What the Friends of Fort York Do: Our Accomplishments for 2010 undertook to decorate the Assembly Room in the
The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario is hosting the Lieutenant-Governor’s New Year’s Levee at Fort York National
In the turbulent years that followed the Mackenzie Rebellion of 1837, many thousands of provincial troops saw service in
The restoration of Victoria Memorial Square, conceived in 2001, is at last complete. It was in the February 2004
Allies in arms, Isaac Brock and Tecumseh died in separate battles within a year of each other. Brock, commander
The Food History Programme (formerly Historic Foodways) for which the City of Toronto’s museums are justly famous was started
Fort York isn’t normally associated with victory–having been captured and burned by the Americans during the Battle of York
Parler Fort (Fort York’s new Speaker Series) Mon. November 8, 7:30 pm During Remembrance week, award-winning historian J. L.
2010 Upcoming Events Historic Fort York Hearth Cooking Class October 24, 11 am to 3 pm Sun. Come to
Recent research in the British military records held by Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has revealed one of the
The Fort York Foundation has appointed its first executive director, Curtis Barlow, who has held many senior positions in
Recently the board appointed Sid Calzavara and Marc Nufrio to serve as directors of the organization until the next
On 17 January 1810 a group of prominent citizens of Toronto (then the Town of York) met to establish
In earlier years, trees were actually bought as liner stock from southwestern Ontario tree growers and grown to larger
Directly south of Fort York, between Lakeshore Boulevard and the lake, lies Coronation Park. A grove of mature trees
This year the Jane Jacobs Prize was awarded to two recipients with close connections to the Friends of Fort
Dress for the Period costumes, Military uniforms, Masquerade costume occasion is: (as worn in 1813!), Black Tie, Business attire.
The gift to the Friends of Fort York of Charles Pachter’s giclée portrait of John Graves Simcoe in 2008
Reconstruction of the garrison well house, in the summer of 2007, required the dismantling of the 1957 stone well
Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915) is remembered for accomplishments of sweeping scope and magnitude. His work as a surveyor laid
