Metropolitan United Church
Metropolitan United Church is the descendant of a small, frame chapel built in 1818 on the corner of King and Jordan streets, now the site of the Canadian Bank of Commerce building....
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Massey Music Hall
The success of Toronto's first music festival in 1886 inspired philanthropist Hart Almerrin Massey to build a "Commodious" auditorium. He hoped it would "cultivate and promote an interest in...
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Mary Ann Shadd Cary 1823-1893
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was an anti-slavery activist, an advocate for the rights of women, and a pioneering woman newspaper editor and publisher. The daughter of a free African American shoemaker and...
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Marie Curtis Park
Named in honour of Marie Curtis - reeve of Long Branch, to commemorate her outstanding contributions to municipal government in the village of Long Branch and the Municipality of Metropolitan...
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Manitou Road
In the first half of the 20th century, Manitou Road was the main commercial street of Centre Island. Originally known as Middle Road, it became an increasingly important thoroughfare with...
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Michie's Grocers
At this address, Michie's Grocers first opened its doors in 1835, starting a city institution that was to serve faithfully Torontonians for over a century. Michie's carried an inventory...
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Moulton College
Near this site in Senator William McMaster's former residence, Moulton Ladies' College was opened in 1888. A year earlier the bequest of McMaster's fortune to Baptist higher education had led to...
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Loew's Yonge Street and Winter Garden Theatres
Designed by architect Thomas Lamb for entrepreneur Marcus Loew as the Canadian flagship of his American theatre chain, these double-decker theatres opened in 1913-14. The 2,149-seat lower theatre...
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Lionel Conacher 1900-1954
Reputedly the greatest all-round athlete Canada has ever produced, Conacher was born near here. As a child he was seized by the desire to excel in sports and, taking up football,...
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Leafs Kings 1993
Really, it couldn't have been better scripted - except for the ending. On May 29, 1993, the Toronto Maple Leafs were just one win away from a trip to the Stanley Cup finals, where they had...
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The Lost Village of Milton Mills
Linking Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe and the upper Great Lakes, the Humber River has been vital to human habitation for thousands of years. Artifacts from a 16th-century First Nations community,...
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Leaside
On this site stood "Leaside", an octagonal brick farmhouse built in 1851-54 by William Lea (1814-93), a York County councillor and magistrate, amateur poet and nature lover. In 1873, it housed the...
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Little Norway
9 April 1940 Norway was attacked by overwhelming forces. King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the government left Tromso 7 June for Great Britain in order to continue the fight for freedom in...
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Lionel Pretoria Conacher (1900-1954)
Lionel Conacher, the 'Big Train', was voted Canada's All-Round Male Athlete of the Half- Century in 1950. He excelled at six professional sports. Particularly gifted in football and lacrosse, he...
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Little Trinity Church
Founded in 1842, this is the oldest surviving church in the city of Toronto. Under the patronage of the Right Reverend John Strachan, first Anglican Bishop of Toronto, funds were raised to start...
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Near here, on Riverside Drive, in the house she called "Journey's End," L.M Montgomery, O.B.E., author of "Anne of Green Gables," lived from 1935 until her death in 1942. She was born in...
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Local Rail and Infrastructure Heritage
George Cooper donated land for Davenport Station, located at Davenport Road on Station Street (now, Caledonia Park Road) for Ontario's first railway, Ontario, Simcoe & Huron. The first passenger...
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Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe 1752-1806
Born in Cotterstock, Northamptonshire, Simcoe entered the army in 1770, and during the American Revolution commanded the 1st American Regiment (Queen's Rangers). In 1791 he was appointed the first...
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Lord Thomson of Fleet 1894-1976
Roy Thomson, son of Herbert and Alice Thomson, was born in this house 5 June 1894. At the age of 13 he enrolled in a business college where he worked as a janitor to pay his fees. After a variety...
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Lucius O'Brien (1832-1899)
Here, from 1881 to 1987, stood the home of Lucius O'Brien, one of our foremost painters and a leader in the development of Canada's artistic life. Born in Shanty Bay, Ontario, O'Brien practiced as...
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