John Ross Robertson 1841-1918
Publisher and philanthropist, John Ross Robertson lived in this house, 1881-1918. He was born in Toronto and while at Upper Canada College he started The College Times, the first school newspaper...
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James Cooper House 1881
Designed in the Second Empire style, this landmark building features a mansard roof with dormers and rich detailing in stone and wood. From its completion until 1894, it was the private residence...
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James Gilbert Gove 1884-1974
Weston is distinguished by many retaining walls constructed from Humber River stone. One man, skilled stonemason James Gilbert Gove, built a number of these walls, as well as a war memorial in...
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The John Street Roundhouse
You are now standing in the middle of what was once the Toronto Locomotive and Car Facilities of the Canadian Pacific Railway. These facilities were built in 1929 to service the 75 CPR...
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Joseph Sheard Parkette
This is the site of the homestead of Joseph and Sarah Sheard which they cleared from the forest, and where they raised their seven children. Joseph Sheard (1813-83) arrived in York (Toronto)...
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Jesse Ketchum School
In 1856, Jesse Ketchum, tanner and philanthropist, donated this land to the Village of Yorkville for a public park and as a site for a "Free and Common School". The school erected at that time,...
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John F. Taylor House 1885
This house was built for prominent businessman John F. Taylor, a descendant of one of East York's founding families. Designed in the Queen Anne Revival style by Toronto architect David B....
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James Shaver Woodsworth 1874-1942
One of Canada's outstanding reformers and parliamentarians, Woodsworth was born here on "Applewood" farm. Educated at universities in Winnipeg, Toronto and Oxford, England, he served as a...
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Jeff Krosnoff and Gary Avrin
July 14, 1996Jeff Krosnoff 1964-1996 "Stay Hungry"Gary Avrin 1952-1996In memory of Jeff Krosnoff and Gary Avrin who lost their lives in a racing accident during the final laps of the 1996 Molson...
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Jean Lumb, C.M., 1919-2002
Jean Lumb was born Jean (Toy Jin) Wong in British Columbia, and came to Toronto in 1935. She was soon operating a profitable fruit store and, by 1959, she co-owned the well-reputed Kwong...
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The Junction BIA
The area known as 'The Junction' lies along an ancient Indigenous Peoples' trade route that followed the shoreline of what was once Lake Iroquois from modern-day Detroit to Montreal. In 1817,...
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Jean Gertrude "True" Davidson (1901-1978)
Jean Gertrude Davidson, known throughout her life as True, moved to East York in 1947, where she became actively involved in her new community. Her energetic and enthusiastic support for...
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James Weir Farm House
James Weir (1814-1897) came to Scarborough in 1833 from Lesmahagow Parish, Scotland. A staunch loyalist, he assisted in the dispersion of the rebels under William Lyon Mackenzie in 1837. He was an...
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Igneous Boulder
This basic igneous boulder was found at a depth of 3.5 m during the course of excavation for this school. The composition is a very rare type and is assumed to have been carried here from...
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Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE)
The IODE, a Canadian women's volunteer organization, was founded by Margaret Polson Murray in 1900, during the Boer War, in order to encourage public service, patriotism and loyalty to the Crown....
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Immigrants to Earlscourt
As the name suggests, Earlscourt was first developed by British immigrant workers, largely in an unplanned way between 1900-1920. Until it was annexed by the City of Toronto in 1910, there were no...
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Immanuel Baptist Church
On this site stood the Immanuel Baptist Church from 1888 to 1967, designed in the Gothic Revival style by Smith and Gemmell. It was the place of worship of one of the older continuing...
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Imperial Bank of Canada 1908
This two-storey Edwardian Classical bank was designed for the Imperial Bank of Canada by the Toronto firm, Darling and Pearson, Architects. After the bank merged with The Canadian Bank of Commerce...
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In Memory of David Thomson
In memory of David Thomson of Westerkirk Dumfries- shire Scotland who was the First Settler in Scarborough, where his was the first land cleared. He had arrived in Upper Canada in 1796 and died...
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Indian Trail
West of this point passed an Indian Trail leading to prehistoric Indian villages of which traces have been found. This was the trail by which David Thomson, the first white settler in...
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