In the early 19th century, cholera evolved into one of the world’s first globalized infectious diseases. Endemic along the
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Topic: historic drawing
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Inspired by Kevin Plummer’s article on the Toronto Tandem Club in the last issue of Fife and Drum, the
Few North American cities can boast, as can Toronto, the remarkable fact that seven of its eight oldest buildings
“Success attend us, and conduce / To make our winter gay, / And may our Club the seeds produce
Anyone familiar with the War of 1812 will surely recognize the portrait below of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock (1769-1812).
Henry Evatt was born into a military family in the republic of Ireland in 1774. Having served in the
An exhibit commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 opened recently at the Market Gallery. Curated by Richard
By the end of the 18th century, around the west end of Lake Ontario, horses were commonplace in agriculture,
REVIEW Jonathon Riley, A Matter of Honour: The Life, Campaigns and Generalship of Isaac Brock. London: Frontline Books /
Twenty-two miners and five soldiers died in an armed uprising at the Eureka goldfield at Ballarat, near Melbourne, Australia,
The gift to the Friends of Fort York of Charles Pachter’s giclée portrait of John Graves Simcoe in 2008
Reconstruction of the garrison well house, in the summer of 2007, required the dismantling of the 1957 stone well
It has been often observed that the life of a soldier is characterized by long periods of boredom interrupted
Among the midway amusements, model airplanes buzzing around the Coliseum, and other attractions on Children’s Day at the 1936
The public opening of the Royal Ontario Museum in March, 1914, was the culmination of almost a century of
Henry Bowyer Lane (b. Corfu, 1817 – d. Victoria , Australia, 1878) was a trained architect related by marriage
The Great East Gate Of Fort York by David Spittal, Archaeologist with the City’s Culture division When George
The Friends of Fort York and site staff have formed a committee on History & Archaeology to support fort-related
