The earliest view of the capital of Upper Canada following the War of 1812 is Robert Irvine’s grand oil
Otto Stephen
14 articles by Otto Stephen in The Fife and Drum
There are two parts to the bridge on Bathurst Street between Front Street and Fort York Boulevard: the historic
Between 1802 and 1837 Gustavus Nicolls of the Royal Engineers served twenty-seven years over three tours of duty in
The lighthouse at Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island, the second oldest such structure in Canada after Halifax’s Sambro Light,
From outside the visitor centres at many historical and natural sites seem to have little in common. While most
The preparation of this article and appearance of Crimea in the headlines the last few weeks was an unplanned
This special number of The Fife and Drum newsletter of The Friends of Fort York is published on the
Few North American cities can boast, as can Toronto, the remarkable fact that seven of its eight oldest buildings
In the last issue of Fife and Drum it was said that Henry Ross was born on his father’s
Twenty-two miners and five soldiers died in an armed uprising at the Eureka goldfield at Ballarat, near Melbourne, Australia,
Allies in arms, Isaac Brock and Tecumseh died in separate battles within a year of each other. Brock, commander
He was also very generous in contributing articles to The Friends’ newsletter, Fife & Drum, on no fewer than
For over a hundred and thirty years Fort York has been besieged by the sounds and smells of livestock
A wonderful new view of Fort York in the 1840s has been discovered by chance in a school boy’s
