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At the end of the First World War (1914-1918), activities took place across Canada to commemorate the country’s wartime efforts and to honour the over 60,000 Canadians lost. One of the most significant and lasting events was a veterans’ parade held…

On the morning of July 31, 1813, a U.S. invasion fleet appeared off York (Toronto) after having withdrawn from a planned attack on British positions at Burlington Heights. That afternoon 300 American soldiers came ashore near here. Their landing was…

The young province of Upper Canada (Ontario) required troops to defend it and to build public works essential to its development. The Queen’s Rangers was the first regiment raised in Britain specifically for service in the colony. It arrived in 1792…

This entrance to the Canadian National Exhibition grounds was built in 1927 to commemorate 60 years of Canadian Confederation. The stone and concrete gates were designed by the Toronto firm of Chapman and Oxley and are a fine example of monumental…

Now landlocked on Fleet Street, this lighthouse once stood on the Queen’s Wharf. The wharf – originally known as New Pier – was built in 1833 to stimulate commercial activity in the west part of the harbour.

This lighthouse, constructed in 1861 on…