With the kind permission of Dr. Symons we present here an excerpt from his remarks at the launch of
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Commemorating military anniversaries, in this case of a war that took place 200 years ago, can be problematic. Faded
In November 1812 the 24-gun Madison was launched at Sackets Harbor, New York. The Americans would now control Lake
By the end of the 18th century, around the west end of Lake Ontario, horses were commonplace in agriculture,
In July 1812 Zebulon Montgomery Pike was commissioned a colonel and ordered to command the Fifteenth Infantry Regiment, then
Details of Patrick Hartney’s early life remain somewhat a mystery. He was born in King’s County, Ireland, in 1754
It is a blustery late autumn day at Fort York in 1824; the winds howl and the skies are
American Regulars in their greatcoats prepare for a winter skirmish. (Credit: PBS and WNED, Buffalo/Toronto, and Florentine/Hott Productions with
Since 1987, the ongoing restoration program at Fort York has included extensive archaeological investigations in every part of the
Many military historians point out that an officers’ mess establishment is a social organization. Although much is known about
In the last issue of Fife and Drum it was said that Henry Ross was born on his father’s
Twenty-two miners and five soldiers died in an armed uprising at the Eureka goldfield at Ballarat, near Melbourne, Australia,
It’s not clear whether the previous tenants had made any improvements to the property or erected any buildings. Before
Fort York isn’t normally associated with victory–having been captured and burned by the Americans during the Battle of York
Allies in arms, Isaac Brock and Tecumseh died in separate battles within a year of each other. Brock, commander
The restoration of Victoria Memorial Square, conceived in 2001, is at last complete. It was in the February 2004
In the turbulent years that followed the Mackenzie Rebellion of 1837, many thousands of provincial troops saw service in
Directly south of Fort York, between Lakeshore Boulevard and the lake, lies Coronation Park. A grove of mature trees
In earlier years, trees were actually bought as liner stock from southwestern Ontario tree growers and grown to larger
On 17 January 1810 a group of prominent citizens of Toronto (then the Town of York) met to establish
Recent research in the British military records held by Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has revealed one of the
While working on another proposal with Toronto’s Kearns Mancini, John Patkau of Patkau Architects, Vancouver, suggested that the two
Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915) is remembered for accomplishments of sweeping scope and magnitude. His work as a surveyor laid
Reconstruction of the garrison well house, in the summer of 2007, required the dismantling of the 1957 stone well
The gift to the Friends of Fort York of Charles Pachter’s giclée portrait of John Graves Simcoe in 2008
Until recently, the Fort York Library was a little known resource tucked away in the back of the 1815
It has been often observed that the life of a soldier is characterized by long periods of boredom interrupted
Among the midway amusements, model airplanes buzzing around the Coliseum, and other attractions on Children’s Day at the 1936
Fort York is able to defend itself once more from the western approach now that artifact 18 and 24-pounder
