Saint Thomas's Anglican Church
Saint Thomas's was founded in 1874 as the Anglican Parish Church for Seaton Village. The congregation relocated twice before moving to a new, larger building on this site in 1893. A fine example...
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Sir Oliver Mowat 1820-1903
Born in Kingston, where he was trained as a lawyer, Oliver Mowat served as a Toronto alderman before his election to the legislature of the united Canadas as a Reformer in 1857. He joined the...
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Sunnyside Amusement Park
The name originates from John George Howard's Sunnyside Farm, established nearby in 1849. Begun in 1922 by the Toronto Harbour Commissioners, Sunnyside, with its thrilling rides including...
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Spadina and the Austins
The present Spadina estate at the crest of this hill, originally comprising 52 hectares of land, was occupied by the Austin family for more than 100 years. James Austin (1813-1897) built...
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Saint Michael's Cemetery, 1855
Toronto's first Roman Catholic Cemetery was beside St. Paul's Church in east downtown Toronto which was established as a Parish in 1822. This cemetery was rapidly filled as a result of the many...
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St. Jude's Church
Erected in 1848 by the Rev. Wm. Stewart Darling and the Anglican families of the Wexford area of Scarborough, the site of the church and the cemetery was originally a private burial plot of the...
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Straightening the Don, 1890
Prior to 1890 the Don River meandered through an unspoiled valley and was popular for swimming, boating, fishing and skating.The straightened channel, known as the "Don Improvement", was built to...
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Streetcar Suburb
On ribbons of steel and a streak of chained lightning, Toronto's transportation destiny arrived with its first electric streetcars in 1892. "Riding the witch's broom," it was called. And just as...
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Scarborough Bluffs
The layers of sand and clay exposed in these cliffs display a remarkable geological record of the last stages of the Great Ice Age. Unique in North America, they have attracted...
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The Souster Steps
The Souster Steps are named for one of Toronto's most beloved poets. Raymond Souster (1921-2012) lived for 17 years on Mayfield Avenue, nigh Willard Gardens Parkette - or "Lollipop Park."...
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Royal Alexandra Theatre 1907
A vital part of Toronto's cultural history, the Royal Alexandra is one of North America's oldest, continuously operating theatres. An early work of Toronto architect John M. Lyle, the theatre...
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Robert Baldwin 1804-1858
Born in Toronto, Baldwin devoted his political life to a single cause. As a member of the assembly (1829-30 and 1841-51), as Executive Councillor (1841), as Solicitor General (1840-1), and as...
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Roads over the Humber River
The array of traffic lanes at the mouth of the Humber River began with an Aboriginal footpath, formed along the lakeshore thousands of years ago. By 1798, a wider wagon path had been cleared...
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Riverdale Branch, Toronto Public Library 1910
Designed in Georgian Revival style by city architect Robert McCallum, Riverdale Branch was one of ten public libraries built with Carnegie grants in what is now Toronto. The wedge-shaped building...
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The Riverdale Hospital
The Riverdale Isolation Hospital dates from 1875 when a House of Refuge was established for the care of patients with infectious diseases such as whooping cough, smallpox and diphtheria....
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Rosa and Spencer Clark
Erected by colleagues and friends of Rosa and Spencer Clark as a tribute to their life work in conservation, the arts and other facets of community service.The Guild of All Arts, co- founded by...
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The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Pearson, 1897-1972
Born in the Newtonbrook Methodist parsonage which stood nearby, Pearson was educated at Toronto and Oxford Universities. He served overseas from 1915 to 1918 and, in 1928, joined the Department...
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The Resting Place of Pioneers
In this area of the cemetery lie buried many of the inhabitants of the early town of "Muddy York".They were originally buried in "The Potter's Field", a plot of 2.4 ha in Yorkville at what is now...
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The Robertson Building
The Robertson Building at 215 Spadina was originally home to the James Robertson Company, manufacturers and distributors of plumbing fittings and fixtures. The building was constructed in 1911 to...
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The Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
The adjacent plaque was the first created by the Toronto Historical Board, and was installed in 1969 on an earlier building on the site. It marks the first place in Toronto where citizens...
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