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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William "Billy" Bishop and William Barker - The First Meeting
William (Billy) Avery Bishop, VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, Croix de guerre avec palmes (2) and William George Barker, VC, DSO & Bar, MC & Two Bars, Italian Silver...
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Welcome to Queen's Park
Queen's Park - "The People's Park" Previously known as University Park, Queen's Park was renamed in honour of Queen Victoria and officially opened by her son H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (later...
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Winchester Street School
Winchester Street School began here in a frame building on September 21, 1874. Headmaster Andrew Hendry and Margaret Fraser taught all 207 pupils. Adult evening classes commenced in 1882 and...
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Western Branch, Toronto Public Library 1909
Library service was introduced to this area by the West Toronto Junction Mechanics' Institute in 1888. Twenty years later, Toronto Junction received a Carnegie grant to construct this library,...
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The War of 1812 & the Siege of York
The War of 1812 between the United States and Britain, fought partly on Canadian soil and lasting until 1814, is seen today not so much as a war that Britain and Canada won, but as a war where...
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William Davies Company
From 1874 to 1927, this site was home to the William Davies Company, reputed to be the largest pork packing plant in the British Empire. Established in 1857 by William Davies (1831-1921), the...
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William Peyton Hubbard 1842-1935
Born in Toronto to parents who had been freed from slavery in Virginia, William Peyton Hubbard became this city's first Black elected politician and one of its most influential elected officials....
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Walter Seymour Allward, R.C.A., 1876-1955
A renowned Canadian sculptor, Allward was born in Toronto and attended Central Technical School. He studied under William Cruikshank and Emmanuel Hahn, prominent Canadian sculptors, and later...
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William Arthur Parks 1868-1936
The first Director of the Royal Ontario Museum of Palaeontology, Parks was born in Hamilton and educated at the University of Toronto, from which he received a Doctorate in 1900. Initially...
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