's Walk was once host to Taddle Creek, which over time has become 'lost' to Toronto's citizens. Taddle Creek flowed south for approximately...

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  • ontario
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Trillium Ferry

Docked here at the mainland ferry terminal is Trillium, a rare side-paddle steam ferry launched in 1910. The double-end, double-deck ferry was built locally by Polson Iron Works at the foot of...

Docked here at the mainland ferry terminal is Trillium, a rare side-paddle steam ferry launched in 1910. The double-end, double-deck ferry was built locally by Polson Iron Works at the foot...

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The Toronto Necropolis

This cemetery, comprising 7 ha, was opened to replace the Potter's Field which was located on the northwest corner of Bloor and Yonge Streets. Potter's Field, the first non-sectarian burying...

This cemetery, comprising 7 ha, was opened to replace the Potter's Field which was located on the northwest corner of Bloor and Yonge Streets. Potter's Field, the first non-sectarian...

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Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club

Since its foundation in 1880 as the Toronto Canoe Club, this organization has promoted aquatic sports and contributed to the recreational life of Toronto. It occupied temporary quarters until a...

Since its foundation in 1880 as the Toronto Canoe Club, this organization has promoted aquatic sports and contributed to the recreational life of Toronto. It occupied temporary quarters until...

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Sackville Street Public School

This school was designed in 1887 in a plain Victorian style by the eminent Toronto architect, W.G. Storm. It was the third school in the area, replacing the nearby Palace Street School, 1859, and...

This school was designed in 1887 in a plain Victorian style by the eminent Toronto architect, W.G. Storm. It was the third school in the area, replacing the nearby Palace Street School, 1859, and...

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  • ontario
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The Stewart Observatory

Louis Beaufort Stewart, O.L.S., D.T.S., (1861-1937), a giant of early Canadian engineering, was the professor of surveying, geodesy and practical astronomy in the Department of Civil Engineering...

Louis Beaufort Stewart, O.L.S., D.T.S., (1861-1937), a giant of early Canadian engineering, was the professor of surveying, geodesy and practical astronomy in the Department of Civil Engineering...

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  • ontario
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The Saint Vincent de Paul Children's Aid Society of Toronto

At the end of the 19th century disease and poor economic conditions meant that many children were orphaned or neglected. Ontario legislation in 1893 gave Children's Aid Societies guardianship...

At the end of the 19th century disease and poor economic conditions meant that many children were orphaned or neglected. Ontario legislation in 1893 gave Children's Aid Societies guardianship...

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  • ontario
  • alan brown

Silverthorn Family and Mill Farm

In 1811, John Silverthorn, a Loyalist who first settled in the Niagara Peninsula, registered 160 hectares of land on the north side of Dundas Street, east of Etobicoke Creek. With his son Aaron,...

In 1811, John Silverthorn, a Loyalist who first settled in the Niagara Peninsula, registered 160 hectares of land on the north side of Dundas Street, east of Etobicoke Creek. With his son Aaron,...

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  • ontario
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Simpson House

This building, designed to represent the 1850s house on the Francy Farm in Markham Township, is the work of architect B. Napier Simpson Jr., (1925-1978). The large 1840s Pennsylvania German-type...

This building, designed to represent the 1850s house on the Francy Farm in Markham Township, is the work of architect B. Napier Simpson Jr., (1925-1978). The large 1840s Pennsylvania German- type...

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  • alan brown