Two intriguing architectural relics stand in the Officers’ Brick Barracks and Mess Establishment at Fort York. They are dark,
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What is there to say that hasn’t already been said about the remarkable reign of Queen Elizabeth II or,
Following the repulse of the Fenian invasions in 1866, the government of the newly-created Dominion of Canada turned its
On July 30 last summer a statue of Joshua Glover was unveiled in a new park by the same
The first year of the War of 1812 did not go well for the young United States. After a
Robert Scott was a free Black yeoman living in the town of York in 1810. He was a new
Amidst the shells bursting asunder above their heads, with dark smoke choking the air and shot striking the ground
There’s a memorial in bronze at the Fort York Visitor Centre to the warriors “who went first to defend
In the summer of 2021, the Museum of the Royal Canadian Military Institute acquired a very fine collection of
“We are currently living in the Seventh Fire, a time when, after a long period of colonialism and cultural
It is not often I have a such a good reason to return to a topic for The Fife
The North American Hotel was a big four-storey building on Front Street, at Scott, built in the 1830s by
In the summer of 1813, USS Oneida sails out of Sackets Harbor, its base at the eastern end of
250 Fort York Blvd, Toronto, Ontario M5V 3K9 info@fortyork.ca www.fortyork.ca The Fife and Drum 3 Dear Mother, Sackets Harbor,
The Land Acknowledgement for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health declares that “the site of CAMH appears in
MacMillan continued from page 1 War’s effects have been so profound that to leave it out is to ignore
Sources & Further Reading The opening citation is from the introduction to an anthology of essays edited by Leanne
REVIEW A Revolution of Love, 4:36 minute video; producer Wayne Burns, directors Weyni Mengesha and Lucas Derkathansy, choreography by
Those who spin their own wool should also know something about dying it. The industrious economical Canadian farmers’ wives
The Niagara River looking north from Queenston Heights was painted by Elizabeth Simcoe in 1793. It’s the view now
When regiments of Wellington’s army were sent to Canada in the summer of 1814, their officers’ appearance shocked Lieutenant-General
Hockey in Canada has always had a military component. From the earliest accounts of the sport, through the late
Effect on our Military Operations in the provinces. The whole country would be driven to a state of desperation
For the city of Toronto, as for the rest of the country, 1914 to 1918 had been four long
The end of the Great War did not mark the beginning of an era free from worries. The veterans
Gold guineas were perfect plunder in the lawless days following the Battle of York, fought across the ground of
The President’s House, watercolour on paper by George Munger, 1814-15 (12″ x 16″). After the “conflagration” of August 24,
What the old bed requires in the Spring is to cut off the last year’s stalks just above the
