Simcoe Day @ Fort York Mon. August 1 10 am to 5 pm Fort York celebrates Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe, who
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March Through Time Drop-in activities for children, ages 3-12 March 21-24, 2005, 10:00-3:00 each day The theme for these
We are happy to be able to bring you this fall issue of The Fife and Drum. (Note that
Where the Brock Bridge touches the ground at the south-east corner of Fort York. Shrouds are off the steel
Jean Geeson was a teacher, artist and writer who had just moved to Toronto from the Alma Ladies’ College
Steven Anderson Otto, CM 1940–2018 Stephen Anderson Otto, who died this past April, was the founding and managing editor
The earliest view of the capital of Upper Canada following the War of 1812 is Robert Irvine’s grand oil
St. John the Evangelist Church was for many years an important spiritual and military establishment in Toronto. First established
Taste of Toronto Thurs. to Sun. June 23 to 26, times vary Fort York is hosting upwards of 20,000
Meagan’s Walk Sat. May 7 Since its inception in 2001 Meagan’s Walk has raised more than $4 million for
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Archaeologists sitting and leaning on the ship’s hull confer shortly after its discovery. Courtesy of Andrew Stewart. Intensive redevelopment
The first time around, York and Fort York were hit hard by the War of 1812. Happily they have
REVIEW Michael T. Lucas and Julie M. Schablitsky (eds.), Archaeology of the War of 1812 (Walnut Creek, CA: Left
Simcoe Day (Fort York) Mon. August 3, 10 am to 5 pm Fort York honours Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe who founded
Fort York Ongoing Summer Programming Daily throughout July, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thrill to the booming of the
George Waters, A Very Fine Friend of Fort York by Joe Gill
![Image from Cholera Epidemics in York [Toronto] in 1832 and 1834, p. 3 of December 2013 (Vol 17, No 4).](https://friendsoffortyork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/fofy-december-2013-vol17-no4-p03-img1.jpeg)
Within a week of cholera having arrived in York, it had appeared in Hamilton, Brantford, and elsewhere in Upper
Photo by Stan Switalski A mainstay of the Volunteer Historic Cooks at Fort York, Elizabeth was recently appointed a
Sites that are important to our history quickly become magnets for the royal family and their representatives. We steer
A chronology of the construction of Fort York is one of the largely unexplored aspects of the site’s history.
Although Fort York was a popular attraction for airmen quartered nearby at the CNE during the Second World War,
Fort York famously was isolated, in that particularly silly Toronto way where things like railway tracks create nearly insurmountable
