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The First Ten Blocks of York Commemorative Plaque, 2016 

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Resource ID

5221

Access

Open

Credit Line

Heritage Toronto

Date of Creation

2016

Description

In 1793, John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, established a fort and chose the site for a small town at a natural harbour on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The location was strategic, near major Indigenous trails to the northern Great Lakes, and considered defensible from naval attack. Simcoe named the town “York, ” after Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, second son of King George III, who had recently won a military victory against the French.

That same summer, Simcoe ordered his regiment, the Queen's Rangers, to begin clearing the site of trees. Surveyor Alexander Aitken mapped out a ten-block townsite bounded by present-day George, Alexander Aitken drew this plan of Toronto Harbour in Adelaide, Berkeley, and Front Streets.

Areas immediately east and west of the town became government and military reserves. Parcels of land on the edge of the town were granted to government officials, military officers, and settlers.

By 1804, York and its surrounding area had a population of 1, 013. The town included 75 wooden houses and a market near the present-day intersection of King and Jarvis Streets. Two red-brick Parliament Buildings stood south of present-day Front Street, between Berkeley and Parliament Streets. The Towns and Villages was incorporated as the City of Toronto in 1834.

Program Category

Historical Plaques

Rights

Heritage Toronto

Historical Themes

Military History, Towns and Villages

Time Period

1794-1834

Caption

The First Ten Blocks of York Commemorative Plaque, 2016

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Marker lat / long: 43.649959, -79.370417 (WGS84)

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