The City of Toronto has received a generous donation in the form of a very fine antique chest whose
Topic: Upper Canada
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Wash and pare half a pail of potatoes, taking care to remove all dark specks; throw them into a
Robert Scott was a free Black yeoman living in the town of York in 1810. He was a new
This is a favourite dish in Canada and the States. When the grains are sufficiently swollen and beginning to
Your letter of the 4th inst reached me this morning – and as it states that you are all
Effect on our Military Operations in the provinces. The whole country would be driven to a state of desperation
Among the old-fashioned settlers, the pumpkin is much esteemed for pies, and a sort of molasses, which they prepare
Toronto From the New Fort, 1840 This delightful water colour shows a bucolic scene of the small provincial capital
What the old bed requires in the Spring is to cut off the last year’s stalks just above the
One pound of butter, one of sugar, one pint of molasses, one teacup of ginger, three teaspoons of pearlash,
This is the beginning of the letter that confirms – and tries to explain – the capture of York
This article will outline British and Canadian strategy, developed in the decade following the War of 1812, to deter
The earliest view of the capital of Upper Canada following the War of 1812 is Robert Irvine’s grand oil
Alexander Macdonell (1762-1840), the first Catholic bishop of Upper Canada, spent most of his long life fighting for his
The first Fort York, built by John Graves Simcoe in 1793, had mostly been demolished by the end of
With Fort York hosting the Magna Carta and its sylvan sister, the Charter of the Forest, this fall we
Sites that are important to our history quickly become magnets for the royal family and their representatives. We steer
Though Stephen Harper spent up to $24 million helping us commemorate the War of 1812, little was spent in
This year for the second time since The Honourable David C. Onley became Ontario’s 28th Lieutenant-Governor in 2007, he
Recent research in the British military records held by Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has revealed one of the
To hear Sir Roger Sheaffe, military and civil commander of Upper Canada, tell the story, his force was vastly
Crate Productions Fort York The Play Thurs. Sept. 20 thru Sat. Oct. 13, evenings at 8:00 p.m. An original,
DANCE AND DANCE-ABILITY If you like to dance and enjoy 19th century social history, you’ll fit right in at
