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Since the 1950s, the Ontario government has installed blue & gold historic plaques around the province, of which there are now over 1,200. The Canadian government and Heritage Toronto (City of Toronto) have installed hundreds more, featuring wonderful information about "what happenened here."
In the past decade or so, travelling around the province, I've amassed a significant collection of plaque snapshots. This site is a way of keeping track of things I've seen, and sharing what I've learned about Ontario.
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My First Ontario Historic Plaque
As a babe in arms, I was introduced to Ontario historical plaques ("The Grand Portage," Pigeon River Provincial Park, outside Thunder Bay).
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1 ½ DRAPER STREET 1886
1st Resident: Peter McIntyre, real estate agent
Designated under the Ontario Heritage Act, 1999
HERITAGE TORONTO
1 DRAPER STREET 1886
1st Resident: Urias M. Gallinger, engineer
Designated under the Ontario Heritage Act, 1999
HERITAGE TORONTO
10 DRAPER STREET 1882
1st Resident: Mrs. Elizabeth Locke, widow
Builder: Richard Humphries
Designated under the Ontario Heritage Act, 1999
HERITAGE TORONTO