In April 2014 The Friends will look back on twenty years’ involvement with Fort York. When we were organized
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The preparation of this article and appearance of Crimea in the headlines the last few weeks was an unplanned
![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
Although the British Army has frequently (and with reason) been described as a collection of sovereign regiments whose quirky
Sites that are important to our history quickly become magnets for the royal family and their representatives. We steer
Although Fort York was a popular attraction for airmen quartered nearby at the CNE during the Second World War,
Fort York Armoury stands at the intersection of Canada’s wars and the social history of Toronto. The first soldiers
As 1912 opened, only sketchy plans existed at Toronto’s city hall and Queen’s Park to mark the Centennial of
The roof of the Fort York Armoury is a barrel vault constructed entirely of wood. Its parabolic shape enables
Heritage Toronto has posted on its blog a piece about a famous photograph of ten veterans of the War
It is a blustery late autumn day at Fort York in 1824; the winds howl and the skies are
In the last issue of Fife and Drum it was said that Henry Ross was born on his father’s
It’s not clear whether the previous tenants had made any improvements to the property or erected any buildings. Before
Twenty-two miners and five soldiers died in an armed uprising at the Eureka goldfield at Ballarat, near Melbourne, Australia,
Fort York isn’t normally associated with victory–having been captured and burned by the Americans during the Battle of York
Directly south of Fort York, between Lakeshore Boulevard and the lake, lies Coronation Park. A grove of mature trees
Among the midway amusements, model airplanes buzzing around the Coliseum, and other attractions on Children’s Day at the 1936
The campaigns to save Fort York present a saga of opposing public interests, political vacillation, commercial encroachment, and contextual
For over a hundred and thirty years Fort York has been besieged by the sounds and smells of livestock
The history of the Fort York Guard extends over several decades and through various incarnations. A full narrative could
Much of our understanding of Fort York comes from artworks produced in the past. For instance, they often capture
Part of the iconography of military historic sites, along with blockhouses, muskets and red-coats, is the heavy guns that
The Friends of Fort York and site staff have formed a committee on History & Archaeology to support fort-related
