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May 11, 2026
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Stephen Otto
“Who shall say what Toronto may not yet be?” asked one of the city’s newspapers in 1844 as it
May 11, 2026
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David Spittal
by David Spittal Visitors to Fort York usually focus on the surviving military buildin gs, the earthworks and other
May 11, 2026
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Donald E. Graves
Following the repulse of the Fenian invasions in 1866, the government of the newly-created Dominion of Canada turned its
May 11, 2026
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Joel Winter
On July 30 last summer a statue of Joshua Glover was unveiled in a new park by the same
May 11, 2026
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Friends of Fort York
One of the more remarkable housing developments among the great many that have occurred on the Garrison Common was
May 11, 2026
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Friends of Fort York
The 45 acres bounded by Dufferin, King, Strachan and the CN mainline linking Toronto and Hamilton, known as Liberty
May 11, 2026
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Friends of Fort York
When regiments of Wellington’s army were sent to Canada in the summer of 1814, their officers’ appearance shocked Lieutenant-General
May 11, 2026
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Rick Laprairie
The Niagara River looking north from Queenston Heights was painted by Elizabeth Simcoe in 1793. It’s the view now
May 11, 2026
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Colin Sedgwick-Pinn
This coming spring will mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The past year
May 11, 2026
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Julia Herbst
The wreck of an early nineteenth-century merchant vessel was found in 2015 during excavations for condominium towers near Bathurst
May 11, 2026
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Herbst, Julia
A small merchant schooner of the 1830s on the Great Lakes clears heavy weather slightly the worse for wear.
May 11, 2026
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Donald E, Graves
From Not For Themselves But For Their Country: A History of The Lincoln and Welland Regiment, to be published
May 11, 2026
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Carter, William Michael
Aristotle believed that mimesis was far more than the mere copying of nature or art, but the innate desire
May 11, 2026
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Father Seamus, Hogan
Alexander Macdonell (1762-1840), the first Catholic bishop of Upper Canada, spent most of his long life fighting for his
May 11, 2026
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Christopher, Hume
It’s too soon to say whether Toronto will end with a whimper, but we know for sure it began
May 11, 2026
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Brian Leigh, Dunnigan
Historic sites are universally challenged with the task of preparing large numbers of people for the visitor experience and
May 11, 2026
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Michael, Peterson
“Why, single men in barricks don’t grow into plaster saints;” Rudyard Kipling, “Tommy” Religion at Fort York is an
May 11, 2026
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Jacobson, Lee
As part of Nuit Blanche 2016 the Toronto Lighting Collaborative created and organized CITYLights–two installations in Victoria Memorial Square
May 11, 2026
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Gerrard, Richard
As part of the City’s Museums and Heritage Services’ ongoing commitment to make our important historical collection accessible to
May 11, 2026
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Russell, Victor
The declaration of war in early August 1914 was not a surprise to Torontonians. The newspapers had warned of
May 11, 2026
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Eamonn, O'Keeffe
The murder of John Paul Radelmüller is one of Toronto’s oldest mysteries and the city’s most enduring ghost story.
May 11, 2026
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Otto, Stephen
The lighthouse at Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island, the second oldest such structure in Canada after Halifax’s Sambro Light,
May 11, 2026
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David, Spittal
Construction of the new Visitor Centre has attracted much public attention in the last two years but another major
