H. Burt William's omnibus at the Red Lion Inn, painted by Owen Staples, 1914. Courtesy of the Toronto Public Library.
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H. Burt William's omnibus at the Red Lion Inn, painted by Owen Staples, 1914. Courtesy of the Toronto Public Library.
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Yorkville has been an important centre for transit for more than 150 years.
The first public transit to serve the area was a horse-drawn "omnibus" service owned by cabinetmaker, upholsterer, and furnishing undertaker, H. Burt Williams, in 1849. His buses carried passengers and mail between the St. Lawrence Market and the Red Lion Inn at Yonge and Bloor Streets, a landmark in the independent Village of Yorkville.
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