Henry Evatt was born into a military family in the republic of Ireland in 1774. Having served in the
Topic: historic drawing
49 articles tagged historic drawing
May 11, 2026
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Guy, St-Denis
Anyone familiar with the War of 1812 will surely recognize the portrait below of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock (1769-1812).
May 11, 2026
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Otto, Stephen
The Thomsons: Early Builders at Fort by Stephen Otto Few North American cities can boast, as can Toronto, the
May 11, 2026
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Friends of Fort York
“The real amusement of the young people is furnished by the skating rinks,” wrote Mrs. Robinson to her granddaughter
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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Reeves, Wayne
More than four years ago Chris Laverton wrote a short biography of Captain Henry Evatt for The Fife and
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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Friends of Fort York
Sydney, Australia, and Toronto, settled five years apart, share some early connections. Their founders, Governors Arthur Phillip and John
May 11, 2026
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Friends of Fort York
Mail: 260 Adelaide St. E., Box 183, Toronto, M5A 1N1 e-mail: info@fortyork.ca website: www.fortyork.ca The Fife and Drum 7
May 11, 2026
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Kamran, Khan, Stephen Otto
In the early 19th century, cholera evolved into one of the world’s first globalized infectious diseases. Endemic along the
May 11, 2026
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Kevin, Plummer
“Success attend us, and conduce / To make our winter gay, / And may our Club the seeds produce
May 11, 2026
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David, Roberts
By the end of the 18th century, around the west end of Lake Ontario, horses were commonplace in agriculture,
May 11, 2026
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Ken, Purvis
It has been often observed that the life of a soldier is characterized by long periods of boredom interrupted
May 11, 2026
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Friends of Fort York
The North American Hotel was a big four-storey building on Front Street, at Scott, built in the 1830s by
May 11, 2026
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Baluk, Ulana
The public opening of the Royal Ontario Museum in March, 1914, was the culmination of almost a century of
May 11, 2026
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Friends of Fort York
The Friends of Fort York and site staff have formed a committee on History & Archaeology to support fort-related
May 11, 2026
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Seth Ferguson
Amidst the shells bursting asunder above their heads, with dark smoke choking the air and shot striking the ground
May 11, 2026
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Bob Kennedy
This view begins from an easel on the lawn of the dry moat behind the South Soldiers’ Barracks, just
