Robert Scott was a free Black yeoman living in the town of York in 1810. He was a new
Topic: Town of York
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The Niagara River looking north from Queenston Heights was painted by Elizabeth Simcoe in 1793. It’s the view now
Gother Mann, 1788, “PLAN of TORENTO HARBOUR with the proposed TOWN and part of the SETTLEMENT.” Coloured manuscript, 13″
This article will outline British and Canadian strategy, developed in the decade following the War of 1812, to deter
One hundred and seventy years ago, in May 1845, Captain Sir John Franklin led a Royal Navy expedition of
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In the early 19th century, cholera evolved into one of the world’s first globalized infectious diseases. Endemic along the
A chronology of the construction of Fort York is one of the largely unexplored aspects of the site’s history.
Few North American cities can boast, as can Toronto, the remarkable fact that seven of its eight oldest buildings
It was late, nearly midnight, on 5 September 1865 when Mr. Attorney General John A. Macdonald stood in the
In 1812 York may have been a “dirty straggling village,” but Upper Canada’s capital was also a place of
In November 1812 the 24-gun Madison was launched at Sackets Harbor, New York. The Americans would now control Lake
On 17 January 1810 a group of prominent citizens of Toronto (then the Town of York) met to establish
Eleven lions left York with the Americans when Commodore Isaac Chauncey’s squadron finally sailed away, days after the 27
By 1 pm on Tuesday, 27 April 1813, the American force attacking York had victory within its grasp. And
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