There’s a memorial in bronze at the Fort York Visitor Centre to the warriors “who went first to defend
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Amidst the shells bursting asunder above their heads, with dark smoke choking the air and shot striking the ground
The first year of the War of 1812 did not go well for the young United States. After a
In the summer of 1813, USS Oneida sails out of Sackets Harbor, its base at the eastern end of
The new draft Master Plan for Exhibition Place leaves out the Battle of York, which was fought from the
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,
Fort York site co-ordinator Richard Haynes retired in January after just over 30 years among the barracks and blockhouses
This is the beginning of the letter that confirms – and tries to explain – the capture of York
The Winter Season at Fort York Weekdays, 10 am to 4 pm Weekends, 10 am to 5 pm Enjoy
Fort York After Dark: Lantern Tours October 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 – 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Ticketed
The earliest view of the capital of Upper Canada following the War of 1812 is Robert Irvine’s grand oil
REVIEW Gordon K. Jones, Defending the Inland Shores: Newfoundland in the War of 1812 (Markham: BookLand Press, 2016) 168
It’s too soon to say whether Toronto will end with a whimper, but we know for sure it began
The Battle of York is among the most storied and beststudied episodes in Toronto’s early history. Two centuries on,
APRIL Parler Fort: The Battle of York: Myth, Reality, and the Explosion of the Grand Magazine Sun. April 14,
APRIL Parler Fort: The Battle of York: Myth, Reality, and the Explosion of the Grand Magazine Sun. April 14,
Parler Fort: Exploring Toronto’s Past, Present, and Future Toronto: A Natural City? Building Our City to Harmonize Ecological &
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JUNE Fort York Historic District Walking Tour in association with Heritage Toronto: War, Invasion & Occupation!: Fort York &
HCol Beal gives the Invocation as LCol J. McEwen, Major A. Best and members of the Drill Team and
In July 1812 Zebulon Montgomery Pike was commissioned a colonel and ordered to command the Fifteenth Infantry Regiment, then
Details of Patrick Hartney’s early life remain somewhat a mystery. He was born in King’s County, Ireland, in 1754
Many military historians point out that an officers’ mess establishment is a social organization. Although much is known about
“There was a battle here, in this place.” It is a point I make every time I do a
Eleven lions left York with the Americans when Commodore Isaac Chauncey’s squadron finally sailed away, days after the 27
REVIEW Robert Malcomson, Capital in Flames: The American Attack on York, 1813 (Montreal: Robin Brass Studio; Annapolis, MD: Naval
