Goldwin Smith 1823-1910
Born and educated in England, Goldwin Smith taught history at Oxford and Cornell before moving to Toronto in 1871. He married Harriette Boulton in 1875, widow of William Henry Boulton of...
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George Leslie 1804-1893
Leslieville is named for gardener and businessman George Leslie who established the Toronto Nurseries in the area in 1845. His greenhouses and extensive fields produced everything from flowers to...
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Garrison Common and the Battle of York
Garrison Common is part of Fort York National Historic Site comprising 17.4 hectares (43 acres) of land. On April 27, 1813, it was part of a larger battlefield after some 2,500 American soldiers,...
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George Brown
George Brown, a Scottish immigrant, founded The Globe. Through his newspaper he exerted a very great influence on the early development of Canada. He was the architect of the Reform Party, which...
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The Great Toronto Fire
On an unusually cold April night, Fire Alarm Box 12 at the corner of Bay and King streets was pulled to signal the discovery of a fire at 58-60 Wellington Street West. Two days later the fire had...
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Gibraltar Point
Because of its large and easily-defended harbour Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe decided to make Toronto the naval and military centre of Upper Canada. This site, guarding the harbour, was...
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Grace Bagnato 1891-1950
The Canada of today has been created by thousands of immigrants from every corner of the world. Some of these became leaders in their communities and co-creators of the national life. Grace...
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The Great Fire of 1849
On Saturday April 7, 1849, the citizens of Toronto awoke to a blaze that quickly consumed the centre of town. The fire started about one in the morning in a stable that once stood here. In the...
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Finch
In 1830 John Finch leased the inn "The Bird in the Hand", on the west side of what is now Yonge Street just north of Finch Avenue, from John Montgomery. Later he purchased a lot on the northeast...
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Fort Rouillé
The last French post built in present-day Southern Ontario, Fort Rouillé, more commonly known as Fort Toronto, was erected on this site in 1750-51. It was established by order of the Marquis de...
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Frontier College
When established in 1899, Frontier College was the only national, non-denominational organization providing education to workers in remote parts of Canada. It sent idealistic youth to...
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Frederic W. Cumberland 1820-1881
An outstanding Canadian architect, civil engineer and railway manager, Cumberland was born in England and practised there before immigrating to Toronto in 1847. He quickly gained...
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Fort Rouillé
The concrete walkways in this area delineate the walls of Fort Rouillé, a French trading post located on this site from 1750 to 1759. The reconstructed ground plan of Fort Rouillé is based on...
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Frederick Hubbard House 1909
This residence was built for Frederick Langdon Hubbard, a chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission. It stands immediately north of the house belonging to his father, William Peyton Hubbard, the...
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F.H. Torrington and the Toronto College of Music
Frederick Herbert Torrington (1837-1917), already a successful conductor and performer in Montreal and Boston, arrived in Toronto in 1873 to accept the position of organist and choirmaster...
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Flight Lieutenant David Ernest Hornell, V.C., 1910-1944
Born in Toronto and educated in Mimico, Hornell enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force on January 8, 1941. He was commissioned Pilot Officer late that year. On June 24, 1944, while...
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First Grey Cup Game
At Rosedale Field on December 4, 1909, the University of Toronto varsity team won First Grey Cup Game by defeating the Parkdale Canoe Club 26-6. Almost 4,000 spectators watched the Ontario Rugby...
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Francis Collins
Francis Collins, Canada's first professional parliamentary debates reporter, was born CA. 1800 in Newry, County Down, Ireland. He had been a publisher before his arrival in York (Toronto) where,...
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Financial District
The Financial District, centred at King and Bay Streets, is the financial heart of Canada, home to the corporate headquarters of the country's major banks and most prominent firms. With...
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First Women's College Hospital
In 1911 the Women's College Hospital & Dispensary opened in a six-room house near here at 18 Seaton Street. At a time when most hospitals excluded women doctors from their staffs, it provided...
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