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Friday, October 11, 2013

1837 Hawkins: Toronto Military Reserve [Feb. 1837]

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Starting in 1833, Sir John Colborne oversaw a major expansion westward of the city, with the sale of over 200 acres of the Military Reserve ...

Explore Toronto's past through maps...

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Featuring simple and free access to a broad selection of notable historical maps of Toronto, this site aims to generate curiosity, and to se...
Monday, October 7, 2013

1852 Liddy: [I]ncorporated Village of Yorkville in the County of York and Province of Canada

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“The generous limits of Yorkville at incorporation show that the boom mentality prevailed even in a village so small that its urban landowne...
Thursday, September 5, 2013

1868 Gehle, Fawkes & Hassard: Reconnaissance Sketches of Toronto Area

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‘These reconnaissance maps were made to help the military to meet the threat of raids by the American-based Fenians on Toronto, now the capi...
Saturday, August 17, 2013

1859 University of Toronto Campus / Queen’s Park [Plan of the University Park]

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The University of Toronto / King’s College / University College ‘The university land had been little developed since its purchase in 1829 [b...
Sunday, June 23, 2013

1817 Smith: Plan of York, U.C. & 1818 Plan of the Town of York

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This map was surveyed and drawn by Lieut. E.A. Smith of the 70th Infantry, and provided to Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, the Governor General o...
Monday, March 25, 2013

1886 Wesbroom: City of Toronto [Bird’s Eye View]

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“This bird’s eye view [...] shows more clearly than either maps or streetscape photographs the congestion of the downtown core and the unrel...