Tour participants, Fort York Armoury, June 2, 2019. Image by Hanifa Mamujee.
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Resource ID
7835
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Open
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Image by Hanifa Mamujee.
Date of Creation
02 June 2019
Keywords
military history
Program Category
Tours
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Hanifa Mamujee
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Tour participants, Fort York Armoury, June 2, 2019. Image by Hanifa Mamujee.
Description
Participants learn about Fort York N.H.S., established in 1793 by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe to house a garrison of British soldiers. During the War of 1812, the fort was burned by Americans. Rebuilt after the fire, the fort remained a military base until the 1930s. It was then preserved and recognized as heritage site by the city.
The Fort York Armoury, built in 1935, has been the home of four regiments, the most recent ones being the Queens York Rangers and the Royal Regiment of Canada. Although the armoury was constructed using private financing, it is closely associated with the reorganization and modernization of the militia.