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March Break Family Drop-in March 11 to 17, 10 am to 4 pm Bring your family down to Fort York National Historic Site for a day of March Break adventure! Children will have fun dressing up in period costumes and experiencing soldiers’ foot drill, officers’ sword drill and musical workshops. Pick up a Kids’ Guide to Fort York and have fun finding the clues to complete games and puzzles throughout your tour. Visitors of all ages can sample treats from the hearth of the 1826 historic kitchen. Indoor exhibits of the historic buildings will be open while the Fort York Visitor Centre has the excitement of the multi-media Battle of York Experience. No registration required. Regular admission: Adults: $12.40; Seniors: $8.85; Youths: $7.10; Children: $5.30 plus tax; Children 5 and under are free.
This scene by Nicholas Hornyansky is the cover of Fort York: Stories from the Birthplace of Toronto, the anthology published by The Friends of Fort York and Garrison Common in 2018 and available in the Canteen or at the Spacing store, 401 Richmond St. W. Titled Toronto from the Old Fort, it is an aquatint on paper c.1934 now in the City of Toronto Art Collection. Hornyansky was born in Budapest in 1896, studied portraiture and etching in Europe, and came to Toronto in 1929. He remained active here, teaching and especially printmaking, until his death in 1965.
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