Two paintings of interest to Fort York passed through Ritchies Toronto auction rooms in late May. Both were oil
In 2005 the Friends’ History & Archaeology Committee, chaired by Andrew Stewart, launched a project to identify and contact
“Who shall say what Toronto may not yet be?” asked one of the city’s newspapers in 1844 as it
As reported below, at the Friends’ annual meeting on June 21 Joe Gill stepped down as our long-time chair
It was a letter we had all been waiting for. On June 12 the Very Reverend Douglas Stoute, Dean
Acivic holiday tradition. Celebrate Simcoe Day where Toronto was founded by Lieut.-Governor John Graves Simcoe in 1793. Demonstrations ofmusketry,
On February 16, 2005, City Council approved seven new names for streets in the Fort York neighbourhood. This brought
Much of our understanding of Fort York comes from artworks produced in the past. For instance, they often capture
In March, 2006, construction excavations undertaken as part of the Malibu condominium development at the northwest corner of Bathurst
JUNE Summer Launch Weekend as part of Luminato Toronto Festival of Arts & Creativity Fri. June 8 to Sun.
Since our founding in 1994, the Friends of Fort York have always made a priority of long term planning
REVIEW David Juliussen, A History of the Canadian Fencibles, 1803-1816 In British Army parlance of the 19th century, Fencible
Some lovely new little parks have been installed on Liberty Street by the City and the local Business Improvement
In mid-June, just in time for the annual meeting of the Friends of Fort York, Fort York: Adding New
In 2006, the first phase of improvements to the landscape along the fort’s south ramparts was completed, including walkways,
On April 5, 2007, the Ontario Legislature gave unanimous passage to a resolution to commemorate the bicentennial of the
The many tributes prompted by June Callwood’s death on April 14 are witnesses to her having been a very
Last year a collector of militaria approached us, seeking our expertise in evaluating a Napoleonic rope-tensioned military side-drum alleged
Around 1973-74, Fort York began to offer in-depth school programmes beyond the two-hour tours that had been a part
It was forgetfulness rather than modesty when we failed to report in the last issue of Fife & Drum
More Graves Identified In response to “Where The Bodies Lie Buried” published in the last issue of Fife &
